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12 septembre 2017

How colleges can help students keep out of academic trouble

R. Sekhar Chivukula, Michigan State University et Kristen A. Renn, Michigan State University

It's estimated that 20 percent of first year students are put on academic probation. That's not a small number. Universities are beginning to tackle the problem head on.

Whether you have a physical disability, mental illness or learning challenge, there are strategies to help you earn your degree. Stocksnap

25 juillet 2017

How to succeed in college with a disability

Stephen Byrd, Elon University

For many disabled students, college is the first time that they're put to the test of making their own way. The experience can be challenging, but there are strategies to help ease the way.

The campus community can have different cyber priorities. John Hogg / World Bank

5 décembre 2016

Balancing cybersecurity and academic freedom is a challenge on campus

Jungwoo Ryoo, Pennsylvania State University

Cyber threats are universal. But the appropriate response may be quite different in academia from what works in the corporate world.

A student tries to stem her bleeding during clashes at the University of the Witwatersrand. Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

29 septembre 2016

Why student protests in South Africa have turned violent

Jane Duncan, University of Johannesburg

Protest movements become radicalised by two factors: escalating policing and competitive escalation between political adversaries and other protesting groups.

The apartheid government built universities for black students far from major cities or safe routes. Shutterstock

13 septembre 2016

How the legacy of apartheid design is making students’ lives unsafe

Kathryn Nel, University of Limpopo

The system of apartheid is long gone. But its legacy of poor funding for historically black universities - and of planning that banished black universities to cities' margins - remains.

Students are moving into their dorms. How best can they learn? Tulane Publications

31 août 2015

Why there is value in on-campus living

Beth McCuskey, Purdue University

Students heading back to school face a wide variety of choices in housing. Multiple studies have shown how on-campus living can enhance learning.

It’s a marital scene…. Optimal College Town Assessment

28 janvier 2015

Town and gown relationships are like a marriage

Stephen M Gavazzi, The Ohio State University

As a family and marriage researcher, I have conducted a lot of research into what makes relationships work. I tend to think about relationships in terms of couples. When I was appointed the senior administrator…

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Stephen M Gavazzi
Professor, Human Development and Family Science & Dean/Director, Ohio State Mansfield Campus, The Ohio State University
Jane Duncan
Professor in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television, University of Johannesburg
Beth McCuskey
Vice Provost for Student Life, Purdue University
Kathryn Nel
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Limpopo
Jungwoo Ryoo
Professor of Information Sciences and Technology at Altoona campus, Pennsylvania State University
Kristen A. Renn
Professor of Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education and Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies for Student Success Research, Michigan State University
Stephen Byrd
Associate Professor of Education, Elon University
R. Sekhar Chivukula
Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean for Undergraduate Studies, Michigan State University