Day 1 SESSIONS
Stephanie Land’s new book explores the often hidden struggles facing many students. In Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education, Land tells readers how as a single mom living below the poverty line she navigated a confusing college system — and occasionally the judgments of professors and other students. This session with Land, who is also author of Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive, which was turned into a Netflix series, will offer insights on how to better understand nontraditional students.
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Day 1 explores how colleges
prepare for a future in which
they are truly student centered.
Keynote: Portrait of an Adult Student
While men make up just over half of the 18- to 24-year-olds in America, they’re vastly outnumbered in the nation’s colleges. What’s going on? To help understand the situation — and how colleges can better serve men in the future — join Richard V. Reeves, who wrote Of Boys & Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What To Do About It.
Interview: The Crisis Facing Boys and Men
Pamela Johnson, Dean of Career and Academic Advising Management, and Margaret Thompson, Director of Institutional Research and Analytics at Tallahassee Community College, will join Kevin Molloy, Senior Higher Education Advisor at Workday, in a conversation about how digital transformation has improved experiences across students, faculty, and staff.
Workday Sponsor Case Study: Transforming the Student Experience at Tallahassee Community College
Between 2009 and 2020, Hispanic and Latino undergraduate enrollment increased by 42 percent, a portion that is expected to increase in the years ahead. As more colleges seek to serve these students — and earn the federal designation of Hispanic-serving institution — what do they need to improve?
Panel: What It Truly Takes to Be Hispanic-Serving
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than four in 10 high-school students felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021. How can colleges prepare to serve the increasing numbers of students who are reporting poor mental health? In this session, two students who work with Active Minds, a nonprofit organization that promotes mental health among young adults, will discuss how campuses should change.
Students’ View: The Future of Campus Mental Health and Belonging
Resources to Further the Conversation
Visual Notetaking Graphics summarizing the key takeaways and themes from the panels and interviews
"An Adult Student’s Hard Lessons: More than 39 million Americans have some college and no degree. What will it take to get them graduated?" — a Chronicle article
Stephanie’s new book, Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education, is out in November
"The Missing Men on Campus: Can colleges boost male enrollment?"— a collection of Chronicle articles
Richard’s book, Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do about It
"Everyone Wants to Be a Hispanic-Serving Institution: The number of HSIs has exploded. But are all those colleges helping their Hispanic students?’" — a Chronicle article
Gina Ann Garcia’s book, Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Opportunities for Colleges and Universities
"Building Students' Resilience: Strategies to support their mental health"— a Chronicle special report
To learn more about Active Minds, the organization Zafir and Rachna work with, go here