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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). A first-generation Mexican-American and first-generation college student, Gonzalez says she has always been motivated to help her family move up the social mobility ladder. All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A.

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

Completion Grants. Since launching in 2014, UIA institutions have increased the number of graduates of color produced annually by 93% and the number of low-income graduates produced annually by 50%, resulting in 118,000 more graduates than projected. Completion Grants. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid.

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Inside the UIA’s 2023 Annual Report

The University Innovation Alliance

Our starting goal in 2014 was awarding an additional 68,000 undergraduate degrees above baseline over the next decade – a goal that our 11 founding institutions reached four years early with the graduating class of 2020. We hope to raise awareness that earning an undergraduate degree is still a more attainable goal than many people realize.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

Newsletter The UIA's monthly newsletter provides actionable strategies, resources, and tips for professionals in the field to help more low-income, first-generation, and students of color graduate from college. Find and share it via your podcast app! Each month we aggregate and share the best of what we've learned, heard, and read.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

Newsletter The UIA's monthly newsletter provides actionable strategies, resources, and tips for professionals in the field to help more low-income, first-generation, and students of color graduate from college. Find and share it via your podcast app! Each month we aggregate and share the best of what we've learned, heard, and read.

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Partnership and Policy for Academic Advising

The University Innovation Alliance

During Secretary Duncan's tenure in federal government, one of his notable accomplishments was establishing the First in the World Award , which recognized the prevalence of adult learners, working students, students from underserved groups, and first-generation students in higher ed, and incentivized collaboration for student success innovation.