Innovation Spotlight 10/9/23 – Tim Renick

Bridget Burns, CEO of the University Innovation Alliance, and Ian Wilhelm, Assistant Managing Editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education, speak with Tim Renick, Executive Director, National Institute for Student Success (NISS) at Georgia State University. Dr. Renick talks about DFW rates and the accelerator model, the pandemic’s lingering impact on student success, the hurdles of institutional culture, and gauging a school’s readiness to implement change. Topics include:


• How the accelerator model began as emergency remediation during the pandemic

• The first steps for using data to determine student success

• How faculty might rethink their instructional approaches to foster student success
• Improving procedural efficiency to better utilize a college’s resources