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Colleen Flaherty
Senior Editor for Special Content at Inside Higher Ed
Colleen Flaherty, Senior Editor for Special Content, previously served as Student Voice Editor for Inside Higher Ed. Prior to joining the publication in 2012, Colleen was military editor at the Killeen Daily Herald, outside Fort Hood, Texas. Before that, she covered government and land use issues for the Greenwich Time and Hersam Acorn Newspapers in her home state of Connecticut. After graduating from McGill University in Montreal with a degree in English literature, Colleen taught English and English as a second language in public schools in the Bronx, New York. She earned her M.S.Ed. from City University of New York Lehman College as part of the New York City Teaching Fellows program.
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Student Success Outlook 2026: Affordability, AI and the Changing Campus Climate
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | 2 p.m. E.T.
Student success leaders are heading into 2026 with a mix of both confidence and concern, finds Inside Higher Ed’s second annual Survey of College and University Student Success Administrators with Hanover Research, out today.
Case in point: Most leaders say their institutions prioritize student success, deliver high-quality undergraduate education and graduate students ready for today’s job market, but many see gaps between aspiration and evidence-based practice. Few rate their institutions as highly effective at using student success data to guide decisions, widely adopting high-impact teaching practices, or more readily helping students access internships and experiential learning opportunities.
Recent federal policy shifts are also weighing on leaders: Some 29 percent report significant impacts on international student enrollment, and many more are worried about both the climate for all students amid federal restrictions on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Join Inside Higher Ed Senior Editor for Special Content Colleen Flaherty and an expert panel as they shed light on the survey findings and discuss what student success may look like in 2026.
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