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Catharine Bond Hill,  John B. King, Jr.  and David Brooks at the ATI Presidential Summit

Catharine Bond Hill, John B. King, Jr. and David Brooks at the ATI Presidential Summit

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March 19, 2025

Conducting a Higher Education in Prison Needs Analysis

Varied Approaches and Perspectives

Join the New England Board of Higher Education’s New England Prison Education Collaborative  on March 19 at 3pm ET for a virtual workshop on “Conducting a Higher Education in Prison Needs Analysis: Varied Approaches and Perspectives.” This workshop aims to equip such stakeholders as departments of corrections, state higher education executive officers, and program providers with the tools and knowledge needed to conduct a needs analysis and gauge barriers to increasing access to higher education in prison and student…
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March 15, 2025

Using Lasso Regression to Examine Vertical Transfer Paths and Predict Student Success

At the Association for Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) 50th Anniversary Conference, Martin Kurzweil, Lexa Logue, David Wutchiett, and Colin Chellman will give a presentation of research using lasso regression to address multicollinearity and interaction effects in estimating graduation and academic outcomes for students transferring from community colleges to bachelor’s colleges. The session will be held on March 15 at 1:45-3:15pm ET.
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March 13, 2025

Understanding Researcher Needs and Challenges

Findings from a Qualitative Study on Research Data Services

In the past few decades, partnerships between libraries and other campus units have become important contributors to sustaining the growth of the research enterprise at higher-education institutions across the globe. Providing cross-campus research support services, these partnerships are essential for helping researchers navigate the increasingly complex world of research data management and for developing connective infrastructure to effectively support researchers. To better understand effective strategies for research data services delivery at North American research universities, Ithaka S+R, in collaboration with…
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March 4, 2025

Using Technology to Shine a Light on College Transfer Data

Students now earn college credit from many sources—dual enrollment, exams, work experience, and attendance at multiple colleges—throughout their education. However, institutions often struggle to accept this multisource and nonlinear transfer of credit, creating barriers that cost students time, money, and deepen inequities. At the SXSW EDU 2025 Conference, Emily Tichenor will join Brandon Felder, Kristin Brooks, and Renee Rhodd to explore how institutions in New York and South Carolina are reducing these barriers with credit mobility technology solutions that…
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March 4, 2025

AI & Edu: Sharing Real Classroom Successes & Challenges

SXSW EDU 2025

The AI hype cycle is in full swing. It’s time to do what we do best: share insights to learn from one another. At SXSW EDU 2025, on March 4 at 1:00pm-2:00pm CT, Ithaka S+R’s Dylan Ruediger and ITHAKA’s Zhuo Chen will lead an open discussion about AI usage in the classroom for college and college readiness-focused educators. Participants will exchange real world experiences and evidence about how they’re using AI to successfully, and not so successfully, improve student…
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February 25, 2025

John Dewey 90 Years Later

How Liberal Arts Strengthens Democracy

The value of higher education generally, and a liberal arts education in particular, is viewed with heightened skepticism. While there are many inspiring anecdotes about the value of a liberal education, it is increasingly important for the sector to produce high quality, evidence-based research on the post-graduation outcomes of such an education, and around its civic value in particular. In this session, you will hear from researchers addressing these questions, including Ithaka S+R’s Elizabeth Pisacreta. The session is scheduled…
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February 22, 2025

Transfer Explorer

Education in Motion: Connecting Careers, Community, and Change

At the SCTEA Education in Motion Conference, Ithaka S+R’s Betsy Mueller will introduce participants to Transfer Explorer, a new national credit mobility website hosted by ITHAKA. The website launched in late 2024 in partnership with systems and institutions across Connecticut, South Carolina, New York, and Washington. Transfer Explorer lets students explore how courses and credits they have earned, or may take in the future, will transfer between institutions and count towards a degree. Aiken Technical’s Chad Crumbaker, Horry-Georgetown Technical’s…
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February 20, 2025

Generative AI in Higher Education

Emerging Impacts on Research & Teaching

On Thursday, February 20, Ithaka S+R’s Dylan Ruediger will participate in a virtual panel discussion hosted by the University of Delaware that will be focused on generative AI in higher education and emerging impacts on research and teaching.
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February 18, 2025

44th Annual Conference on The First-Year Experience

In this session at the 44th Annual Conference on the First-Year Experience, Ithaka S+R’s Ifeatu Oliobi will join the Kessler Scholars Collaborative’s Kristen Glasener to present findings from a multi-institutional, mixed methods study that examines how participation in a comprehensive, cohort-based support program influences success outcomes for first-generation, limited-income (FGLI) students. We explore students’ experiences in the Kessler Scholars Program, which supports FGLI college students at 16 institutions through financial aid and robust, evidence-informed programming. Drawing on surveys, focus…
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February 11, 2025

Charting the Way Upward

Preliminary Findings in AI Services and Adoption in Higher Education

In the Summer of 2023, Ithaka S+R launched a research and consulting project, “Making AI Generative for Higher Education” that assists 18 higher education institutions in identifying ways and areas generative AI (GAI)  is poised to revolutionize educational practices, yet these areas are not receiving sufficient attention from our institution or the higher education sector at large. This panel discussion, part of NISO Plus Baltimore 2025, aims to explore the preliminary findings of our ongoing project, which investigates…
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February 8, 2025

The Civic Campus

SUNY Public Good U

At SUNY Public Good U on February 8, Ioana Hulbert and Deirdre Harkins will participate in a session sharing insights from an Ithaka S+R report exploring the link between higher education and civic engagement. The session will focus on turning insights from the report into actionable items for campus civic leaders, with an emphasis on how to sustainably and strategically strengthen civic engagement efforts. Specifically, participants will be asked to discuss what assessment needs they want to prioritize, the…
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February 6, 2025

The Landscape of Generative AI in Teaching and Research

For the past two years, universities have been grappling with the implications of Chat-GPT and other tools that have put generative AI into the hands of students and faculty. As libraries and other university units develop policies, programming, and resources to support the ethical adoption of generative AI, they need empirical evidence about how campus communities are using it. In a presentation at Temple University on February 6 at 2pm, Dylan Ruediger will share findings from three major Ithaka…
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February 5, 2025

Institutional Debt, Administrative Holds, and Student Enrollment

In this session at the 2025 Transfer Convening at UNC-Charlotte, the Adult Learner Re-Engagement team, Ithaka S+R’s Liz Looker and Jonathan Barefield, will present findings from research in North Carolina. We partnered with the UNC System Office and individual institutions to conduct mixed methods research on institutional debt and administrative holds for stopped out students in the state. Specifically, we found that the vast majority of stopped out students owe less than $2,000, and that existing hold policies have disproportionately…
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January 21, 2025

The Chronicle’s Strategic-Leadership Program for Department Chairs

As a bridge between administration and faculty, department chairs have one of the toughest jobs on campus. On  January 21-31, 2025 the Chronicle of Higher Education is hosting a strategic leadership program for department chairs, bringing together experienced academic leaders at Dever Justice LLC and leading research experts at Ithaka S+R. The program will help guide new and experienced chairs through the challenges and transformative opportunities of their role. This critical series has been restructured to improve the participant…
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January 16, 2025

Preserving Their Stories

Creating and Archiving Art Under Mass Incarceration

Join Ithaka S+R and Tammy Ortiz as we introduce you to “Preserving Their Stories: Archiving Mass Incarceration.” In this National Endowment for the Humanities funded project, Ithaka S+R Justice Initiative’s team explored how creative works generated by incarcerated artists circulate beyond prison walls. Join us for a webinar on January 16, 2025 at 2:30pm ET as we speak with experts in the field and learn more about their successes and struggles navigating the creation of their art, preservation…
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January 14, 2025

Breaking Out of the Publishing Straightjacket

Rethinking Scholarly Outputs

In a session at the Academic Publishing in Europe conference on “Scholarly Communication: Reframing the Dialogue,” Ithaka S+R’s Roger Schonfeld will moderate a panel conversation with Hemai Parthasarathy, Nandita Quaderi, and Anita de Waard that will explore how innovative formats and distribution methods are revolutionizing scholarly communication, reshaping research assessment and impact. Learn more about the session, on January 14, 2025.
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January 13, 2025

Between Codes and Connections

Navigating AI's Role in Teaching and Learning for College Instructors

On January 13 at 9:00am ET, Ithaka S+R’s Mark McBride will present the keynote at SUNY Niagara Community College’s Professional Development Days event, on navigating AI’s role in teaching and learning for college instructors. In the unfolding story of higher education, a new protagonist has entered the scene: artificial intelligence. As college instructors, you are no strangers to transformative tools, from blackboards to Zoom rooms, but AI demands something deeper—a rethinking of what it means to teach, to learn,…
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December 4, 2024

State-Based Solutions for Addressing Institutional Debt

SHEEO Communities of Practice

At the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) Communities of Practice: Supporting Student Loan Borrowers event in Washington DC, Brittany Pearce will join SHEEO Associate Vice President Dustin Weeden and Ohio Department of Higher Education Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Success Christopher Kacir to discuss state-based solutions for addressing institutional debt. The session will take place on December 4 at 12:45pm ET. See the event agenda to learn more.
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November 23, 2024

Scholars in the Real World

Utilizing Research in Program Implementation and Policy Decision-making

At the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s (ASHE) 2024 General Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, an interactive symposium will engage audience members to think critically about about how research is used in higher education policy. Using their roles as researchers, knowledge brokers, and decision-makers in roles adjacent to academia, panelists Ifeatu Oliobi, Emily Parrott, Kristen Glasener, Vikash Reddy, KC Deane, and Kyle Southern will illustrate specific examples of policy-relevant research, expanding the definition of “scholars” and “scholarship.” The…
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November 22, 2024

Shifting the Burden?

Estimating the Effect of Tuition Freezes on Graduate Program Enrollment and Tuition Levels

At the Association for the Study of Higher Education’s (ASHE) 2024 General Conference, James Ward, Cameron Childress, Ifeatu Oliobi, and Robert Kelchen will participate in a panel discussion examining the relationship between state mandated tuition freezes for undergraduates at public institutions and changes in the enrollment and completions of graduate students, the number of graduate programs being offered, and graduate program tuition. The session is scheduled to take place on November 22 at 3:45 to 5:00pm.