College Completion and Attainment: What We Have Learned, What We Still Need to Know

by Maria Khan, Teniell Trolian and Thomas Gais It has been twelve years since former President Barack Obama proposed a national “moon-shot” for college completion so that the United States could again be “first in the world” in the share of adults with college...

Applying Universal Design Thinking to Opportunity Gap Closure

by Ryan Barone, Colorado State University With roots in psychology and disability studies, Universal Design (UD) has been rarely applied to the work of student success at scale.  Amanda Kraus defines UD as “the design of products and environments to be useable by all...

Toward Equitable and Ethical AI in Higher Education

by Dan Knox <Daniel.Knox@suny.edu> & Zach Pardos <pardos@berkeley.edu> As the higher education sector grapples with the ‘new normal’ of the post-pandemic, the structural issues of the recent past not only remain problematic, but have been exacerbated...

Leading Equity Work in University Systems: A Re-cap of NASH’s Panel Discussion with Chief Diversity Officers

by Louie Rodriguez, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs, The University of Texas at El PasoNASH Steering Committee At the NASH TS3 convening, held virtually on April 29, 2021, I had the honor of moderating a panel discussion featuring three colleagues serving...

Democratizing Data and Promoting Collaborative Problem-Solving: Cal State’s Professional Development at the Intersection of Equity and Evidence

by Nele Hempel-Lamer, Ph.D. & Cynthia L. Alvarez, Ph.D. Ten years ago, the California State University embarked on a project to democratize data and developed the CSU Student Success Dashboards, mirroring the mandated reporting data collected from its campuses...

2021 NASH TS3 Convening Takeaways: Equity in Action

by Maria Ishaq Khan On April 29, 2021, higher education leaders representing 18 university systems from 14 states came together at the NASH TS3 convening, focused on equity in action in their systems and at their campuses. Speaking to over 150 attendees, Dr. Rebecca...