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Add to RSS Feed Introducing the ConexED Business Intelligence Dashboard Because predictive data analytics technology has been around for nearly a decade, the technology is antiquated at best, and with Covid-19 creating uncertainty throughout the entirety of modern campus life, the demand for new technology is paramount for student support services. To better address these … Read more

Add to RSS Feed The Pandemic’s continuing impact on education As campuses across the country gear up for fall semester, uncertainty looms with COVID-19 cases once again on the rise. Witnessing the toll that remote education has had on many students throughout the pandemic, school administrators hope to prevent further learning loss and provide additional … Read more

Add to RSS Feed The Continuing Case of College Dropouts and the Murky Middle Demographic One of the most alarming trends in higher education is a growing concern among college administrators nationwide: increasing college dropout rates. Data shows that 40% of newly enrolled first-year college freshmen drop out before graduation. Even students who involuntarily stop … Read more

Add to RSS Feed Increasing Student Success through Social-Emotional Learning Witnessing the value of social-emotional learning (SEL) over the course of the last decade, SEL has quickly become the topic of online education discussion groups, teaching manuals and scholastic articles the world over. As the name suggests, SEL is the process through which students learn … Read more

Add to RSS Feed Student Success Tools for Post-Pandemic Teaching A year after the worldwide spread of Covid-19, The Chronicle of Higher Education offers valuable insight on ways to improve the remote student experience. Drawing from the feedback of students recorded during an Educase panel conducted in February, the Chronicle’s Flower Darby offers “7 Dos … Read more

Add to RSS Feed Celebrating International Women in Engineering Day The Golden Gate Bridge, Navy’s Coston Flares signalling system, and Kevlar were all constructed by contributions made by women engineers. Women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) have been creating and inventing products, processes, and improving our lives on a daily … Read more

Add to RSS Feed Juneteenth: A step toward racial equity in education With President Biden signing law to establish Juneteenth as a nationally recognized holiday this week, matters of racial equity in our schools and communities have become more prevalent than ever before.  “By making Juneteenth a federal holiday, all Americans can feel the power … Read more

Add to RSS Feed Ensuring Educational Equity for LGBTQ+ Students Continuing Challenges Nearly 50 years have passed since Congress signed Title IX into law prohibiting sex discrimination in federally-funded education programs. While steps toward inclusivity have improved dramatically since, members of the LGBTQ+ community continue to face challenges in education.  A survey of 2,500 teachers … Read more

Add to RSS Feed ConexED awarded Best Educational Service in Utah! The Best of State Awards were created to recognize outstanding individuals, organizations, and businesses throughout the state of Utah. This year, ConexED was recognized as the Best Educational Service! Winners are determined by three categories:  Innovation & creativity in approaches, techniques, methods or processes … Read more