Beyond Academics: Realities for Today’s Students

Mar 5, 2019

3:30pm – 4:30pm CT

Give a student sound academic advice, and they’ll graduate: problem solved. Not so fast. New research suggests that non-academic issues such as mental health, family, financial, and career stress may be the greatest barriers to completion—raising important questions about how to effectively support today’s students. As postsecondary leaders race to pinpoint the barriers to student engagement and completion, could the answers be hiding in plain sight beyond the classroom walls?



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Paul Dosal

University Of South Florida

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Mark Milliron

Western Governors University's Teachers College

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Marjorie Valbrun

Inside Higher Ed