The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

When your whole experience in higher education was that you went to a university as an 18-year-old, had a normal four-year experience, and then were successful, you didn't have all the barriers and challenges that many of today’s students have. Now you're trying to create a system that serves these students. Some are loosely organized.

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The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2023

I think when people are planning to take on leadership roles, the decision to go to different institutions can be part of the growth that allows you to be more successful.” My focus really is on creating success in the organization and building workplaces where people can thrive.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JANUARY 19, 2024

We focus on ourselves as competitors at our institutions, and we focus on student success as being about how we deliver on our promise to our students, and we do not look at student success as being a holistic marker that should cross institutions and be about how we collaborate to help each student succeed.”

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 29, 2023

It was sponsored by the University Innovation Lab , the UIA's digital ecosystem designed to help higher ed professionals accelerate innovation in student success with a wide array of tools, trainings, resources, and community. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He shared some of that wisdom with us: “To be successful, you got to get a Ph.D. Previously, he served as a vice president at the University of Oklahoma, had a successful corporate career with GE and Bristol-Myers Squibb, and is a former member of the College Football Playoff Selection Committee.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He shared some examples of those projects: "We are doing a budget reassign, a complete reorganization and reimagination of our student enrollment services, retention services, student success units. Twelve months will be an eternity, so keep moving." He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2023

Throughout her career, she has been committed to student success, inclusion, and equity, leading programs for undergraduate research and curricular innovation, writing extensively on active and experiential learning and mentoring, and encouraging women and other underrepresented groups to enter the STEM fields.

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 28, 2023

It was sponsored by the University Innovation Lab , the UIA's digital ecosystem designed to help higher ed professionals accelerate innovation in student success with a wide array of tools, trainings, resources, and community. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times.

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 24, 2023

I've dedicated my life to helping more and more diverse students be more successful in the world of higher education so that they have more opportunities in their lives. If it wasn't for the education opportunities I had and the right people showing up at the right time, there's no chance I'd be doing the kind of work I'm doing now.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 2, 2022

After nearly 50 years of funding community colleges based on enrollment and outreach, the state of Texas is considering making the switch to outcome-based funding, rooted in metrics like retention, completion, and the successful transfer to four-year programs. So, the focus ought to become, ‘what about success?’”

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The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 7, 2024

Alan Sugg was an incredibly effective leader, very kind, very engaging, and everything came back to student success. I want to always try to put myself in the shoes of the students that are facing hardships and challenges, and remember that we're there to serve them and help them be successful."

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The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 25, 2022

Student Success. Although he returned to the private sector after his tenure in the Obama Administration, Secretary Duncan generously shared his views on the need for institutions to support student success, the need for government to encourage institutions in this effort, and the urgency for moving ahead with these initiatives.

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