Promising Practices

Today, we are excited to release Making the Case for Student Veterans: Building Support for Student Veteran Enrollment.

Several diverse institutions share a few key best practices for peers looking to improve access and success for student veterans.

Ithaka S+R shares how enrollment of student veterans has changed since Fall 2019.

Ithaka S+R shares insights from institutional and nonprofit leaders on the common elements of successful veterans' programs and how the student veteran population is evolving.

We are excited to launch a case study series that spotlights how members use data to promote academic equity, starting with Virginia Tech's efforts to fuel inclusive excellence in STEM.

Amherst College, Bowdoin College, Carleton College, Pomona College, Williams College, and Swarthmore College formed the Six Colleges Initiative to provide dedicated support and guidance to more lower-income students than they could reach individually, more important than ever during the pandemic.

Supporting transfer success at scale at public universities requires engagement from across the entire campus community; from presidents to faculty and advisors.

Today, we are excited to release Making the Case for Student Veterans: Building Support for Student Veteran Enrollment.

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.

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.

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

One day last summer, amid campus tours, academic enrichment programs, and preparations for the fall...

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the typical college admissions experience.

College students across the country have experienced the financial, social, and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and...

Over the past month, higher education has faced unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Talent Initiative (ATI), a coalition of high-graduation-rate colleges and universities committed to enrolling and graduating...

In December 2016, Ithaka S+R, in collaboration with the Aspen Institute and with support from Bloomberg Philanthropies...

There is ample evidence that low- and moderate-income students with the talent to earn admission thrive...