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Transformational Change Initiative (TCI) Washington State University

In a randomized controlled trial, TCI interventions have already proven to improve student retention. The TCI has three components that use evidence-based strategies known to increase students’ academic resiliency:

• Letting Go and Staying Connected: Provide parents and their WSU-bound children with a handbook including interactive exercises, tools, and strategies for identifying core values, developing a sense of purpose, and engaging in values-based decision making.

• LAUNCH: Peer-mentoring program to facilitate students’ early connection with, and involvement in, high-impact learning opportunities.

• Lift. Inspire. Foster. Transform. (LIFT): Four-part faculty development workshop series on pedagogies and behavior interventions that foster connection and belonging, values-based decision-making, mindfulness and self-compassion, and resiliency and growth mindset.