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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He was so successful, in fact, that by the time he graduated from high school, Williams had achieved access to the same country club that barred him due to his race. Williams found great success in business, but at the same time, felt the effects of imposter syndrome. Everyone didn’t feel that way.”

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The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) operates as a multi-campus laboratory for student success innovation. Completion grants are an emerging form of student aid. Understanding how students may use their completion grant funds.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students know that if they successfully complete this program, they are guaranteed admission to an affiliated four-year institution. The transfer rate is 85% for students within three years of admission to EPW. The four-year graduation rate for Latino students in the major is approximately 88%. within six years. “We

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Innovating Through Failure. and Success

The University Innovation Alliance

Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Redesign Higher Ed for Student Success Dr. Burns explained how college was never designed around student success: "One of the many ways is that our data systems are not connected. When it's time for a student to graduate, the student has to tell them.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

As we approach our ten-year anniversary of accelerating student success innovation across higher education to drive social and economic mobility nationwide, I am grateful and humbled that this movement has expanded and evolved to inspire so many institutions and student success leaders beyond the UIA.

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How the University Innovation Alliance Is Expanding Our Impact

The University Innovation Alliance

Our search for new members, beyond our 2014 core of 11 charter institutions, started with examining data from every R1 and R2 institution. We looked at what they had done, who they served, their improvement trajectory, how many low-income students and students of color they admitted and graduated, and more.

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2022: Reemerging, Growing, and Evolving

The University Innovation Alliance

As we approach our ten-year anniversary of accelerating student success innovation across higher education to drive social and economic mobility nationwide, I am grateful and humbled that this movement has expanded and evolved to inspire so many institutions and student success leaders beyond the UIA.