An initiative of the Advising Success Network and the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience® and Students in Transition
NOVEMBER 2022 ISSUE NO. 4
Advising at HBCUs: A Resource Collection Advancing Educational Equity and Student Success The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition is a core partner of the Advising Success Network (ASN). The ASN is a grant-funded initiative driven to eliminate race and income as predictors of student success by reimagining advising approaches to promote equity with a focus on low-income students and students of color (Advising Success Network, n.d.). In its work with the ASN, the National Resource Center has identified HBCUs as an engagement area to highlight the high-impact advising practices these institutions provide – a topic often insufficiently acknowledged in the larger higher education landscape.
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In October 2021, the ASN and the Center hosted a one-day symposium for 26 HBCU thought leaders participating in a 15-month professional learning community. As the group’s culminating event, the symposium facilitated dialogue around trends and issues related to advising, with topics that ranged from supporting high-achieving Black male students to using technology-based advising practices. As part of their involvement in the symposium, HBCU scholars were eligible to contribute content detailing high-impact advising initiatives (e.g., institutional examples, original research) to include in a resource collection.
HBCU Symposium Newsletter | November 2022