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Topics: Technology
Colleges providing teletherapy amid COVID-19 disruptions
In the wake of campus closures, colleges and universities are transitioning to online counseling to support students’ mental health in unique settings and across state borders.
Colleges use predictive analytics to recruit students by socioeconomic factors
Online tracking software is helping schools with limited resources to identify and court students of interest. But the institutional goals shaping those algorithms may exclude low-income students with limited internet access.
Predictive analytics tools can help boost completion. Could they also reinforce racial inequities?
More than 1,400 colleges and universities are using predictive analytics systems to identify, support, and sometimes redirect students at risk of failing in their intended major, but critics caution that the technology could have unintended consequences.
Poor internet service a significant hurdle for students at tribal colleges
Spotty broadband access and slow internet connections in Native American territories are impeding education and quality of life at tribal colleges and universities, according to the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
Out of sight, out of mind? Not anymore, for some ‘stopped-out’ students.
Looking to improve outcomes and enrollment, colleges are partnering with edtech startups to bring back students who have withdrawn from college but would re-enroll with the right prompts and support.
Schools leverage AI to boost accessibility of course materials
Schools are partnering with AI companies to process accessibility requests, assist professors and translators, and personalize learning.
Digital alerts: The power—and peril—of nudging students
Digital alerts can help students stay in school and graduate, or they can create discouraging noise. Education Dive explores colleges’ evolving use of nudges to increase student success.
Opinion: Technology crucial in supporting first-gen students
Digital tools should be a central component of colleges’ efforts to support first-generation students’ academic transition, engagement, and persistence.