Promising Practices

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Reimagining Postsecondary Education

These Promising Practices focus on five key areas outlined by the Postsecondary Value Commission:

Equalize access to increase postsecondary value
Remove affordability as an impediment to postsecondary value
Eliminate completion gaps and strengthen post-college outcomes to ensure postsecondary value
Improve data to expose and address inequitable postsecondary value
Promote social justice by providing equitable postsecondary value

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Check out our Presidential PVC Task Force Talking Points to help guide engaging conversations about your institution’s Promising Practices.

Colorado State University Pueblo

Expanding Work-Study Funds to Help Students Complete Career Placements

To make more college affordable and the workforce more diverse, this university awarded its work-study funds to students from underserved communities so they could participate in career placements tied to their majors and graduate.

Colorado State University Pueblo

Creating a College-Bound Culture for Underserved High School Students

To make higher education more accessible, this university partnered with area school districts to create centers that helped high school students from communities of color as well as first-generation students negotiate the application process and increase enrollment in universities and college.

Colorado State University Pueblo

Removing Financial Barriers for Underserved Students With Promise

To remove financial barriers to higher education, this university laid the foundation for two programs that offer free tuition to students whose families fall in the low- and moderate-income brackets and are in underserved communities.

East Tennessee State University

Accelerating Education and Experience to Fill Tech Job Shortages

A public/private partnership led to the creation of a groundbreaking program in which students can earn real-life work experience and bachelor’s degrees to meet immediate labor shortages in information technology and advanced cybersecurity fields.

Minnesota State University, Mankato

Casting a Wide Net of Support

When it comes to equalizing access to and affordability of postsecondary education, success hinges on developing a broad base committed to the cause

Northern Arizona University

Expanding Opportunity Through Greater Access

This university in the Southwest is articulating a transparent message of affordability and accessibility to students in underrepresented communities through its tuition-free initiative and admissions pilot program.

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Sam Houston State University

Supporting First-Gen Students From Application to Graduation

A Texas university leverages its existing services, faculty, staff, and alumni to provide a one-stop-shop experience where first-generation students can get the assistance they need throughout their postsecondary education journey.

Stockton University

University Partners With Businesses for Enriching Summer Work Experience

A university uses the relationship-building experience from its community engagement efforts to build a summer workforce development program that benefits the local economy and university students predominantly representing underserved populations.

University of Northern Iowa

Personalized Partnership Helps Nontraditional Students Achieve Bachelor’s Degrees

Distance-learning partnerships in higher education level the academic playing field for nontraditional and place-bound students who want to earn bachelor’s degrees.

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls

Forging Pathways to High-Demand Careers

Building and retaining a professional workforce benefits from the collaborative efforts of education at the secondary and postsecondary levels.

University of South Carolina Upstate

‘Moving Up’ Students With Push for Career Readiness

This university’s focus on social mobility and a culture of success for all students resulted in a new initiative that pulls together faculty, staff, and employers to concentrate on career readiness to prepare the students for success now and in the future.

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