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Scaling Instructional Excellence for Student Success
A NASH-ACUE Partnership Four University Systems to Scale Instructional Excellence to Advance Student Success Institutions across the California State University System, City University of New York, The Texas A&M System and the University of Missouri System will prepare and credential faculty in teaching practices proven to increase student achievement and close equity gaps Washington, DC…
Read MoreNASH Newsletter – January 2020
WHAT MAKES HIGH-QUALITY HIPs AND WHO HAS ACCESS? PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM THE HIP QUALITY PROJECT By Jillian Kinzie and Alexander C. McCormick, Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research and NSSE High-impact practices (HIPs) now represent a core feature of a high-quality undergraduate education. Thus, it is not surprising that so many NASH institutions have invested…
Read MoreNASH System Leadership Academy 2020
NASH Leadership Academy 2020 The National Association of System Heads (NASH) Leadership Academy is designed to support systems in the development of high-performing teams that facilitate large-scale change, enhance campus and system performance, and scale best practices across multiple campuses. In its fourth year, the academy will continue to focus on moving the student success…
Read MoreNASH Newsletter – September 2019
HIGH IMPACT PRACTICES (HIPs) E-LEARNING MODULES A primary goal of the NASH Taking Students Success to Scale (TS3): High Impact Practices project is to provide mechanisms to identify and scale a set of complementary approaches to advance student learning and success, with particular focus on underrepresented minority and first-generation students. A key component to the success of this…
Read MoreQuality Assurance and Improvement In Higher Education: The Role of the States
Higher education is facing a host of challenges, including external questions regarding its value and purpose. These questions cut to the core of the states’ role in higher education. Traditionally, states have the responsibility to ensure that institutions of higher education are operating in the public interest and that the institutions are good stewards of…
Read MoreNASH Newsletter – February 2019
NASH SYSTEM LEADERSHIP ACADEMY—2019 In its third year, the NASH Leadership Academy has brought together leaders from five systems and a selection of their campuses to discuss one of the highest priorities facing U.S. systems and campuses: improving student success. The Academy, held January 16-17, 2019, in Washington, DC, is designed to support systems in the development…
Read MoreNASH Newsletter – September 2018
NASH SYSTEM LEADERSHIP ACADEMY—2019 The NASH Leadership Academy is designed to support systems in the development of high-performing teams that facilitate large-scale change, enhance campus and system performance, and scale best practices across multiple campuses. In its third year, the academy will continue to focus on moving the student success agenda forward. Leadership teams consist…
Read MoreNASH Newsletter – April 2018
SYSTEM LEADERS GATHER WITH COMMON GOAL OF IMPROVING STUDENT SUCCESS In its second year, the ACE-NASH Leadership Academy this month brought together leaders from a wide swath of institutions from Alaska to Maine to discuss one of the highest priorities facing U.S. systems and campuses: improving student success. The Academy, held January 17-18 in Washington, DC, is…
Read MoreTS3 HIPs Project Announcement
The National Association of System Heads (NASH) is pleased to announce that after a thorough and competitive review process, it has selected the University System of Georgia, the Tennessee Board of Regents, the Montana University System, and the University of Wisconsin System to participate in a focused project within its Taking Student Success to Scale…
Read MoreNASH Newsletter – October 2017
LUMINA FUNDS TAKING STUDENT SUCCESS TO SCALE (TS3) In September, Lumina Foundation awarded NASH $1.2 million over two years to support deeper implementation of certain aspects of our holistic strategy for student success, Taking Student Success to Scale (TS3). Four systems will be selected through a competitive process to participate directly in this work, with…
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