Fresh From the UIA (Black Student Success Initiative)

The University Innovation Alliance relies on collaborative scale projects among member institutions to advance its mission and effectiveness. During 2023, the UIA made great strides on these four projects: Academic Recovery, Student-Centered Redesign, Listening Lab, and Doctoral Research Fellows.

In the second of two blogs, the University Innovation Alliance celebrates its 2022 accomplishments. This installment reviews five of the UIA's strategies for scaling the most promising student success practices.

The University Innovation Alliance reviews its Black Student Success Initiative (BSSI), a two-year study of the unique barriers faced by Black college students. The study surfaced four key points and established a framework for UIA member campuses to increase Black student success.

The University Innovation Alliance reviews some of its 2021 accomplishments. This blog focuses on the Black Student Success Initiative, the Doctoral Research Fellows Program, and collaborations with the Gates Foundation's Frontier Set and the We All Count project for equity in data science.