These featured innovators are challenging existing assumptions about higher education and testing new approaches to academic and administrative policies and practices. They lead bold and creative efforts to eliminate disparities in college access and success across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups. Learn more about their successes.
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Judith Scott-Clayton Judith Scott-Clayton’s research revealed that many students in remedial education do not need to be there. Find out how her research influenced policy change at institutions and state systems across the country. Read More > |
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Kenyatta Lovett Kenyatta Lovett, executive director of Complete Tennessee, shares how the organization works with lawmakers, nonprofits, and higher education leaders to increase postsecondary credential completion rates. Read More > |
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Susana Rivera-Mills Susan Rivera-Mills shares how being an immigrant and the first in her family to go to college motivates her work today. Read More > |
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Sukhwant Jhaj Jhaj uses the principles of design to better engage a new generation of faculty members and administrators in higher education. Read More > |
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Dror Ben-Naim Ben-Naim carved a pioneering trail in the hot field of adaptive learning with Smart Sparrow. Read More > |
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Bridget Burns Burns and the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) work to graduate more low-income, first-generation students. Read More > |
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Nicole Hurd College Advising Corps, in collaboration with the Cooke Foundation, provides low-income high-schools with the kind of college counseling services often found in affluent schools. Read More > |