Academic advisor Equity Success 
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 27, 2025
This significant responsibility has prompted researchers to examine how these institutions prepare academic advisors to effectively serve their diverse student populations. The report offers actionable recommendations for HSIs to enhance their advisor preparation programs. Authored by Dr. Gabriel O.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
We must now redouble our efforts, regaining the ground lost during the pandemic and charting a new path toward even greater student success for all learners. We learned long ago that there is no one-size-fits-all playbook for student success, and it’s a lesson that continues to help us better serve all learners on our campus.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
Luke Wood “This is one component of a larger effort to increase success rates for Black students,” said Dr. J. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity. Wood — whose research focuses on racial equity in education — saw an opportunity.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
DECEMBER 4, 2023
academic advisors, residence life staff, admissions coordinators, counselors, and cultural center staff) and their interactions and interventions significantly influence students' experiences and success. Keisha Lewars is a senior academic advisor at John Jay College, City University of New York (CUNY).
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. Renick’s team also discovered that certain courses did not pair well together, and students should be advised to take them successively instead of concordantly.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JULY 21, 2023
Research has well established the importance of academic advisors to students from underrepresented backgrounds, but less work has been done on advising that highlights the identities of the schools that educate them, the 859 minority serving institutions (MSIs) that enroll 35% of all undergrads in the U.S.
IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
New research reveals that algorithms commonly used by institutions to predict student success may be racially biased against Black and Latinx students. Institutions also should avoid educational tracking, the practice of diverting students into courses or majors where they have a higher likelihood of success to improve graduation rates.
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