Pillars of Success
National best practices point to key areas in administration and student engagement that have the most potential for impacting student success outcomes.
Proactive Advising
Provide high quality, targeted interventions to students using qualified advisors and tools that generate automated advising support.
Structured First-Year Support
Increase retention rates by designing programs that provide first-year students with wrap-around services tied to both academic and co-curricular experiences.
Academic Design and Support
Maximize student success in classwork and co-requisite learning opportunities using adaptive learning courses, success workshops, supplemental instructions, and tutoring.
Financial Wellness
Identify and reduce student financial risk using targeted micro retention grants and a comprehensive student financial services model.
Outreach & Communications
Communicate to students using targeted alerts, nudges, and text messages to ensure students complete critical administrative tasks and retain access to institutional resources.
Career-Oriented Learning
Support and guide student career decision-making through career pathways, graduate outcomes and employment data, and college-to-career programs.
Data
Develop and maintain systems that collect and processes that regularly analyze student performance and behavioral data in order to create or refine administrative processes and academic programs to increase student success outcome.
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“The Accelerator is an unrivaled tool that provides a first step in developing student success programs that close student success gaps by elevating retention, progression, and completion rates for all students. The digital platform invites higher education practitioners to be part of the growing movement to transform higher education in America."
Tyler Walsh / Senior Program Advisor, National Institute for Student Success
Tyler Walsh
Senior Program Advisor, National Institute for Student Success
Accelerate Impact
“We have a real opportunity to change the framework of higher education. The Accelerator program is open to anyone interested in learning about best practices in student success programming. It is a unique space for cultivating equitable student success outcomes."
Dr. Ryan Maltese / Project Director, National Institute for Student Success
Dr. Ryan Maltese
Project Director, National Institute for Student Success
Digital Library
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