IDC PeerScape: Best Practices for Student Engagement in Higher Education

IDC PeerScape Figure

• Figure: IDC PeerScape: Student Engagement — Best Practices to Improve Student Engagement in Higher Education

Executive Summary

Peer Insights

• Practice 1: Leverage Technology to Guide and Empower Students Through Their Academic Journey

• Challenge

• Example

• Designing a Digital-First Student Experience at Cal Poly Pomona

• Guidance

• Practice 2: Centralize Resources to Reduce Bureaucratic Complexity and Improve Student/Institutional Outcomes

• Challenge

• Examples

• A Student "One-Stop" at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Michigan

• UMass Lowell's Student Solution Center

• Guidance

• Practice 3: Enable Faculty and Staff to Share Student Engagement Best Practices

• Challenge

• Example

• Guidance

• Practice 4: Leverage Multiple Tools to Engage with a Diverse Range of Stakeholders

• Challenge

• Examples

• An "Anonymous Back Channel" for Student Engagement at the University of Michigan

• A Virtual Community to Connect Online and Nontraditional Students on Rio Salado College

• Guidance