Promising Practices

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Reimagining Postsecondary Education

These Promising Practices focus on five key areas outlined by the Postsecondary Value Commission:

Equalize access to increase postsecondary value
Remove affordability as an impediment to postsecondary value
Eliminate completion gaps and strengthen post-college outcomes to ensure postsecondary value
Improve data to expose and address inequitable postsecondary value
Promote social justice by providing equitable postsecondary value

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Check out our Presidential PVC Task Force Talking Points to help guide engaging conversations about your institution’s Promising Practices.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Building a Pipeline of Diverse Teachers for the Next Generation of K–12 Students

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.

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Using a Biomedical Research Pathway to Diversify STEM Fields

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

Mentoring Program Builds Relationships to Inspire First-Generation Students

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

Forging Pathways to High-Demand Careers

Building and retaining a professional workforce benefits from the collaborative efforts of education at the secondary and postsecondary levels.

University of Northern Iowa

Personalized Partnership Helps Nontraditional Students Achieve Bachelor’s Degrees

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

‘Moving Up’ Students With Push for Career Readiness

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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University of Southern Indiana

Fortifying a Workforce for the Future

Through an intensive initiative that enhances an existing state free-tuition program, this university supports students in middle and high school as they prepare for college to meet the demands of a more dynamic, diverse workforce.

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Making University Life Fun While Supporting Student Success

A university incentivizes student participation in campus groups, organizations, activities, and events in the hopes of improving retention and graduation rates as well as academic performance among students, particularly first-generation and minority students.

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Building Community Through Collaboration

A university connects its students to each other, faculty and staff, and the campus community at large through a dynamic, inviting building where academic and social engagement are welcomed and encouraged.

Washington State University Tri-Cities

Academy Helps Faculty Address Equity Gaps Among Students

Washington State University (WSU) Tri-Cities in Richland, Washington, is a leading public research institution with a focus on energy, environment, and agriculture that delivers career-connected learning and innovative research to address economic and social challenges. To remediate the equity gaps that historically minoritized, first-generation, and female students have experienced in postsecondary education, WSU Tri-Cities established […]

Western Kentucky University

Creating Connection and Support Through a Unique Living Learning Community

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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