Read how regional public universities are amplifying postsecondary value by fostering greater access and affordability, supporting student success, and improving outcomes for every student.
How is your institution supporting students from a range of life circumstances and educational pathways?
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.
Stockton University
A university uses the relationship-building experience from its community engagement efforts to build a summer workforce development program that benefits the local economy and university students predominantly representing underserved populations.
Sul Ross State University
Using a multidisciplinary approach, this university is building a pipeline of teachers in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines from underrepresented populations. It is also inspiring and educating the next generation of STEM students by bringing developments in the sciences and math to the Latinx and Indigenous communities.
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
The Mays Center for Experiential Learning and Community Engagement provides enhanced learning opportunities and access to resources and relationships in order to develop students into career-ready and community-minded graduates. Whether you are a student, faculty or staff member, alumni, a nonprofit community partner, or an employer looking to recruit talent for your organization, the Mays Center for Experiential Learning and Community Engagement has something for you.
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
To counter the small percentage of men of color in the education field, this university professor created an enterprising, vigorous program to support the pursuit of their degree and their profession as teacher leaders for the next generation of increasingly diverse students.
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University of Maryland Eastern Shore
UMES partners with a local school district to introduce students from underrepresented minority communities to biomedical research ideas and methodologies as a way of building diversity in STEM careers.
University of North Georgia
This university strategically and intentionally created a mentoring program that fills the gaps hindering first-generation students from pursuing and completing their degree-seeking path in higher education.
University of Northern Iowa
Building and retaining a professional workforce benefits from the collaborative efforts of education at the secondary and postsecondary levels.
University of Northern Iowa
Distance-learning partnerships in higher education level the academic playing field for nontraditional and place-bound students who want to earn bachelor’s degrees.
University of South Carolina Upstate
This university’s focus on social mobility and a culture of success for all students resulted in a new initiative that pulls together faculty, staff, and employers to concentrate on career readiness to prepare the students for success now and in the future.
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