• Student success is a key contributor to a more equitable society. Studies have shown that student success in college can increase economic mobility, reshape opportunities, and transform the lives of both students and their families.
• There is empirical evidence that changing institutional practices and policies can increase student success outcomes and narrow achievement and opportunity gaps among all students.
• Provosts are critical agents of the president or chancellor in transforming their institutions to achieve greater student outcomes.
• Provosts are charged with overseeing the academic enterprise of an institution, while also building and managing effective relationships with their student affairs counterparts.
• Academic and Student Affairs leaders are critical agents of the president or chancellor in transforming their institutions to achieve greater student outcomes.

Provosts, Associate/Vice Provosts, and Vice Presidents for Student Affairs who participate in the SSI will:

• be able to assess and develop their leadership styles to more effectively drive positive change at their institutions. 
• deepen their understanding of student success practices and further develop their skills to effectively implement promising practices. 
• understand the specific roles data play and how to leverage data to increase and accelerate student success initiatives at their institutions. 
• understand and be able to articulate the critical role of teaching and learning and supporting faculty development for equitable student success. 
• critically reflect on their own implicit biases and build their skills to become equity conscious leaders. 

The 2023 SSI will take place from February 2023 to July 2023.

Programming will be delivered in a blended format, with in-person and virtual programming. Virtual programming will take place on select Fridays (exact dates TBD) between 2 and 4 p.m. ET. Workshops will be two hours in length and small group discussions will be one hour in length. In-person programming will not be livestreamed or otherwise recorded. One-hundred percent attendance and participation is expected.  

• Program Onboarding (virtual): January 2023 
• In-Person Meeting (Washington, D.C.): February 2023 
• Virtual Workshops: March, April, and June 2023 
• Virtual Small Group Discussions: March, April, and June 2023 
• Closing gathering scheduled in conjunction with the AASCU 2023 Academic Affairs Summer Meeting (Baltimore, MD): July 18 and 19 2023 

Dates for future SSI cohorts are to be announced. 

In addition to the above meetings, all SSI participants will apply their learnings to a self-directed student success plan. 

• Leadership 
• Student Success 
• Equity 
• Data 
• Teaching and Learning 

The Student Success Institute (SSI) is a leadership development program tailored to the  needs of campus leaders driving student success initiatives.  Participants include provosts, vice presidents of student affairs and others driving student success initiatives.  Participants must have at least one year in their current role.  

All eligible members will be admitted as space allows. Nonmembers who are eligible will be allowed to register if space is available. Multiple participants working from the same institution are encouraged to participate together as they will work together to develop or refine the campus student success plan.

• No formal application is required. Upon registration, participants will be asked to share their leadership and student success goals.

2023 Registration Fees

• Participants from AASCU member institutions: $3,500
• Participants from non-member institutions: $4,500 (admitted if space allows)
• The registration fee covers program administration, meals during the in-person intensives, and all materials. Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation. 

Scholarships

• Limited scholarships are available to accepted applicants from AASCU member institutions.

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion discussions integrated throughout 
• Mentorship from experienced presidents  
• Opportunity for real-time application and impact of tools and trainings via a Professional Experience Plan 
• Strong relational component—commitment to create and support trust, encourage peer-to-peer learning, confidentiality, and safety among the cohort 

• Enhance the skills and knowledge of cabinet-level administrators as they contemplate future roles as college or university presidents or other senior executive positions 

• Opening Seminar (June 26-28, 2023, Washington, D.C.) 
• Virtual workshops (monthly, July 2023–May 2024) 
• Closing Seminar (June 10-12, 2024, Washington, D.C.) 

In-person programming will not be livestreamed or otherwise recorded. One-hundred percent attendance and participation is expected.

Dates for the 2024-25 ELA will be posted in fall 2023. 

• Enrollment and marketing 
• Endowment and financial management 
• Government relations 
• Alumni relations 
• Inclusion and belonging 
• Crisis communications 
• Strategic planning 

• Applications that are complete, including a nomination/endorsement from a president/chancellor, and submitted by the deadline will be considered.
• AASCU and AALI staff review applications and select a cohort that reflects the diversity of AASCU institutions.
• Preference is given to applicants from AASCU member institutions. 

A complete application for ELA includes the following: 

• Nomination or endorsement from the president/chancellor from your home institution 
• Clear and concise summary of your personal and professional development goals 
• Commitment to 100% participation 

Seminars are led by a teaching faculty of AASCU and CIC presidents and chancellors, vice presidents and chancellors, and other national subject matter experts.

The program fee for the 2023–2024 academic year is $2,950 per applicant. 

The registration fee covers program administration, meals during the in-person intensive, and all materials. 

Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodations in Washington, DC. 

Limited scholarships are available to accepted applicants from qualifying institutions. AALI and Academic Search provide financial support to enable this program fee to be kept at this level. 

• Diversity, equity, and inclusion discussions integrated throughout 
• Mentoring and Executive Coaching 
• Opportunity for real-time application and impact of tools and trainings via a Professional Experience Plan 
• Strong relational component—commitment to create and support trust, encourage peer-to-peer learning, confidentiality, and safety among the cohort 

• Comprehensive preparation in the areas of most critical concern to provosts 
• Participants will prepare a Professional Experience Plan (PEP) working with campus mentor.  

The 2023 BAPA will take place from July 2023 to July 2024. 

• Nomination deadline: February 6, 2023 
• Academic Affairs Summer Meeting (July 19-21, 2023, Baltimore, MD) 
• Opening Seminar (July 22-23, 2023, Baltimore, MD) 
• Virtual workshops (monthly, August 2023 – June 2024) 
• Closing Seminar (July 16-17, 2024, Denver, CO) 

Programming will be delivered in a blended format, with in-person and virtual programming.
In-person programming will not be livestreamed or otherwise recorded.
One-hundred percent attendance and participation is expected.  

Dates for the 2024-25 BAPA will be posted in fall 2023. 

• Applications that are complete, including a nomination/endorsement from a president/chancellor or provost, and submitted by the deadline will be considered.
• AASCU and AALI staff review applications and select a cohort that reflects the diversity of AASCU institutions.
• Admissions preference will be given to applicants currently employed at AASCU member institutions.
• If space allows, consideration will be given to participants from institutions serving in other higher education sectors. 

• Nomination or endorsement from the president/chancellor or provost from your home institution 
• Nominee’s curriculum vitae 
• Clear and concise summary of your personal and professional development goals 
• Commitment to 100% participation 

Seminars are led by a teaching faculty of AASCU provosts, AASCU presidents and chancellors, and other national subject matter experts.

The program fee for the 2023–2024 academic year is $2,850 per applicant. 

The registration fee covers program administration, meals during the in-person intensive, and all materials, and registration to attend the AASCU 2023 Academic Affairs Summer Meeting. 

Participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation in Baltimore, MD. 

Limited scholarships are available to accepted applicants from qualifying institutions. Preference will be given to nominees from under-resourced institutions that otherwise would be unable to support a participant.  

• Nominees must be a staff member (defined as non-faculty, non-senior administrator), affiliated for more than five years on an AASCU campus, who demonstrates leadership in advancing the civic learning and engagement of undergraduate students. 
• Nominations must include an endorsement from campus leadership, the nominee’s curriculum vita, and additional documents that provide examples of the nominee’s sustained leadership in advancing civic learning and infusing equity into their work. 

• Presentation: Annually in person at the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement conference in June and a virtual acknowledgment will be made at AASCU’s Annual Meeting in November.
• Recipients will receive a commemorative to acknowledge the national recognition.

• 2022: Romy Hübler, University of Maryland, Baltimore County 

• Be faculty or staff members at an AASCU institution.
• Demonstrate their community partnership work is grounded in reciprocity, mutual respect, shared authority, and co-creation of goals and outcomes. 
• Exhibit contributions to sustain and advance the civic engagement movement in the areas of practice, institutionalization, and scholarship.
• Nominees must be an emerging higher education leader whose community partnership work is grounded in reciprocity, mutual respect, shared authority, and co-creation of goals and outcomes on an AASCU campus. 
• Nominations must include an endorsement from campus leadership, the nominee’s curriculum vita, and additional documents that provide examples of the nominee’s contributions in the areas of practice, institutionalization, and scholarship. 

• Presentation: Annually in person at the Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement conference in June and a virtual acknowledgment will be made at AASCU’s Annual Meeting in November.
• Recipients will receive a commemorative to acknowledge the national recognition.

• 2022: Bekah Selby, Emporia State University (KS) 
• 2021: Margot Morgan, Indiana University Southeast 
• 2019: Allison Rank, State University of New York at Oswego 
• 2018: Nicholas Hartlep, Metropolitan State University in Minnesota 
• 2017: Danielle Lake, Assistant Professor of Liberal Studies, Grand Valley State University (MI) 
• 2016: Jennifer Purcell, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies, Kennesaw State University (GA) 
• 2015: Adam Bush, Chief Academic Officer, College Unbound 
• 2015: Lane Graves Perry, Director of Service Learning, Western Carolina University (NC) 
• 2014: Bethany Fleck, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Metropolitan State University of Denver (CO) 
• 2013: Brandon Kliewer, Assistant Professor of Civic Engagement and ADP Campus Director, Florida Gulf Coast University 
• 2012: Emily Janke, Special Assistant for Community Engagement, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 
• 2012: Paul Markham, Assistant Professor and Co-Director at the Institute for Citizenship and Social Responsibility, Western Kentucky University 
• 2011: Cecilia M. Orphan, National Manager, American Democracy Project