Project Updates
Colleges and universities depend on email to share important information, but new research shows that students are often overwhelmed by the number of emails they receive. Many of the emails students receive are redundant, unclear or low priority, making it difficult for students to identify which require action. As a result, critical time-sensitive information related to financial aid, registration or academic standing can be overlooked, especially among at-promise students who may already be navigating complex institutional systems.
Researchers from the Pullias Center’s Promoting At-promise Student Success (PASS) team and University of Nebraska practitioners came together to present at the Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience (FYE) in Seattle. Each year, this conference brings together educators with a focus on supporting students through their transition into college and through their first year. The sessions were designed to share the research connected to direct practitioner work that our campus partners do, along with hands-on examples shared from the educators that stem from the research. Here are some highlights from our sessions.
Dr. Joseph (Joey) Kitchen, Associate Research Professor at the Pullias Center for Higher Education and the USC Rossier School of Education, has been selected as the editor for the Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, a semi-annual journal published by the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina’s flagship campus in Columbia, SC.
November's Complete College America conference brought together a dynamic group of educators, policymakers and educational advocates to strategize about higher education and workforce opportunities. With a focus on data-driven strategies, innovation and action, convening attendees engaged around what it takes to increase college completion rates across institutions, states and the country. PASS project Principal Investigator, Zoë Corwin, along with Amy Goodburn, Senior Associate Vice Chancellor and Dean of Undergraduate Education from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Toni Hill, Professor from the University of Nebraska at Kearney had the opportunity to share research findings and practical implications from their work on Professional Learning Communities.