Daily Lumina News 021423

The University Innovation Alliance has been a vocal proponent of student success since its original 11 public member institutions came together in 2014 to innovate based on that goal, with a particular emphasis on scale.
In this interview, early actors in the student success movement discuss how the landscape has changed over the past decade and why everyone needs to be talking about student success.

The next chancellor of the California State University system should be a leader who can boldly address the needs of a diverse student body that, in the wake of a pandemic, has struggled mightily not only with academics but basic needs like food and housing.
That's the overwhelming message from a series of public forums held throughout the state recently as the search for the next leader of the 23-campus system kicks into high gear.

Enrollment managers—even those who push hard to admit more Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous students and those from low-income families—get a bad rap.
They are often overruled by college presidents and trustees, who don’t approve ideas like eliminating early decision or alumni preferences, and are instead preoccupied with sustainability, prestige, and moving up in rankings.

On college campuses across the country, an estimated one in three students experience food insecurity. That may impact not only their health, but also their ability to perform well academically and stay in school.
Colleges and universities in Allegheny County have taken steps in recent years to reduce student hunger—namely through the creation of on-campus food pantries. Now, five institutions in the county are planning to ramp up their efforts with grant funding from the state.

Nurses around the country are still being stretched to their limits as the nursing crisis in the United States worsens.
Schools of nursing are now working overtime—not only to educate future nurses but also to bring more diversity to the profession.

Everyone keeps telling professors to “meet students where they are”—even if it takes more time and effort. But where are they, exactly?
COVID has shaped students’ lives, but not all in the same way. Some are living with health problems or have lost loved ones. Others are recovering from the isolation of the early pandemic, or are making sense of the polarization it has deepened. Their social skills have grown rusty, their concentration limited.