Category: Student Success

2007, Student Success

How do You Define Student Success?

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute It sounds like a Rolaids commercial, I know. But I’m always interested in how people view the issue of student success, since that’s become the vernacular over the past few years. And I’m the guilty party as much as anyone. We’ve been flinging “student success” around quite liberally, just as we’ve done for “college access” … Continue reading How do You Define Student Success?

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2007, College Access, Research/Policy, Student Success

Remembering the Alamo

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute In this week’s news, we feature a new study by the DC-based Alliance for Excellent Education, which finds that over $1.4 billion is spent at US two-year institutions for developmental (remedial) education. The issue of remediation continues to become an increasing challenge for educational institutions in the US and Canada. Critics of remedial programming suggest … Continue reading Remembering the Alamo

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2007, Advising, Student Success

Counseling as a Reform Agent

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute This past Monday, the American Council on Education, in partnership with a number of other organizations, hosted a summit titled “Advancing College Readiness: Higher Education’s Role in Improving America’s High Schools.” According to the InsideHigherEd article reference in this week’s news below, the summit ‘outlined the role higher education leaders should plan in ensuring that … Continue reading Counseling as a Reform Agent

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2006, College Access, College Affordability, Financial Aid, K12, Research/Policy, Student Success

Do We Know What to Do?

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute This has been a busy week for educational researchers and for EPI. Two major conferences are happening as I write this commentary: the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) in Anaheim, California, and the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) in Washington, DC. Both deal, in part, to expanding access and success at the … Continue reading Do We Know What to Do?

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2006, College Access, STEM, Student Success

Cosby and the Engineering Kids

By Watson Scott Swail, President & Senior Research Scholar, Educational Policy Institute NOTE: This post was written in 2006, far before the more recent failings of Mr. Cosby (January 17, 2019, WSS) This week I had the honor of attending a fundraising gala in New York City for the National Action Council on Minorities in Engineering, better known as NACME. If you don’t know them, you may … Continue reading Cosby and the Engineering Kids

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