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The Backbone of Academic Excellence: Prioritizing the Importance of Academic Infrastructure
In higher education, infrastructure plays a critical yet often invisible role in the success of both educators and students. Academic infrastructure, much like the physical systems that underpin our daily lives, forms the foundation upon which meaningful and impactful...
Save Lives and Students this Summer! Understanding and Overcoming Transition Traps in College
On July 4th, 2019, I had a striking revelation that inspired me to write my recently published book, How to Successfully Transition Students into College: From Traps to Triumph. My family was staying with our extended families in a beachfront house on Kure Beach, a...
The Triple Bottom Line Dilemma: Balancing Operational, Academic and Employment Goals in Higher Education
Despite the entrenched perception, colleges and universities do not have enrollment problems. Higher education institutions are grappling with significant challenges, often rooted in the split-focused nature due to a misalignment in their triple bottom line approach....
Unlocking Academic Success for College Students: Are Your Students Using the Right Formula?
As college educators, we constantly seek ways to enhance our students' learning experiences and outcomes. Understanding the underlying approaches students use to tackle academic work can provide invaluable insights into their success or struggles. There are three...
Energize Your Academic Year-End: Move from Traps to Triumphs!
As the academic year draws to a close, it's common to find students, faculty, and staff feeling a bit emotionally drained. Remember, it's not unique to this year—many of us have been here before. But what if we could end the year on a high note instead? Successful...
Teach Students to Love Learning: A special Valentine’s Day Post
It’s Valentine’s Day; once again, love is in the air. I want to challenge you today to make your students fall in love with learning. Learning is about establishing relationships with information. If students are to be effective learners, excelling in class and...
The Path to Solving Our Most Persistent Problems: Understanding Student Underperformance
Colleges and universities face a range of challenges, such as retaining new students, ensuring returning students make satisfactory progress, and maintaining high academic standards, all while achieving high levels of community satisfaction. These challenges may...
Overcoming the First Semester Slump: 3 Moves to Enhance College Student Performance
In the initial 2013 release of my article "Why Good Students Do ‘Bad’ in College," I explored the often misunderstood reasons behind college students' underperformance. This post shifted the focus from the stereotype of lazy students to a more nuanced understanding of...
The Spookiest Test Question: What Terrifies Students the Most?
Dive into the mysterious realms of academic testing this Halloween. Discover the one question that haunts students the most! Unveil the secrets in our latest Halloween-themed article. 🎃📚
SUCCESSFUL AND SEAMLESS STUDENT TRANSITIONS
FREE LIVE WEBINAR SERIES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, FROM 1:00 P.M. ~ 2:00 P.M. (EASTERN) Are you perplexed by the disparity between students' high school achievements and their college performance? This puzzle has left educators, parents, policymakers and students...
Former STEM Stars Flames Rekindled!
Okay. I'm excited about this post because this makes the fifth time in about four years that I have been a part of the excitement of an institution's academic transformation. It affirms what I deeply believe: academic apathy is a sign of inability, not disinterest....
Note-Taking Cheat Codes
As the college semester or term winds down, students will scour their notes to prepare for their exams. But do they have an effective note-taking method? Their system may be useful for capturing information but not good enough to prepare them for tests. Since much of...
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