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Monday, August 17
Belonging, Academic Stress and Intentions to Discontinue: The First-Year Experience in a Widening Participation Context
Many first-year students discontinue their studies, creating a concerning challenge for institutions, especially those with widening participation policies. Chilean higher education provides a case study for understanding the first-year experience (FYE) in a widening participation context and rapidly expanding…
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Sunday, August 16
College Admissions Testing is Returning to Mixed Reactions
Supporters argue that reinstating SAT and ACT test requirements better vet student readiness.
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Friday, August 14
Teacher ICT literacy and instructional quality for creativity in teacher education and professional development
This study investigates how teacher education and professional development programs shape teachers' information and communication technology (ICT) literacy and how this literacy, in turn, affects instructional quality for creativity. Using data from the Programme for International Student Assessment 2022 Teacher…
doi.orgThe IDEA framework for metacognitively regulated GenAI use in higher education: Development and exploratory pilot evidence
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can enhance students’ efficiency and the apparent quality of academic work, yet its fluent outputs may encourage learners to outsource cognitive activities central to learning. This creates the risk of “performance without learning”, whereby successful task completion does…
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Thursday, August 13
Developing Social Capital for College Teaching: Exploring Connections Between Faculty Teaching-Focused Personal Networks and Evidence-Based Teaching
Evidence-based teaching is widely recognized as critical for student learning in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM), yet whether and how faculty develop these instructional practices through their social ties remains less well understood. To illuminate these dynamics, this study…
doi.orgFinancial Vulnerability: A Latent Class Approach to Understanding the Relationship Between Student Success and Financial Situations at Community Colleges
As institutions strive to enhance their interventions for students facing financial stress, additional research into who these students are and how their financial choices are associated with their persistence is critical. In this study, we focus on how student tuition financing is associated with student persistence.…
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Wednesday, August 12
White House Intros Classified Cybersecurity Review for Frontier AI Models
The White House is moving forward with a voluntary framework for testing the cybersecurity capabilities and risks of advanced artificial intelligence models, though the standards guiding those evaluations remain classified.
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Tuesday, August 11
Predicting Early Dropout in University Entry Cohorts: Temporal Inter-Cohort Validation in a Chilean Public University
Early university dropout remains a major concern for higher education, particularly amid expanded access, diverse student profiles, and institutional efforts to promote persistence. This study evaluates predictive models of early dropout at a Chilean university using ten entry cohorts from 2014 to 2023 and an…
doi.orgThe Commodification of Doctoral Student Agency in STEM Lab Supervision: A Phenomenologically Directed Study
Higher education research on STEM lab supervision has often addressed the dynamics of doctoral agency through three parallel strands of scholarship: the restriction of research judgment, the redefinition of scholarly self-understanding, and the redirection of agency toward productivity-oriented self-management. What…
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Monday, August 10
Domain of One’s Own Version 2
It will be no surprise to the folks running Domain of One’s Own (DoOO) on their campus, but Reclaim has been in the process of rolling out a welcome upgrade to our flagship product. The long and the short of … Continue reading →
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Sunday, August 9
The National FEE‑FREE Uni Ready (FFUR) Project, Report on Policy Settings and Best Practice Guide. A Good Practice Report
This good practice report outlines findings from the recently completed National FEE‑FREE Uni Ready (FFUR) Project (2026) to share the work and recommendations on FFUR policy settings and principles. Together, these aim to strengthen transitions into higher education for underrepresented cohorts. We focus on…
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Saturday, August 8
Friday, August 7
Effects of AI chatbot‐supported cooperative flipped classroom on student collaboration, self‐regulated learning and academic performance: A mastery learning perspective
Abstract Despite the increasing application of AI chatbots, few studies have examined the effectiveness of AI chatbot‐supported cooperative‐flipped classrooms in university teaching. Based on mastery learning theory, this study employed a quasi‑experimental design to examine how an AI chatbot‐supported…
doi.orgFrom emotion regulation to academic success: A self‐determination theory‐based emotional agent‐mediated approach
Abstract Emotion regulation has been recognized as a key factor affecting students' academic success. However, in conventional school settings, it is challenging to foster students' emotion regulation owing to the involvement of complex factors that might influence students' conscious and unconscious behaviours. To…
doi.orgFederated learning for privacy-preserving at-risk student prediction in health professional education: A multi-scenario evaluation of FedAvg and FedProx
Student attrition in health professional education (HPE) carries serious implications for institutional performance and healthcare workforce supply, yet cross-institutional prediction is impeded by privacy regulations that prevent raw data sharing. This study presents, to the best of the authors' knowledge, the first…
doi.orgRethinking data privacy for AI Adoption in African Higher Education: A meta-synthesis of stakeholder perceptions and policy implications
The growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in African higher education offers opportunities for personalized learning, improved decision-making, and educational innovation. However, AI systems rely heavily on student and institutional data, raising significant privacy concerns within contexts characterized…
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Thursday, August 6
Postsecondary Data for Action Network Convenes in Washington to Turn Evidence into Policy Change
Nearly 50 higher education professionals from 12 institutions and campus systems gathered in Washington, DC on July 15 and 16 for a convening of the Postsecondary Data for Action Network (PDAN). Launched by the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) and the Association for Institutional Research (AIR) in late…
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Wednesday, August 5
Out of the Gate: The Relationship Between Dual Enrollment Gateway Course-Taking and College Academic Momentum
This study explores the relationship between dual enrollment (DE) math and English gateway course-taking and academic momentum indicators — earning 30 credits by the end of the first year, first-year credit accumulation, and persistence to the third semester. The study is based on a sample of first-time freshmen at…
doi.orgHispanic Serving? Exploring the Impact of the Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program
Approximately 20 percent of all U.S. postsecondary institutions are eligible to apply for a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) grant, with over a 90 percent increase since 2010. Despite extensive descriptive and qualitative research on Latine-serving institutions (HSIs), fewer quantitative studies have examined how an…
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Tuesday, August 4
What Happens When AI Policy Meets a Real Classroom?
One national study, one local leader, and a reality check on how schools are really regulating AI.
edsurge.comThe state of short-term credentials
The demand for short-term credential programs is growing, and state leaders are responding. In 2025, a total of $8.1 billion was spent across 34 states to help students and institutions deliver high-quality, short-term education and training programs. This growing state investment, combined with Workforce Pell, has…
luminafoundation.orgInstructure Advances Education Equity with AWS Support, Accelerating AI-Powered Learning Modernization and Workforce Pathways
Monday, August 3
“An Enrollment Opportunity That’s Aligned with Who We Are” A Critical Analysis of Campus Presidents Supporting Prison Education During Targeted Incarceration
This qualitative study draws upon semi-structured interviews with 31 college and university presidents whose institutions host prison education programs. We examine how presidents justify their support for prison education and find three dominant themes among their narratives: mission and margin, knowledge and…
doi.orgWhy is applying to college so complicated? How to simplify it
Not everyone has to go to college, but everyone should know if they could. Across the country, thousands of students are finding out about their college options without having to apply. They’re already in, based on how they do in high school. Direct admission programs are clearing the way to college, instead of hoping…
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Sunday, August 2
Unveiling patterns of socially shared regulation in relation to self‐regulated learning: The roles of individual profiles and group dynamics in online collaborative learning
Abstract The rapid growth of massive online learning has intensified interest in self‐regulated learning (SRL) and socially shared regulation of learning (SSRL), yet empirical insights into their interplay in online collaborative learning (OCL) remain limited. This study employed a three‐layer analytical method…
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Friday, July 31
How a Postsecondary Student Success Grant Propels Data-Driven Action at UT San Antonio
At the University of Texas at San Antonio (UT San Antonio), a bipartisan federal grant designed to boost college completion is helping campus leaders identify strategies that support students who are the first in their families to attend college thrive on campus and in their studies. Since 2022, the Postsecondary…
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Thursday, July 30
A hidden student success strategy? Rethink course scheduling.
A student’s course schedule is one of the most consequential (and often overlooked) factors shaping whether they stay on track for their degree or credential. Yet the path to earning a degree or credential remains unnecessarily difficult for far too many students. Beyond juggling work, family, financial, and academic…
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Tuesday, July 28
America’s learning opportunities shouldn’t be this hard to find.
“Where can I learn to fix boat engines?” my teenage son asked one day. The post America’s learning opportunities shouldn’t be this hard to find. appeared first on Lumina Foundation.
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Monday, July 27
An overlooked on-ramp: Creating pathways to support adult education students and strengthen strategic enrollment
The post An overlooked on-ramp: Creating pathways to support adult education students and strengthen strategic enrollment appeared first on Achieving the Dream.
achievingthedream.orgSHEEO welcomes two new policy staff – Cuellarsola and Walker
The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) recently welcomed two new staff members to support state policy initiatives to help advance student success and strengthen postsecondary systems. Lily Cuellarsola joined SHEEO as a Senior Policy Analyst on July 20, while Joshua Walker joined as a Policy…
sheeo.orgHow to Kindly Say No to Requests
Time is perhaps the most precious commodity in existence. No matter who you are, there are only 24 hours in a day—and I sincerely hope that it is not your goal to work excessive and sometimes dangerous hours like Silicon Valley tech workers, junior Wall Street investment bankers, or China’s 996 working culture. Late…
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Friday, July 24
From prototype to scale: How Prosperity for Ohio is building the foundation for workforce-informed student success
The post From prototype to scale: How Prosperity for Ohio is building the foundation for workforce-informed student success appeared first on Achieving the Dream.
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Thursday, July 23
A socio-technical framework for educational excellence: Empirical validation of artificial intelligence and Jidoka integration in accounting pedagogy within emerging financial markets
The focus of this research is on how AI instrumentation affects quality-assurance systems based on the concept of Jidoka within the ecosystem of accounting education in an emerging financial-market environment. The study fills a void regarding technology use beyond traditional financial-center locations by addressing…
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Wednesday, July 22
Equal Access, Persistent Divides: Gender Segregation in Italian Higher Education across Three Decades (1995–2022)
Abstract Adopting an “equal but different” perspective, this study investigates long-term changes in gendered patterns of university enrolment and field-of-study choice in Italy, focusing on the care-technical divide among cohorts of upper secondary school graduates from 1995 to 2022. Leveraging a unique longitudinal…
doi.orgWhere Do Women Exit the Academic Pipeline?: Evidence from a Decade of National Data in Japan
Abstract Gender disparities in academia persist worldwide, yet empirical evidence remains limited on where, at which stages, and to what extent women exit academic careers. Using a uniquely comprehensive, decade-long national dataset from Japan (2014–2023), this study provides system-level evidence of gendered…
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Tuesday, July 21
Americans haven’t given up on college. They’ve changed the scorecard.
For decades, colleges benefited from a simple assumption: prestige signaled value. A bachelor's degree from a respected institution was widely seen as the gold standard, while community colleges and certificates occupied lower rungs of the educational hierarchy. The post Americans haven’t given up on college. They’ve…
luminafoundation.orgData-informed transformation at Halifax Community College
The post Data-informed transformation at Halifax Community College appeared first on Achieving the Dream.
achievingthedream.orgPerhaps You Should Use a Colon: Predicting Citation Counts of U.S. Higher Education Journal Articles
The reputations of researchers and journals alike are substantially based on the frequency with which their publications are cited. Some inquiry has examined predictors of citation counts, but these studies generally do not examine education research, and the findings often diverge considerably across disciplines or…
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Monday, July 20
AI adoption readiness among Ukrainian education managers: Barriers, typologies, and policy implications
Artificial intelligence (AI) adoption in education requires strategic leadership from education managers, yet little research examines AI readiness among this stakeholder group, particularly in post-Soviet transitional contexts. As decision-makers who control whether and how AI enters educational practice, managers’…
doi.orgVETTING: A dual-LLM framework for in-loop safety verification via policy isolation in educational AI
Educational AI systems increasingly rely on large language models to support student writing and inquiry, yet enforcing safety and instructional constraints during open-ended, multi-turn interaction remains challenging. Existing approaches commonly embed such constraints within conversational prompts or rely on static…
doi.orgReframing school leadership for the digital age
The role of school leadership in digital transformation is increasingly recognised as central to creating inclusive, adaptive, and future-proof schools and education systems. However, the complexity of this task is often underestimated in policy, research, practice, and professional development. This article explores…
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Saturday, July 18
The Price of Helping Others: Altruistic Preferences and the Gender Wage Gap
doi.orgPerceived Institutional Support and Psychological Well-Being Among International Students in Universities in India: The Mediating Role of Student Engagement
This study examines the relationships among perceived institutional support (PIS), student engagement (SE), and psychological well-being (PWB) among international students in Indian higher education. Data were collected via an online survey from 201 international students and analyzed using partial least squares…
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Thursday, July 16
Job Values and Career Choices of STEM PhD Graduates: Evidence from the 2023 Survey of Doctorate Recipients
Contemporary doctoral education is situated within a changing labor market shaped by gender inequity, disciplinary difference, and regional opportunity structure, yet little is known about how students’ job values predict career choices. Guided by the Theory of Work Adjustment and Warr’s Vitamin Model, we examined…
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Wednesday, July 15
SPARC Submits Comments to OMB on Proposed Revisions to Federal Financial Assistance Rules
SPARC has submitted formal comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on its proposed revisions to the Uniform Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance (2 CFR Part 200, Docket No. OMB–2026–0034), a rulemaking that touches everything from how federal grants are administered to how the results of federally…
sparcopen.orgPostsecondary Data for Action Network Spotlight: How the University of Northern Iowa Uses Data to Strengthen Student Retention and Success
Colleges and universities often point to retention and graduation rates as key measures of success. However, improving student outcomes requires looking beyond aggregate metrics at disaggregated data to better understand how different groups of students are experiencing college, where barriers may exist, and what…
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Tuesday, July 14
SHEEO Announces 2026 Excellence Awards Recipients
Montana, Rhode Island, Utah recognized WASHINGTON – The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) is pleased to announce recipients of the 2026 SHEEO Excellence Awards. The awards recognize the leadership, dedication, and innovation of exceptional SHEEOs, agency staff, and agencies at a time when…
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