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2023 Seal of Excelencia

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Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. These concrete strategies have led to increases in Latinx staff from 33% to 41% and Latinx management from 17% to 19%, between 2018-19 and 2022-23.

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Housing First, Graduation Follows: Lessons from the College Housing Assistance Program

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It also facilitates greater connections to the labor force; evaluators found that students in the program were more likely to work and earn to feed their families. CHAP demonstrably improved student mental and physical health, creating greater ability for students to thrive personally and academically. This isn't surprising.

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How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

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Facilitate seamless transitions between departments When students recount the same information to different campus support staff, it wastes valuable meeting time and negatively impacts their experience, leading to frustration and a sense of disconnect.

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How Slippery Rock University Uses Actionable Analytics to Deliver Proactive Support

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And collaboration with other stakeholders remained difficult due to workflow inefficiencies and a lack of supportive tools to facilitate coordinated student care. SRU’s retention rate remains one of the strongest in the state, and its six-year graduation rate now ranks first among schools in the Pennsylvania State System.

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Enabling Data-Informed Action to Support Institutional Fiscal Health

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All student communications, case management notes, referrals, and follow-ups are made and managed within the Civitas Learning Student Impact Platform. You can also explore how to develop a dynamic strategic plan and facilitate a collaborative success network.

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Supporting Institutional Financial Health with Cross-Functional Collaboration

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In this step, leadership teams facilitate cross-functional collaboration by establishing alignment around a shared definition of student success. Their faculty and student success teams can easily input and access information to coordinate efforts and facilitate proactive student outreach and follow-up.

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SUNY Broome Addresses Enrollment Declines with Data-Informed Approaches

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The launch of their 2023-2027 Strategic Enrollment Management Plan prompted SUNY Broome to revitalize its approach, adopting a more unified, case management-oriented model and engaging faculty in the process. However, like many institutions, it faced challenges in boosting enrollment, retention, and completion rates.