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September 15, 2005
| National On-Campus Report - September 15, 2005 - Full Issue … |
| Credit Cards: A New Form of Student Loan? Recent research indicates that students are turning to private, higher-interest sources of financial aid as tuition costs increase. A new survey suggests that students are turning to their credit cards to help pay for school, too. |
| Clean Slate Helps Students Bounce Back from Probation Much of the academically geared programming in residence life focuses on general study tips and time-management practices. But at Pennsylvania College of Technology, the residence life office is taking academic-success programs even further. |
| What Makes These Schools So Good? Project Examines Student Success Leaders Why do some institutions—even those with relatively modest funding or student academic profiles—have better graduation rates than expected? A new book, Student Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter, suggests a few answers. |
| New Ideas About Student Engagement The authors of Student Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter acknowledge that the successful schools they studied base many of their educational practices and policies on common, tried-and-true principles. But these schools are also “ahead of the curve” in applying the following emerging ideas. |
| On-Campus Reports Miami U. Gets Second Clery Strike; Semester at Sea Dispute Settled; Staff and Faculty Background Checks; Interest in Russian Language Study Rebounds; When Students Study Matters Too |
