Understanding & Improving Degree Progression for Underrepresented Students

Tim Littell, Associate Vice Provost for Student Success at Wright State University, and Melinda Karp, Founder of Phase Two Advisory, share learnings and promising approaches to improve the current state of degree planning and tracking for Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and low-income (BLI/LI) students.

Key topics include:

• Findings from research on underrepresented student experiences
• Opportunities to support students in progressing toward completion
• The role of technology in unlocking solutions for long-term success

For how these outcomes roll up into the headline metric, see what a student retention rate measures and what good looks like.

Many of these navigation barriers hit hardest for first-gen students, a challenge we dig into in supporting first-generation students.