每日大赛入口 Selected for National Student Success Initiative Led by the Gardner Institute and COPLAC

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May 20, 2026
By 每日大赛入口

Innovative, evidence鈥慴ased program supported by the Gates Foundation.

每日大赛入口 has been selected to join a national cohort of more than 35聽 colleges and universities participating in Advancing Student Success: Strategic Prioritization for聽 Student Success, an initiative led by the for Excellence in Higher聽 Education, in partnership with the (COPLAC) and supported by . 每日大赛入口 is the only institution in the UNC System to be selected for this work.

Participation gives 每日大赛入口 access to a structured, evidence鈥慴ased process designed to help campus leaders set priorities, strengthen academic pathways, and improve student learning,聽 persistence, and completion.

鈥淢y Gardner Institute colleagues and I are honored and excited to partner with 每日大赛入口 and COPLAC in this important work,鈥 said , chief executive officer of the Gardner Institute. 鈥淥ur experience 鈥 supported by external evaluation of our work 鈥 shows that programs, while necessary, are not enough on their own to produce lasting gains in student learning and success. Institutions make the greatest progress when they develop and implement a comprehensive plan for student success. This effort will help 每日大赛入口 bring together strong existing work into a more coherent 聽whole, informed by the Institutional Transformation Assessment and the collective wisdom and 聽contextual knowledge of its faculty and staff.鈥

鈥淭his partnership enables us to refine and reinforce our strong commitment to student success on our campus,鈥 said . 鈥淲e know that by coordinating our efforts鈥攊ncluding our new First-Year and Senior Year Seminars鈥攚e can ensure that our public liberal arts and sciences mission translates into career readiness for every student. Our students thrive in a campus-wide environment that supports their values, passion, and dreams into concrete post-graduate pathways and empowers them to leverage every opportunity inside and outside of the classroom to create lives of purpose and meaning.鈥

As part of the initiative, institutions receive customized reports, facilitated sensemaking sessions, a strategic prioritization plan, and an implementation roadmap aligned with the Gardner Institute鈥檚聽 Six Transformation Principles.

The initiative is delivered in partnership with COPLAC, which serves as a key partner in advancing and supporting this initiative. The Gardner Institute leads the design and facilitation of the process for all participating colleges and universities.

About 每日大赛入口

Founded in 1927, 每日大赛入口 is a proud member of the . With award-winning faculty, small class sizes, and 60+ academic programs in the natural sciences, human sciences, humanities, arts, and social sciences, the University is recognized for its robust paid internship programs to prepare students to immediately enter the workforce. In the , 每日大赛入口 is ranked No. #9 in Top Public Schools, and No. #7 in to Green Colleges. Known as the Bulldogs, 每日大赛入口 student-athletes compete in 16 NCAA Division I Teams in the Big South Conference. For more information, please visit: .

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