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Leading From the Intersection

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If you look up the book definition of intersectionality, you can identify the sociological framework suggested by Kimberl Crenshaw in the 1980s that explains how complex power structures of individuals and groups combine, or intersect, in patterns of discrimination and privilege across multiple factors such as gender, race, and class.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

An example of where even completing a FAFSA—a requirement of North Star Promise—can clash with Native American culture is provided by Tiffany Gusbeth, vice president of student success services of the American Indian College Fund (College Fund). It’s a game changer for many of our students,” she notes.

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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. In the last few years, we've had somewhere between 2-3% of students attending. Student success is the second pillar.

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Supporting Institutional Financial Health with Cross-Functional Collaboration

Civitas Learning

The widely accepted belief that student success is a responsibility shared by the entire campus, rather than just traditional student services, is challenging to implement. In this step, leadership teams facilitate cross-functional collaboration by establishing alignment around a shared definition of student success.

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The 4 most common barriers to higher ed data and analytics success

EAB

I recently facilitated a survey of higher ed leaders to understand their data and analytics goals and pain points. The survey results made clear that leaders consider data critical to the most fundamental priorities at their institutions, such as enrollment, retention, student success.

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Is Your Institution ‘Gen P’ Ready?

EAB

My team has worked with an increasing number of institutions that are seeking to re-center their student success strategies around a more holistic definition of the student experience. These systems help identify students who may be struggling and provide timely interventions to keep them on track.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

At first these were mostly made up words with definitions that were new to me but as a I learned more, I understood how useful this tool could be. Are you using CS for yourself or with your students? What other tools and programs do you use to support students? Let’s connect! University of Guelph-Humber. 2020, July 28).

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