Fresh From The UIA

The University Innovation Alliance's Three Playbooks for Student Success

By UIA

December 15, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance offers a roundup of its data-based and practice-informed playbooks enabling higher ed institutions to foster student success: Proactive Advising, Completion Grants, and College-to-Career.

Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students

By UIA

November 3, 2022

The University Innovation Alliance partnered with The Chronicle of Higher Education for a panel discussion on completion grants, an emerging financial aid strategy for students nearing graduation. Guests included Tim Renick, Jessica Rowland Williams, Sharon Perry Fantini, Kim Cook, and Tony Erwin.

Timely Considerations for Emergency Aid Based on 3 Years of UIA Completion Grants

By Anna Drake Warshaw

July 30, 2020

In partnership with UIA campuses participating in our completion grant project, we've collected these insights (download above) and suggestions to help campuses administer emergency aid as the COVID-19 crisis continues this fall.

4 Tips for Designing Effective Completion Grants

By Anna Drake Warshaw

July 14, 2020

Over the past three years, UIA campuses have awarded over $3 million in completion grants to more than 4,000 low-income students. If you’re considering implementing new types of just-in-time financial aid (such as completion grants, retention grants, or emergency aid) at your institution, here are four key lessons we’ve learned along the way.

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