Seeks to substantially expand access and opportunity for talented, lower-income students at the nation’s colleges and universities with the highest graduation rates.

Outlines the benefits of postsecondary completion for individuals, families, and communities; challenges with completion; and a range of promising strategies to address that community colleges have been implementing to address the varied and complex reasons that keep low-income community college students from graduating.

Includes articles on involving faculty in campus prevention initiatives and with prevention data collection. 

Serves as a comprehensive resource on the issue of higher education access and success for homeless students, including information on: Understanding homeless students; Assisting homeless students in choosing a school; Helping homeless students pay for application-related expenses; Assisting homeless students in finding financial aid and scholarships for school; and Helping homeless students succeed in college. The toolkit provides local hom

Examines how features of campus structures and educational practices influence students' ability to engage across religious and worldview differences.

Explores universities as a whole and faculty as individuals can help improve student retention, completion, and success. The paper provides many tips for educators on how to utilize their positions to help those students who have the highest needs. 

Examines the impact of 20 years of investment in Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) and the link of this support on Latino student success. This issue brief also provides a snapshot of Latinos in postsecondary education today, as well as a summary of the growth and current profile of HSIs.

Provides a definition and rationale for "global learning," which is a term widely used across higher education, although faculty, staff, and practitioners do not always agree about what it means. By exploring how the term and the ideas behind it are evolving, global learning is placed in the context of several important overlapping higher education change efforts, all geared toward creating engaging, supportive, instructional environments.