How One College Used a Faculty-Led Project to Connect their Students to Basic Needs Resources

What does it look like to engage faculty in basic needs work?

In a recent guest blog post for CAEL, we describe the stellar work done by a team at Chemeketa Community College to connect students to basic needs resources available at their college. As a participant in our Benefits for Success Career and Technical Education (CTE) Academy, the Chemeketa … (read more)

Effective Survey Analysis Can Help You Improve Your Programs and Services: Here are 5 Key Steps to Help You Do It Well

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We believe that hearing and learning directly from participants is essential to improving programs and services, and surveys can be a very effective way to do this. If you have administered a survey to your participants, you’ve taken a valuable step! But once you’ve collected your survey responses, … (read more)

Student-Centered Design Team on the All In: Student Pathways Forward Podcast

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The Student-Centered Design team’s Bri Nguyen and Natasha Bennett recently spoke about their work on the All In: Student Pathways Forward podcast, hosted by Marc Goldberg. Bri and Natasha discussed the importance of putting student voices at the center of solution design, focusing on students’ wisdom and lived … (read more)