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How two-way texting aids in student support and retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The communications and marketing office began working with institutional research to launch a series of two-way text messaging pilot programs this past fall. Students who received the text were 6.3 ” Share your college’s successful efforts in improving communication with students.

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Guide To Assessment

Higher Ed Connects: Assessment

The purpose of this document is to provide academic leaders new to assessment with an easy-to-read, quick-to-digest, practical guide on educational assessment. To find the right instrument for the job, consider the following: Commercially available tests are things such as the National Survey of Student Engagement and ETS Major Field Tests.

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TSU’s Systematic Approach to Student Success

EAB

That is a very long title to say basically our office is responsible for institutional research, institutional assessment, as well as some components of academic technology. So for me, being an institutional research person, we're always saying, let's address the true problem.