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	              When a recent survey asked higher education leaders if the pivot to remote learning during the pandemic changed their institution's priorities, the majority of respondents (53 percent) said yes.  MoreIn 2015, California State University launched Graduation Initiative 2025, an ambitious plan to increase graduation rates and eliminate equity gaps in degree completion across the system’s 23 campuses. Then halfway through that work, COVID hit — and all those student supports and services had to shift online. We find out how CSU kept students on track despite the challenges of the pandemic, the technologies and infrastructure that were needed to support students remotely, and what will remain in place going forward. More 
	             
	                        
	            
	            
	              
	               
	              
	               
	              
	            
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	              Campus bookstores have a critical role to play in open educational resource efforts, according to a recent report from the Driving OER Sustainability for Student Success Collaborative. Yet there is room for improvement in the way stores list and fulfill learning materials and make OER options available to students. More 
	             
	             
	            
  
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    Higher education IT must prepare for the adoption of different learning and instructional modalities — whether in-person, online, hybrid or HyFlex. Hear from Bryan Alexander, an internationally known futurist and researcher — in conversation with Brian Beatty, associate professor of instructional technologies at San Francisco State University, who developed “hybrid-flexible" (HyFlex) course design — and find out what you can do to prepare for the return to campus this fall. How will learning differ and how will IT need to address the change?
 
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