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March 20, 2019

5 Questions with University of Missouri-Kansas City: Measuring the Impact of Supplemental Instruction on Persistence

By Barbara A. Bichelmeyer

Even though UMKC was seeing 1-2% bumps in overall retention, outcomes were not increasing for underrepresented minorities who are central to the school’s mission. We spoke with Barbara A. Bichelmeyer, Provost at University of Missouri-Kansas City, to learn how UMKC uncovered ...

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https://www.civitaslearningspace.com/5-questions-with-university-of-missouri-kansas-city-measuring-the-impact-of-supplemental-instruction-on-persistence/

March 14, 2019

Monroe Community College: How Clarity About What’s Working Has Changed Our Conversations

By Julianna Frisch, Assistant to the President, Strategic Initiatives, Monroe Community College

When we set this year’s goal to increase term to term persistence by 3 percent and our fall to fall retention rate by 2 percent, we understood that step one would be understanding the impact of our student success initiatives ...

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https://www.civitaslearningspace.com/monroe-community-college-how-clarity-about-whats-working-has-changed-our-conversations/

March 8, 2019

The Power to Learn and Improve Outcomes — Why More Colleges and Universities Are Joining The Mission

By Civitas Learning

Recently the Hope Center for College, Community and Justice issued another report on housing and food insecurity faced by higher ed students. The report shines a much-needed light on the reality our students are facing on a daily basis. Almost ...

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https://www.civitaslearningspace.com/joining-the-mission/

February 25, 2019

University of Missouri-Kansas City: Impact Analysis Informing Decisions to Maximize the Efficacy & ROI of Supplemental Instruction

By Barbara A. Bichelmeyer

One of the hardest things institutions try to do is to stop engaging in some of the practices that have long been part of our culture and our history — but if we are going to better serve each and ...

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https://www.civitaslearningspace.com/university-of-missouri-kansas-city-impact-analysis-informing-decisions-to-maximize-the-efficacy-roi-of-supplemental-instruction/

December 5, 2018

Five Things Leadership Can Stop Assuming About Their Data

By Dr. Rob Robinson

A Civitas Learning colleague and I teach a class in a master’s of leadership program. The course is designed to help emerging leaders use their organizational data to inform their decisions, policies and approach. Our class design has been informed ...

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https://www.civitaslearningspace.com/five-things-leadership-can-stop-assuming-about-data/

November 28, 2018

Five Things Leaders Should Ask of Their Institutional Data

By Dr. Angela Baldasare

A strong data infrastructure and culture is critical to navigating today’s challenges in higher education. Just this year, a number of books have come out offering guidance on how to build data culture and realize the value of analytics in ...

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https://www.civitaslearningspace.com/five-things-leaders-should-ask-of-their-institutional-data/

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Increased Student Adoption With New Student Mobile App

Illume Implementation Process: Perspectives from an IT Project Manager

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