Are you there, 2023? It’s us, EduCred Services
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Are you there, 2023? It’s us, EduCred Services

A New Year provides a new opportunity for reflection, intention, and perspective. As we launch into 2023 full of optimism (albeit cautious optimism, at times), we wanted to write a collaborative post where we can each share our lessons-learned and hopes for the new year.

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What Should Student Success Outcomes Mean to Us?
Higher Education, Outcomes Assessment Susan Chiaramonte Higher Education, Outcomes Assessment Susan Chiaramonte

What Should Student Success Outcomes Mean to Us?

I will be one of the first ones to tell you that student outcomes matter, but with an increasingly narrow focus on them, is higher education missing the bigger picture in defining graduates’ success? Based on the 27/73% split in the statistic above and how institutions are required to report outcomes, I am not a “success”.

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To the Class of 2022
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To the Class of 2022

Each graduating class steps out into a slightly different world than did the class preceding them. This is, of course, only natural—as Heraclitus famously said, “change is the only constant in life”—but even so, the class of 2022 has had to persevere through some unique difficulties. In light of that, the EduCred Services Team wanted to, first, congratulate the tenacious class of 2022, and second, offer some pieces of advice that we wish someone had shared with us.

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Pathway for Hope
Inspiration Susan Chiaramonte Inspiration Susan Chiaramonte

Pathway for Hope

When people are denied an opportunity to achieve their potential, they act out of desperation. They turn against societal norms to find a way to survive in the absence of opportunities. When we close our minds, doors, and borders, we only hurt ourselves.

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Making It Click
Current Events Susan Chiaramonte Current Events Susan Chiaramonte

Making It Click

Students are distracted by life and overwhelmed by increasing uncertainty. They work to navigate within a changing world. Much of what we have known will be forever changed and impacted by the last four months. Education provides the answer if only we can figure out how to make it click.

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