Top Higher Education Conferences 2026: Trends & Challenges
Explore top higher education conferences in 2026 addressing challenges like policy shifts, funding, enrollment, and public perception. Focus on innovation, leadership, and student success.
First-Generation College Students: Challenges & Success
Report reveals first-generation students face hurdles in college completion despite academic preparedness & financial aid. Completion rates vary based on university spending. Barriers beyond finances impact success.
Rethinking Higher Education: Purpose, Value, and the Liberal Arts
Regional Public Universities (RPUs) face an identity crisis. Focus shifts from rigorous liberal arts to metrics, skills, and 'student success,' marginalizing soul-crafting and humanistic learning. A call to re-evaluate the core academic product.
Student Attendance & Success: Professor Insights
Professor Hartert's research reveals attendance strongly predicts student success. Studies highlight challenges: work, mental health, finances. Active learning & flexibility can boost engagement.
Families’ College Investment Doubts & Engagement Needs
Families are skeptical about college ROI and want more access & updates. They provide crucial student support, especially for first-gen & low-income students, but feel sidelined. Engagement is key.
New England Transfer Guarantee: Simplifying College Transfers
The New England Transfer Guarantee (NETG) simplifies college transfers, especially for low-income students. NETG ensures baccalaureate completion with high GPAs and low withdrawal rates. Scaling to 6 states.
UF Leadership: Academic Excellence & Combating Hate
Focus on academic excellence, intellectual diversity, and student success. Eliminating DEI bureaucracy. Prioritizing safety, inclusion, and combating antisemitism at UF.
Podcast: A strengths-based approach to student success
Williams, who joined the institution in 2020, soon before it fell a bit short on its retention increase goal, has found it helpful to remind colleagues that data is about individuals and showing what can be done to meet their needs.