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Student Success, Retention, and Graduation

We want every student to achieve their potential, and believe they can. The challenges? Too many to list. Each student is unique and has their own burdens, surprises, and disruptions that stand between stepping on campus and stepping up to receive their diploma.

Colleges and universities know that they need to look at students holistically, understand students’ needs, and provide the services and support that will help students succeed. Pulling everyone together to improve student retention in higher education is hard. It requires integrated planning.

 

 

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PLANNING FOR HIGHER EDUCATION JOURNAL
Is Higher Education Ready for Its Learners?
Impact Student Success Using the Three-Box Solution

Improving student success requires colleges and universities to let go of past practices, improve current operations, and experiment with new innovations. Learn how one institution used a nimble strategic planning process to create a student success framework that addresses the past, present, and future.

 

Build A Culture of Integrated Planning On Your Campus
Through Hands-On Learning

Planning Institute Workshop Series
SCUP’s PI workshop series will help you and your team no matter where you are in the planning process. Learn more about the PI.

Integrated Planning Coaching
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Planning for Higher Education Journal

AI and HI Working

 As the AI tools get smarter and as HI skills continue to enhance planning, higher education should continue to explore what leading campuses have already accomplished.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Scaling Active Learning Classrooms

 A large-scale study uncovered factors that led to successful scaling of active learning spaces and pedagogical approaches in colleges and universities.
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Use Evidence to Plan Facilities That Drive Student Success

 In this article, the author draws upon research from his book How to Get the Most Out of College to highlight the evidence that campus planners and designers can use to help drive student success.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Partnerships Promote Inclusion

 Intentional planning and a competency-based, personalized learning model empowers graduate students from the architecture discipline to assist secondary students in becoming knowledge seekers and design professionals.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Book Review: Higher Education Systems Redesigned
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Factors That Contribute to the Persistence of Minority Students in STEM Fields

 This exploratory study examined factors that contributed to the college persistence of minority students in STEM graduate programs at LMCU, providing nuance and texture to the existing theory and research.
Planning for Higher Education Journal

Pulling Double Duty

 What is a family-friendly culture in higher education? Cal Poly Pomona answered the question with cross-division investments to support student parents.
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Conferences, Courses, and Workshops of Interest

Community Conversation

Community Conversation: Peer Insights on Trends and Planning for What’s Next

 September 26, 2025
Online | 2:00 - 3:00 PM Eastern
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