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Oct 2021
Observations From the Frontier Set You Can Use to Advance Equity

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Oct 2021
Policy brief on investing in students' college completion through a federal College Completion Fund.

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Oct 2021
APLU, in collaboration with the Institute of International Education, the American Council on Education, and the Association of American Universities has put together a resource kit to help colleges and universities ensure that necessary structures and support networks are in place to welcome Afghan students and scholars.

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Oct 2021
This report shows the findings of our workshop series that developed a set of guiding principles for digital-forward instruction, a descriptive framework of pedagogical methods and technology tools that address current instruction pain points and bottlenecks in writing course design, the student writing journey, and the faculty grading journey.

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Sep 2021
Helping students overcome hurdles at various stages of their academic journey is key to advancing student success and addressing the equity gap. To better understand how universities can use proactive advising to anticipate and address challenges facing students, a subgroup of institutions in the Metropolitan Cluster of Powered by Publics have undertaken an in-depth examination of proactive advising to help inform a grounded theory of implementing proactive advising.

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Aug 2021
Despite the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, USU has experienced an impactful year. Our projects continued, we organized consistent presidents/chancellor calls, and hosted a two-day virtual summer meeting, Harnessing the Momentum for Urban University Transformation and Racial-Equity Post-Covid-19.

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Aug 2021
Supporting the financial wellness of all students is central to college access, affordability, and completion. It’s also a critical lever for addressing equity gaps. To better understand how institutions can support financial wellness, equity, and student success, the High Pell cluster of APLU’s Powered by Publics initiative recently completed an examination into the delivery, content, and assessment of financial wellness programing culminating in the development of a Financial Wellness Conceptual Framework. Learn more about this work.

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Jul 2021
Faculty engagement in student success is critically linked to improved student outcomes, with outsized gains for low-income, minoritized, and first-generation students. The ability to connect with students and guide learning directly impacts retention, persistence, and ultimate progress toward graduation and post-graduate success. How faculty teach and interact with students can play a huge role in student perceptions that they matter and belong at the university, and that they can succeed academically. One of the aims of the Western Coalition cluster is to provide faculty with actionable strategies and tools for connecting with students, identifying early warning signs, and targeting support to student needs.

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Jul 2021
An issue and policy analysis produced by the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities

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Jun 2021
This brief examines innovative approaches institutions are taking to address affordability and student debt. This brief examines innovative approaches institutions are taking to advance equity and college affordability, outlining varying approaches to one-stop advising centers; completion and retention grants; institutional debt forgiveness; affordable learning materials; and industry partnerships.

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Jun 2021
Institutions in the Data Integration Cluster of the Powered by Publics initiative have a shared interest in leveraging data to support institutional effectiveness and student success initiatives. The Data Integration Cluster has developed resources to bolster institutional understanding of their progress towards an optimized data culture, with a focus on creating a Data Maturity Index (DMI).

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May 2021
APLU's Commission on Information, Measurement and Analysis (CIMA) undertook a study examining the landscape of data analytics at public 4-year institutions to focus on addressing challenges to campus leaders who want to use data effectively to improve student success. From interviews with individuals in varied roles across different campuses, current practices and common challenges were identified

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