A new APLU report finds that public and land-grant universities are moving from disconnected student-success efforts toward coordinated, data-driven strategies. Instead of isolated programs, institutions are aligning interventions around shared frameworks and analytics to improve retention, progression, and completion. The report highlights how universities are redesigning advising, support services, and institutional analytics so student support is treated as an integrated system rather than a collection of standalone initiatives. That shift is largely driven by pressure on budgets and the need to target resources to students most at risk. For campus leaders, the development underscores that student-success infrastructure increasingly depends on governance, data definitions, and cross-functional coordination across enrollment, advising, and academic affairs.
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