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Career Advice | The Problem With Participation Grades (and How to Solve It) The benefits are well documented, but the practice can be subjective and prone to instructor biases, warns Anna Broadbent. https://bit.ly/48tmNfx

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Opinion | Creating an Inclusive Campus Through Universal Design for Learning Empowering students with disabilities for success. https://bit.ly/3YKNARq

University of Missouri-Kansas City Dissolves DEI Office https://bit.ly/4fpvERQ

Important note for #StudentSuccessUS attendees: At the top of the Student Success news hub home page, https://lnkd.in/exUEdGv4, are two links that I hope all of you will check out: 1) "Learn More and Contribute Ideas" will tell you about the kinds of stories we write about and how to submit ideas, advice and perspectives on student success/support programs, initiatives and practices. Our favorite contributions focus on the most innovative aspects of programs, so we can suggest to your peers at other institutions with similar programs things that they might add to their own efforts. 2) "Subscribe to the Student Success Newsletter" will (surprisingly) tell you how to ... subscribe (for free) to our (daily) student success newsletter. Get your daily dose of ideas and inspiration, including a conversation-starting stat and summaries of takeaways from longer articles from Inside Higher Ed and Times Higher Education.

Heard at #StudentSuccessUS, happening now at University of Tennessee, Knoxville: One reason many students don’t engage with campus career services early in college is that they think about how they managed the college application process in high school and mirror that: “I started getting ready for college at the end of high school, so I should be prepping for my career at end of college.” This is just one misconception about career services. Another is that students know that career services is optional and they feel that means it isn’t needed. Students may also think they should not be reaching out to career services if they don’t yet know what their plan is for after college. Career services functions on campuses, meanwhile, are often under-directed and don’t have a voice at the strategic institutiomal table. “Career services are sometimes misunderstood by students and by our campus partners. There is awareness building that needs to happen on campus,” said session speaker Rebekah Paré, who consults with colleges on career services and offers professional development through weekly groups of CS professionals from various types of institutions.

Conn. Governor Calls for Audit of State System https://bit.ly/4eZKY7D

🍊Exciting day here on Rocky Top!🍊 Thank you Keenan Thomas and Knoxville News Sentinel for highlighting how we promote the success of our scholars here at University of Tennessee, Knoxville! We're very proud to be considered a national leader for personalized approaches to student success and believe these innovative programs truly help enrich each scholar's experience.💫🏆 Today kicks off our national conference, Student Success US, in partnership with Inside Higher Ed and Times Higher Education. It’s an honor to lead the way and serve as a student success roadmap for other universities—a true testament to the dedication and spirit of the entire Volunteer community. Because on Rocky Top we don’t just welcome students to campus; we walk alongside them on the journey.🧡 #StudentSuccessUS #CampusPartnership #FutureofHigherEd

What an honor to join hundreds of higher education professionals from across the country to talk about the most important responsibility we have as colleges and universities: our students and their success. I’m grateful for the opportunity to partner with Inside Higher Ed and Times Higher Education to host the Student Success US conference at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. We love sharing the great work happening here on Rocky Top and learning from our colleagues from other institutions. 🍊 #StudentSuccessUS #studentsuccess #highered #UTK

Opinion | 3 Ways to Be Asked 3 Questions Talking with colleagues. https://bit.ly/4e2Z6vD