Read how your fellow AASCU member institutions are amplifying postsecondary value by fostering greater accessibility and affordability, closing completion gaps, and creating a more equitable society.
How is your institution impacting students from diverse backgrounds?
Central State University
After learning that declining reenrollment was linked to rising rates of academic probation and academic suspension, this university created a program that offers a success skills course, peer mentorship, and academic support to help students achieve good standing and complete their degree journeys.
Elizabeth City State University
Facing plummeting enrollment and high turnover in its leadership ranks, this university took action and created a decisive plan to boost enrollment, retention, and stability. This strategy, implemented from 2016 to 2020, is ongoing to support student success.
Lehman College
To make higher education more affordable and support degree completion, this college extended its Credit for Prior Learning initiative to all students, allowing them to earn elective credits through various approved programs. This shift aims to boost graduation rates by addressing issues like unmet liberal arts credit requirements and delayed credit transfers, especially for students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Metropolitan State University
To ensure the career success of its students, this university has infused a career readiness initiative into all aspects of this university, from coursework and internships to professional connections and leadership.
Murray State University
A collaborative campus initiative provides first-year students with two advisors: one who supports their experience in this university’s campus services, registration, and schedules, and another who guides them through their academic journey in their major and minor programs.
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Nevada State University
Using dual-credit courses and a committed support system, this university partners with local high schools to build a pipeline of future teachers who ultimately graduate with education majors and move on to diversify and revitalize the state’s workforce.
North Carolina Central University
This historically Black university has a long-standing commitment to global engagement, inspired by its founder’s international travels more than a century ago. Today, this university continues its commitment to comprehensive internationalization by increasing global opportunities for its diverse students, especially Black students, who are severely underrepresented in international work for the United States.
Northern Arizona University
This university digs deep into disaggregated data to identify the equity gaps in its students’ learning outcomes and uses a development program it created to help faculty members remove the pedagogical barriers to their students’ academic success.
State University of New York Brockport
To help shrink the equity gap, this university instituted a scholarship program to support students who not only exhibit financial need but demonstrate resilience and have overcome adversity.
Western Kentucky University
The living learning communities (LLCs) at this university are vibrant hubs of transformation, fostering personal and professional growth, academic engagement, cultural diversity, and active involvement for our diverse student body. Collaborating with the Intercultural Student Engagement Center, the LLC program creates a strong support network for underrepresented minority students, ensuring they thrive in all aspects of their university experience.
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