2021 Conference on Diversity, Equity, and Student Success

A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success, 2nd Edition

Community engagement lessons from George Floyd Square

Ways to promote both freedom of expression and inclusion

An inclusive campus community must include trustees with diverse backgrounds

Why safe campus spaces matter

How educators can support students who learn differently

How colleges and universities can help rebuild America's refugee resettlement capacity

This publication provides individuals an overview of the methodology, tools, and resources needed to facilitate and engage in the Rx Racial Healing approach for transformational change in colleges, organizations, and communities.

A veteran’s perspective on the challenges of going to college

Colleges can inspire rural high school students to pursue a liberal arts education

As demographics change, educators must act quickly to support Latinx students

Reflections on lessons learned in a time of disruption

First, be intentional about why your campus is creating one

Serving Deaf and hard of hearing students on our campuses

How UNCP provides a pathway to graduate school for students from underrepresented minority groups

In 2019, twenty community colleges joined Strengthening Guided Pathways and Career Success by Ensuring Students Are Learning, a two-year project led by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

Houston colleges and universities collaborate for student success

We must challenge our biases and create inclusive experiences for all students

This publication tells the LEAP story and situates it within the broader context of AAC&U’s work to integrally connect liberal learning with the wider world, and combine liberal education with inclusive excellence and equity.

How community colleges are strengthening guided pathways and ensuring students are learning

Expanding TRHT Campus Centers to Dismantle Racial Hierarchies and Build Equitable Communities

Expanding TRHT Campus Centers to Dismantle Racial Hierarchies and Build Equitable Communities

How three institutions are getting it done

Transforming Research into Sustainable Models for Educational Quality, Equity, and Student Engagement

Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Quality, Equity, and Student Engagement

Proven best practices for transfer-in student success

Now is the time to make good on its promise

General education, cohorts, and closing equity gaps at scale

Agnes Scott College is focusing on truth-telling, educating, and collaborating with communities on campus and beyond

Intercultural communication must be part of all learning

The challenges and promise of viewpoint diversity

Decentering whiteness and privilege

Reflecting on those we’ve lost and a process for healing and transformation

A grassroots effort to increase faculty diversity, equity, and inclusion

Several colleges and universities have canceled diversity, equity, and inclusion programs

Supporting disabled and nondisabled students at the University of Arizona

Black experiences need to be an integral part of college curricula

Hint: Avoid a routine approach—and focus on building trust

Building trust and connections between community members and police

Upholding two core values essential to the pursuit of the common good

Are your campus mental health professionals prepared to support students from a variety of backgrounds?

Fostering independent thought and dialogue across differences is how we counter authoritarianism

A fresh approach to AAC&U’s flagship quarterly, full of thoughtful insights about this upside-down moment in higher ed—and the world

Newspapers face challenges to a free press on increasingly diverse and polarized campuses

Racial healing and speaking across difference

This publication describes the work of Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at colleges and universities across the ctountry to dismantle the tools that perpetuate oppression and entrenched racial hierarchies....

Colleges and universities are leading the way on improving voter engagement of our diverse populations of student learners, and data show this focus is working. Yet students in some disciplines vote at lower rates than others.

Join the conversation to share strategies for supporting student success and advancing equity in new contexts—during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond.

How can Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) inform strategies to address the increasing normalization of hate within our communities? Given the power of the internet and social media for spreading white supremacist thought, Jessie Daniel

Thirteen New Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Campus Centers

Drawing from campus-based research projects sponsored by the AAC&U and the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California, From Equity Talk to Equity Walk provides practical guidance on the design and application...

What is the role of community—as a concept, an outcome, and an entity—in a liberal education, and how can community contribute to student success? How do students experience community, on and off campus?

With an increase in incidents centered around interfaith misunderstanding on campuses and in communities, a number of institutions are reporting a need for student, faculty, and staff preparation for interfaith engagement.

Presenting findings from a three-year project on Committing to Equity and Inclusive Excellence led by AAC&U in partnership with the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California, A Vision for Equity shares lessons...

Focused on issues of access and success, this publication provides a framework for dialogue, assessment, and action to address inequities in higher education institutions. It offers practical guidance for campus leaders and practitioners who...

A resource for faculty members, academic leaders, and policymakers, this publication provides clear principles and guidelines for ensuring that general education fosters essential learning outcomes and key proficiencies important for...

Although the term “global learning” is used widely across higher education, faculty, staff, and other practitioners do not always agree about what it means. Published jointly by AAC&U and NAFSA: Association of International Educators, this...

This publication provides sound advice and practical planning tools for educational leaders who seek to invest in innovation, despite budget constraints. The authors present and discuss several campus examples of wise investment in the ...