Quick Insights

Quick Insights

Short, downloadable resources with practical strategies you can use right away.

What Orientation Leaders Are Getting Right in 2026

Peer institutions across the country are rethinking what online orientation can do. This resource pulls the strongest lessons from a national summit on orientation and student success, covering engagement, personalization, data, and what it looks like when it all comes together.

Is Your Online Orientation Ready? A Checklist for Student Success Leaders

Enrollment pressure is rising and staff capacity is shrinking. This checklist helps orientation and student success leaders quickly identify gaps in content, personalization, communication, and data, and know where to focus next.

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Beyond the LMS: Reimagining Online Orientation

Most institutions build orientation inside their LMS, but low engagement, access barriers, and limited interactivity leave students with a poor first impression. This resource makes the case for a dedicated orientation platform and what institutions gain when they make the switch.

Designing Dual Enrollment Backwards

Most dual enrollment programs are built around course availability and high school demand. The University of Cincinnati flipped that model, designing from undergraduate enrollment and completion goals first, and saw retention rates up to 30% higher for underrepresented students. This resource outlines the pipeline approach and what it takes to replicate it.

Practical Coaching Strategies for Early College Students

Early college and dual enrollment students often arrive motivated but without the tools to manage college expectations. This resource outlines practical coaching strategies that help advisors move students from confusion to action without adding staff workload.

From Orientation to Belonging

Designing orientation that builds genuine belonging takes more than good intentions. This resource outlines practical strategies for creating culturally responsive onboarding experiences that strengthen early student connection and support persistence across diverse student populations.

First-Generation Student Belonging Checklist

Orientation is often the first moment students decide if they belong. Use this checklist to see how well your programming builds connection, affirms student identity, and sets first-generation students up to persist.

Dual Enrollment Orientation Readiness Checklist

Most dual enrollment orientations were built around compliance. Use this checklist to audit your current orientation or guide a new build, and see how well it prepares students for the realities of college.

Helping Families Navigate Dual Enrollment Opportunities

Dual enrollment families want to engage, but most lack clear, accessible guidance. This resource outlines practical strategies for scaling family communication, delivering consistent messaging, and creating a more seamless experience from first interest to enrollment.

Rethinking Academic Probation

Nearly 1 in 5 college students will face academic probation. This resource shows how intentional intervention can turn probation into a structured pathway that supports recovery and keeps students moving forward.

Preparing Dual Enrollment Faculty

Dual enrollment faculty navigate two worlds at once. This resource outlines what structured onboarding looks like and why it makes a difference for both faculty success and student outcomes.

The New ADA Accessibility Requirements

Explore practical strategies to support student success through intentional program design and targeted engagement. Learn how to create experiences that strengthen connection and improve outcomes.

Improving Retention for Transfer Students

Improving Retention for Transfer Students

Discover practical strategies to improve transfer student retention through stronger transitions and targeted support. Help students build connections that lead to persistence and success.

Creating Accessible Course Content

Discover straightforward ways to make your course content accessible and inclusive for all learners. Improve usability while meeting accessibility standards and reducing compliance risk.

Metacognition Meets Dual Enrollment

Metacognition Meets Dual Enrollment

Learn how metacognitive strategies help dual enrollment students strengthen study habits and take control of their learning. These approaches support confidence and long-term success.

Parents as Allies

Parents as Allies

Explore how engaging families as partners can strengthen student support and improve persistence. Learn practical ways to build meaningful involvement from the start.

Dual Enrollment in 2026

Dual Enrollment in 2026

Hear how institutions are expanding dual enrollment through stronger partnerships and clearer pathways. Learn what’s working to increase access and support student success.