"Trauma Informed" does NOT mean "I have trauma, so I can relate." "Trauma Informed" does NOT mean "I'll be 'extra nice' because people have trauma." "Trauma Informed" indicates: 🧵

🧵How can we measure student success, and what can institutions do to better support successful outcomes for their students? Read Ithaka S+R reports and publications on understanding success and the factors that make the most difference for students.

A new action plan from Melissa Blankstein Ithaka S+R highlights strategies for breaking down silos across departments to most effectively provide student support services. I especially like the recommendation to "help students help each other." sr.ithaka.org/blog/building-…

In a 🆕Ithaka S+R post, I spoke with JMU’s @yasmeen_azadi & Liz Thompson to better understand shifting faculty perspectives on Open Educational Resources like digital textbooks, course modules, and video lectures. Read the interview: sr.ithaka.org/blog/the-libra…

How are faculty perceptions of Open Educational Resources shifting? JMU’s @yasmeen_azadi & Liz Thompson provide insight on the challenges faculty face in creating and using OER and discuss how to support faculty adopting OER. sr.ithaka.org/blog/the-libra…

Very excited to be attending Achieving the Dream's DREAM 2023 in Chicago! Presenting on new IMLS work on college fluency with the wonderful @jamaral at BMCC. Let me know if you'll be in Chicago too! sr.ithaka.org/events/lost-an…

How might librarians support students seeking information on signing up for financial aid or accessing counseling services? Melissa Blankstein discusses an IMLS-funded Ithaka S+R & BMCC project to explore librarians’ role in college fluency. sr.ithaka.org/blog/exploring…

📢Come partner with Ithaka S+R & BMCC on our new project exploring how institutions can improve college fluency—or students' ability to effectively locate & use non-curricular college services like financial aid or mental health counseling services. sr.ithaka.org/blog/exploring…

Colleges & universities that think they have student basic needs insecurity under control (or mostly handled) on their campus are in for a rude awakening in a matter of weeks. 🧵:

Join Ithaka S+R's Melissa Blankstein and BMCC's @jamaral tomorrow at 4:30 pm for an Achieving the Dream #ATDREAM session on college fluency and our IMLS-funded project exploring how libraries can improve student success. sr.ithaka.org/events/lost-an…

Can partnerships between public and community college libraries make a difference for the communities they serve? I'm excited to share a 🆕ECMC Foundation-funded Ithaka S+R project that will examine how library partnerships can support local communities. sr.ithaka.org/blog/supportin…

🆕Every three years, Ithaka S+R gathers library deans and directors perspectives on their libraries’ strategies and priorities through a national survey. Explore the latest insights and analysis in the 2022 Library Survey by @ioana_hulbert: sr.ithaka.org/publications/u…

Interested in learning how colleges can break down bureaucratic barriers to #StudentSuccess? Vote for a #SXSWEDU2024 session led by me and BMCC’s @jamaral using SXSW EDU’s #PanelPicker, now through August 20: panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/136765

Ithaka S+R’s Melissa Blankstein & BMCC's @jamaral are proposing a #SXSWEDU workshop on #CollegeFluency—or how colleges can support students to self-advocate within the bureaucracy of #highered in order to achieve their goals. Vote today: panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote/136765

From food pantries and meal voucher programs to emergency assistance funds, colleges and universities are making efforts to address #BasicNeeds insecurity on campus. Melissa Blankstein & Elmira Jangjou, PhD - المیرا جنگجو discuss new directions and sustainable solutions: sr.ithaka.org/blog/from-awar…