• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

American Talent Initiative HomepageAmerican Talent Initiative

Expanding Access and Opportunity in Higher Ed

Colleges working collaboratively to expand access and opportunity for highly talented lower-income students
  • What We Do
  • Who We Are
  • Resources
  • Join ATI
  • Media
  • Contact
  • Blog

Blog

Blog

ATI aims to offer this blogspace as an opportunity to showcase its perspectives on various issues central to its mission; elevate the assorted voices from across the membership that are shaping and advancing equity-related priorities; and highlight the imperative to prioritize investments in expanded access, opportunity, and attainment. You can use the categories provided below as a guide to search for insights on the latest issues in higher education from leaders across the initiative, explore how our members are leading the way on revamping the transfer pipeline and promoting racial equity, and more.

  • All
  • Academic Equity
  • Admissions and Outreach
  • Board Engagement
  • Featured
  • Financial Aid
  • Meeting Recaps
  • Member Spotlights
  • News and Updates
  • Partnerships
  • Presidential Perspectives
  • Racial Equity
  • Rural Initiatives and Outreach
  • Strategic Financing
  • Student Supports
  • Transfer
  • Veterans

Collaboratively Charting an Equitable Path for College Admissions

December 14, 2020
Amherst College, Bowdoin College, Carleton College, Pomona College, Williams College, and Swarthmore College formed the Six Colleges Initiative, a collective that created a streamlined, single point of admissions information for more talented students than they could each reach individually.
Read More →

Transforming Transfer Culture at Scale: Insights for Public Universities

December 1, 2020
Supporting transfer success at scale at public universities requires engagement from across the entire campus community; from presidents to faculty and advisors.
Read More →

Building Support for Student Veteran Enrollment

October 28, 2020
Today, we are excited to release Making the Case for Student Veterans: Building Support for Student Veteran Enrollment.
Read More →

How Private Four-Year Institutions Can Pave a Path for Community College Transfers to Postsecondary Success

October 27, 2020
Administrators, faculty, and staff at selective colleges and universities often assume that transfer students from community college won’t be able to make the grade.
Read More →

Announcing ATI’s Academic Equity Community of Practice

October 21, 2020
Recent months have highlighted long-standing inequities within our nation’s postsecondary education system.
Read More →

Prioritizing Transfer for Tomorrow’s Higher Education Landscape

October 1, 2020
As four-year colleges and universities make their way through an unprecedented semester, they are now taking stock of a fall enrollment landscape informed by the public health impact of COVID-19 and the accompanying economic recession.
Read More →

Incorporating Equity into Fall Reopening Plans

August 25, 2020
Earlier this summer, Ithaka S+R began aggregating colleges’ plans for re-opening campuses in Fall 2020...
Read More →

Presidential Perspective: Joan Gabel, University of Minnesota

August 18, 2020
ATI's collective voice brings important visibility to issues of educational equity—and the commitment that leading institutions need to undertake to address them.
Read More →

Presidential Perspectives: Ronald Crutcher, University of Richmond

August 18, 2020
The tragic murder of George Floyd, and the activism of hundreds of thousands of peaceful protesters thereafter, represents an inflection point in our history.
Read More →

Realizing the Promise of Mutually Beneficial Partnerships Between CBOs and Colleges

August 12, 2020
One day last summer, amid campus tours, academic enrichment programs, and preparations for the fall...
Read More →

Engaging and Supporting Prospective Students

August 3, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the typical college admissions experience.
Read More →

Addressing Challenges Faced by Institutions Supporting Student Veterans

July 22, 2020
College students across the country have experienced the financial, social, and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Read More →

COVID-19: Incorporating the Student Perspective into Institutional Decision-Making

April 9, 2020
Over the past month, higher education has faced unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More →

How do Test-Optional or Test-Flexible Policies Affect Access and Opportunity?

December 18, 2019
A growing number of institutions have adopted or are considering test-optional or -flexible policies in recent years.
Read More →

The American Talent Initiative’s Inaugural Veterans Community of Practice Convening

November 9, 2019
US military veterans are underrepresented at high-graduation rate colleges and universities.
Read More →

Presidential Perspectives: Alison Byerly, president of Lafayette College

November 5, 2019
Lafayette College is working to grow its financial aid budget to support increased socioeconomic diversity.
Read More →

Supporting Postsecondary Access and Success for Rural Students

September 23, 2019
The American Talent Initiative (ATI), a coalition of high-graduation-rate colleges and universities committed to enrolling and graduating...
Read More →

Presidential Perspectives: David Greene, president of Colby College

April 15, 2019
Over the last few years, Colby College has made a concerted effort to diversify its student body.
Read More →

Presidential Perspectives: Robert Jones, Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

December 17, 2018
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has shown a commitment to lower-income students...
Read More →

Presidential Perspectives: Carol Folt, president of the University of Southern California and former Chancellor of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

August 1, 2018
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has set a goal to double—from 100 to 200 students...
Read More →

Presidential Perspectives: Eric Spina, president of the University of Dayton

April 19, 2018
The University of Dayton aims to increase Pell-eligible student enrollment in each entering cohort from 14% in Fall 2017...
Read More →

The American Talent Initiative’s Fall 2017 Data Working Group Meeting

November 15, 2017
In early October, the American Talent Initiative hosted main points of contact from member institutions in Washington, DC.
Read More →

The American Talent Initiative’s Fall 2017 Strategic Support Meeting

October 19, 2017
Earlier this month, more than 100 representatives from American Talent Initiative (ATI) member institutions and partner organizations convened...
Read More →

Growing the American Talent Initiative: Increasing Access and Opportunity for Lower-Income Students

April 25, 2017
In December 2016, Ithaka S+R, in collaboration with the Aspen Institute and with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies...
Read More →

Finding Funds to Support Student Access and Success: Ithaka S+R’s First Strategy Paper for the American Talent Initiative

February 15, 2017
There is ample evidence that low- and moderate-income students with the talent to earn admission thrive...
Read More →

Joining Together to Expand Access and Opportunity: Introducing the American Talent Initiative

December 13, 2016
Thirty of the nation’s most respected colleges and universities today announced a new venture to substantially expand...
Read More →

Footer


Colleges working collaboratively to expand access and opportunity for highly talented lower-income students

  • What We Do
  • Who We Are
  • Resources
  • Join ATI
  • Media
  • Blog
  • Contact
  • Member Login

Privacy Policy | © Copyright 2021 | Contact Us
Site built in collaboration with Code Nation students

Copyright © 2021 · Genesis Sample on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in