Concerned with strengthening student retention rates, Sinclair Community College (SCC), in Ohio, turned to innovative technology. Their Student Success Plan software now provides a digital intervention, offering a “holistic case-management system,” uniting faculty, advisors, counselors and students, to support completion. Watch a video interview about the SSP, take a look at action plans and hear more about SCC’s work on making this digital intervention software available to other institutions.

For more than a decade, Corporate Voices for Working Families (Corporate Voices) has cultivated
public and private policies that promote the wellbeing of working families while strengthening
our nation’s economy and enhancing the vitality of our communities. Our partner companies lead
their industries in developing best practices that both help working families and meet bottom-line
business goals. Nowhere is this more evident than in Corporate Voices’ work on jobs, skills, education
and training.

John N. Gardner of the Institute for Excellence in Undergraduate Education blogs in support of tiered tuition models. According to Gardner, differential tuition would encourage students to register on time (as on-time registration would mean lower tuition). He argues that this in turn would encourage students to show up for classes on time, and ultimately be more prepared to succeed.

Over the past year, Pima Community College (PCC) in Arizona has stratified tuition for 17 programs. This article covers the perspective of a single mother of two, as she finishes her first semester in dental hygiene at PCC – and struggles with the fact that her program now falls under a higher tuition rate, which is more difficult for her to afford. 

This article discusses the option of raising tuition for majors which cost more to teach – and which can ultimately help students secure higher paying jobs. While controversial, University of Nebraska-Lincoln dean of College Business Administration calls the strategy “a lifesaver.” The institution has raised tuition for courses such as business and engineering to the tune of $50 more a credit, allowing for the creation of a career center, for a student lounge renovation and for the hiring of additional faculty.