Custom research, technical assistance, & advocacy supporting ed equity & student success. Founder & CEO: @RachelRMarlowe. #highered #ruraled #commcollege
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Representation matters. By connecting students with mentors who share similar cultural and linguistic backgrounds, Galax City Public Schools, a rural Virginia district, dramatically reduced its English learner dropout rate. 🔗 buff.ly/1ehOJ2U 🔗
Data literacy is an institutional capacity that promotes student success. Halifax Community College shifted from faculty-only advising to a holistic approach, driven by a culture in which faculty & staff use data to inform decisions across departments.🔗buff.ly/ILUJjbf🔗
We kicked off our 5th Anniversary event with a panel titled “Student Loans: Changing Rules, Lasting Consequences”. Thank you to our panelists for sharing their expertise, and to everyone who joined us! Watch the panel: buff.ly/FdMvA0h
A new EU report found that successful digital transformation initiatives combine technology with strong pedagogy. Digital education is about building digitally capable learners through strong teaching, thoughtful governance, & inclusive system design. 🔗buff.ly/SDqfKVd 🔗
📍 Rural colleges remain underrepresented in research. That’s why the National Rural Higher Education Research Center at MDRC is conducting research across 10 states and 25 colleges to generate actionable findings for rural college leaders.
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The Axim Collaborative 2026 Impact Report is out! We’re happy to see our work, Building Data Capacity for Student Success, featured among incredible partners. Read about our work with four broad-access colleges to build data capacity 🔗 buff.ly/13FoMpT 🔗
🚨 New Report Drop!
We’re thrilled to share a new report by Sam and Michelle that explores the Detroit Regional Chamber’s efforts to improve longitudinal student data through the Detroit Drives Degrees Data Collaborative. 🔗 buff.ly/batJlUF 🔗
In the EU, international mobility is baked into vocational education and training. Their model can provide insight into how the U.S. can build systems to support industry-recognized credential portability across borders. 🔗 buff.ly/66rWZs6 🔗
Success is not one pathway. Whether a student becomes a nurse, electrician, entrepreneur, or Ivy League transfer, the goal is the same: helping people achieve the future they want. 🔗 buff.ly/vxRk56C 🔗
Uncovering student transfer patterns is complex. For that reason, we’re excited to share our transfer toolkit, SDP Beyond Transfer Rates, developed in partnership with Harvard Strategic Data Project Download the toolkit here 🔗 buff.ly/HpahOwX 🔗
Spain is using an asset-based framework to help rural schools address challenges. The lesson: rural schools are poised to leverage place-based educational models and don’t need to imitate urban schools. 🔗buff.ly/Z4WaTVF🔗
Regional collaboratives can provide the ecosystem needed to connect students to high-quality college and career pathways. The core idea is that no single district can offer every pathway, but regions can. Learn more about the Empower Schools guide 🔗 buff.ly/N8JVwp5 🔗
The youth employment challenge is worsening, with entry-level job postings down 30% in the last two years. What can help tackle the challenge: Earn-and-learn approaches show promise. Employers need to be more active participants. Youth well-being matters. buff.ly/LDxVAno
📍 Listening to rural students on access, belonging, & opportunity:
Cassie Conklin argues that rural higher education equity goes beyond college access to include representation, student voice, & the supports students need to succeed once enrolled. 🔗 buff.ly/tn4mevm 🔗
For rural colleges, helping students earn a credential is not enough; they seek to promote economic development across a region to address families' economic mobility. 🔗 buff.ly/y9nAQwR 🔗
If you haven’t seen it yet, the Rural College Equity Toolkit aims to provide counselors, educators, students, and advocates with resources to support postsecondary planning. Check out the toolkit here 🔗 buff.ly/kQD60ps 🔗
🚨 New postsecondary data toolkit published! It's more than just a data analysis aid. It includes guiding questions & information on evidence-informed practices to foster collaborative inquiry across institutional roles. Download the new toolkit: buff.ly/GsSYY4T
🚀 New Press Release! We're partnering with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), Complete College America (CCA), and UNCF to help colleges and universities make better use of student outcomes data to support student success. buff.ly/p2LPdND
Welcome to the team, Brady Newell! Congratulations on a great first week! Brady joins us from the Bipartisan Policy Center, where she served as Chief of Staff to the COO. We are so excited you're on the team, & we know your expertise will help drive our strategic growth.
Closing the gender gap in STEM degrees requires interventions that start in early education. Underscoring the need for early intervention, Spain found that young girls were 11% more likely than young boys to think Mathematics was difficult for them. 🔗 buff.ly/4leiKIq 🔗
