Redesigning Advising and Student Support: Tools for Practitioners

This set of tools aims to help community colleges and broad-access four-year colleges assess their work on technology-mediated advising and student support, sometimes referred to as Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (iPASS).
“I Came in Unsure of Everything”: Community College Students’ Shifts in Confidence

Using interview data from students at three community colleges, this paper examines shifts in confidence that students experience early in their college careers.
Leadership for Transformative Change: Lessons From Technology-Mediated Reform in Broad-Access Colleges

This study explores the influence of different types of leadership approaches on the implementation of a technology-mediated advising reform at six colleges, and assesses which types of leadership are associated with transformative organizational change.
Colleges’ Experiences Integrating Support Services for Military Veterans

This review draws from the experiences of colleges awarded the Kisco Foundation’s Kohlberg Prize to highlight the practical and philosophical challenges involved in creating integrated services for student veterans.
Federal Work-Study: Past Its Prime, or Ripe for Renewal?

This Brookings report discusses what role the Federal Work-Study program might have in a modern “college completion and career readiness” agenda.