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Oct 11, 2024
Author Andrew Gumbel to Discuss How Georgia State Continues to Buck Conventional Wisdom About Higher Ed at National Institute for Student Success
ATLANTA — At a time when anxiety is riding high about artificial intelligence and the steep cost of a university education, the National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State is hosting a conversation with author Andrew Gumbel to discuss the university's remarkable success in confounding conventional wisdom and graduating record numbers of low-income and…
Jan 2, 2022
Interview with Andrew Gumbel, Author Who Tells the GSU Student Success Story
Georgia State University Magazine interviews Andrew Gumbel, whose prize-winning book Won’t Lose This Dream: How an Upstart Urban University Rewrote the Rules of a Broken System recounts Georgia State’s highly successful efforts to level the playing field for students from all backgrounds. Photo by Robert Gallagher
Jan 24, 2022
National Institute for Student Success Launches Partner Scholarship Program for Minority-Serving Institutions
Georgia State News Hub: Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success (NISS) has launched a partner scholarship program to provide Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) access to the institute’s student support consulting services. The work is supported by the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation.
Jan 29, 2021
Steppingblocks CEO Interviews NISS Executive Director
Students Success means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Interestingly in higher education, the term is a relatively new concept in terms of strategy, but over the last few years, some of the most innovative universities in the country are focused on implementing student success programs. In this interview, we…
May 18, 2022
Harvard Business School Podcast Discusses Georgia State Student Success
Georgia State University was facing a growing “summer melt” problem, where nearly 20 percent of incoming students never actually enrolled. The university used a data-based approach to retain students of all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds and help them graduate. Harvard Business School professor Mike Toffel and senior fellow Robin Mendelson discuss what the university…
Jul 7, 2021
NISS Executive Director Writes About Redesigning Universities with College Completion in Mind
EDSCOOP: By traditional metrics, Georgia State University is far from elite. A large urban university in Atlanta with more than 50,000 students, the university is one of the largest minority-serving institutions in the country, with 75% of students being non-white and 60% Pell-eligible. Our student-to-faculty ratios are well above national averages and our tuition costs…
Jan 24, 2022
Georgia State plans to improve student career outcomes by sharing job data
EDSCOOP: Georgia State University plans to create and expand information systems designed to help students find a job, using a $250,000 grant announced last week. The funding is part of a $10 million effort by the higher education nonprofits Strada Education Network and the Taskforce on Higher Education and Opportunity to improve career outcomes at…
Oct 4, 2021
Closing the Achievement Gap at Georgia State University
Georgia State University’s successful decade-long effort to use big data to improve student success – especially among students of color and first-generation students – is the focus of the latest episode of the Talking About Cities podcast series hosted by Kresge Senior Fellow Carol Coletta. Dr. Tim Renick, senior vice president for student success, explains…
Nov 4, 2022
Spreading Roots
As Georgia State continues to expand the Atlanta Campus with new open space, new buildings and new uses for historic structures, it remains true to a legacy of existing hand in glove as part of the city.
Jan 26, 2022
Fortune Names NISS Executive Director Tim Renick to Top 50 World Leaders
Because of his groundbreaking work closing achievement gaps at Georgia State University, Tim Renick makes Fortune 500's 2021 list of the Top 50 World Leaders.
Elevating Achievement, GSU Magazine
The National Institute for Student Success is showing that in higher education, there is, indeed, a better way.
An Educated Guest: Are We the Problem?
“Are we the problem?” This simple question would lead Dr. Tim Renick to leverage big data at scale and profoundly improve Georgia State University (GSU) students’ outcomes. In this episode of An Educated Guest, Todd Zipper, EVP and GM of Wiley University Services and Talent Development, welcomes Dr. Tim Renick, founding Executive Director of Georgia…
The Edge: Teaching Colleges to Take Down Barriers They've Created
Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle, covers innovation in and around higher ed. This week The Edge highlights the work of a new institute for student success.
Jun 14, 2023
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce
NISS Executive Director Tim Renick provides witness testimony to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce's hearing on Postsecondary Innovation: Preparing Today's Students for Tomorrow's Opportunities.
Jul 14, 2023
Is the affirmative action ruling a call for colleges to do better to help students 'where they are?'
Listen: NISS Executive Director Tim Renick discusses the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action and how it should serve as a call for colleges and universities to fix post-admission issues.
University System of Georgia Strategic Plan 2024
The National Institute for Student Success is a feature of the USG's 2024 Strategic Plan.
Aug 23, 2023
Press Release: Launch of the NISS Acceleration Grants Program
The National Institute for Student Success (NISS) has launched an ambitious new program to catalyze improvement in student success outcomes nationally. The NISS Acceleration Grant program will award more than $12 million in funding to universities that display a commitment to improve college completion outcomes through the adoption of a suite of innovative, evidence-based programs.…
Data and Student Success in Higher Ed - A Conversation With Tim Renick
A Conversation With Tim Renick, Executive Director, National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State University Sometimes innovation is about shiny new technology, and sometimes it’s about a fresh look at the data already at our fingertips. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) always looks forward to sitting down with Dr. Tim Renick, Executive Director of…
Nov 30, 2023
National Institute for Student Success Receives Grant from the Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation
ATLANTA – The National Institute for Student Success (NISS) at Georgia State University received a grant from the Carol and Gene Ludwig Family Foundation to fund pilot programs of one of the university’s most successful initiatives, Keep Hope Alive, at three higher-ed institutions in Georgia, including two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Through this grant, NISS will…
Feb 6, 2024
National Institute for Student Success Receives $4.96 Million Grant from the Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation
ATLANTA—Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success (NISS) received a $4.96 million grant from the Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation that will enable the institute to provide its services to more colleges and universities, with a focus on those serving students underrepresented in higher education.
Feb 13, 2024
University System of Georgia Working with Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success
University System of Georgia (USG) Chancellor Sonny Perdue today announced the successful start to an ongoing partnership with the National Institute for Student Success (NISS) to close student achievement gaps and improve student enrollment, retention and college completion.
Mar 7, 2024
NISS Partner Schools See Marked Increase in First-Year Retention Rates
Colleges and universities working with the National Institute for Student Success (NISS) at Georgia State University saw a dramatic increase in retention rates among first-year students, according to data from Georgia institutions provided to the state’s university system.
Mar 8, 2024
Timothy Renick, head of Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success, explains how his university achieved results for students of all backgrounds
Here’s a true story. Twenty years ago, a large urban university in the US graduated less than 30 percent of the students who initially enrolled. It also had a major success gap, with students from richer families outperforming those students from a low-income background.
May 21, 2024
Beating the Odds: Improving Student Outcomes in Higher Education
Advanced analytics can help colleges and universities learn from institutions that outperform.
Jun 11, 2024
Revolutionizing Student Success: Insights from Georgia State
On today’s episode of Higher Ed Spotlight, we sit down with Tim Renick, executive director of the National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State University. Tim shares how his own journey as a student from a modest background at an elite Ivy League college profoundly shaped his approach to boosting student success at Georgia…
How Higher Ed Can Learn From Train-the-Trainer Models
Tim Renick reflects upon how wildfire management can inspire institutions of higher education with the "train the trainer" strategy. Similar techniques create a cascading effect from within to boost student success rates.
Jul 9, 2024
GSU President Brian Blake Posted: Metrics, not just technology, will determine who gains from AI’s productivity gains
LINKEDIN: Georgia State University for past three years has been ranked #2 in #Innovation by U.S. News & World Report. One aspect of this ranking is the use of AI for #StudentSuccess. So, while #GenerativeAI has caught most institutions' attention over the past few years, GSU has been leveraging AI for nearly a decade. Posted…
Jan 12, 2024
National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State Commits $1.8M to Morgan State University to Study Benefits of AI-Enhanced Classroom Chatbots
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has awarded the National Institute for Student Success (NISS) at Georgia State University a $7.6 million grant to study how chatbots can improve student outcomes in foundational college math and English courses, the university announced. Building on previous studies that demonstrate AI-enhanced chatbots increase grades and retention rates among lower-income and first-generation…
Aug 1, 2024
National Institute for Student Success 2024 Impact Report
The NISS 2024 Impact Report presents data, events, and information that highlight the work of the NISS. Visualizations showing outcomes and descriptions of the impact the NISS has had on student success in institutions of higher education, both in Georgia and across the United States, are the focus of the report. In addition, the Impact…
Sep 11, 2024
Leaning Into Best Practices
Although NISS has only been in existence for a little over two years, it has helped hundreds of institutions from across the nation reach millions of students, particularly Black, Brown, low-income and first-generation students, looking to increase graduation rates and close success gaps. NISS has raised graduation rates by an average of 4.5 percentage points…
Oct 11, 2024
Author Andrew Gumbel to Discuss How Georgia State Continues to Buck Conventional Wisdom About Higher Ed at National Institute for Student Success
ATLANTA — At a time when anxiety is riding high about artificial intelligence and the steep cost of a university education, the National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State is hosting a conversation with author Andrew Gumbel to discuss the university's remarkable success in confounding conventional wisdom and graduating record numbers of low-income and…
Dec 17, 2024
Nudges Work—for Students’ Most Pressing Tasks
INSIDE HIGHER ED- Nudges from a chat bot helped Georgia State students complete their FAFSA verifications, register for classes, sign up for academic coaching and more.
Georgia student loan program discontinued
AJE- A low-interest student loan program was discontinued after a state audit found that a high percentage of users were failing to repay their debts. Established in 2012, the Student Access Loan acted as Georgia’s primary form of need-based aid, doling out $266 million in loans to nearly 36,000 college students, the 2021 audit showed.…
Jan 8, 2025
National Institute for Student Success Receives $2 Million Grant From Ascendium Education Group
ATLANTA — Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success (NISS) has received a $2 million grant from Ascendium Education Group that will enable the institute to provide its services to six Georgia colleges and universities, helping them identify and resolve institutional barriers to success and college completion.
The NISS is the recipient of the U.S. Department of Education's Trailblazer Award for its positive impact on student success outcomes nationally.
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Georgia State University’s National Institute for Student Success (NISS) the inaugural Trailblazer Award as part of its Postsecondary Success Recognition Program (PSRP). This honor underscores NISS’s groundbreaking contributions to improving retention, graduation rates, and economic mobility for underserved student populations across the country. Since its establishment in 2020,…