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Consistent with the University of Louisiana System’s goal of exceeding national graduation rates by 2012, the UL System is leading the National Association of System Heads (NASH) Access and Success Initiative.

This initiative includes:

  • Access - halving gaps in college entry separating low-income and/or minority students from others;
  • Success - halving the graduation rate gaps that separate low-income and/or minority freshmen from other students.

The following profiles our work to date:

2012 UL System Graduation Rate Initiative


Board Special Committee on Access to Success

President Randy Moffett and Board Chair Elsie Burkhalter established a spaicela committee on access to success to review university progress. The following are presentations made to the Board by campus as well as issues of the UL System Board Newsletter that recap the presentations.

VOLUNTARY SYSTEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY

The University of Louisiana System participates in a national higher education initiative for transparency and accountability. This Voluntary System of Accountability (VSA) includes a College Portrait ; an online template that showcases campus information for students and parents to make informed decisions when researching potential universities to attend. Please click on the following links to view the College Portraits of each of the eight UL System campuses:

UL System Hosts Statewide Access and Success Conference

UL System Hosts Statewide Access and Success ConferenceThe University of Louisiana System is committed to improving access and success to higher education for all students. On February 22, 2007, it hosted a statewide conference with prominent national speakers such as Kati Haycock from The Education Trust, Jan Somerville from the National Association of System Heads, Carol Twigg from the National Center for Academic Transformation, and George Mehaffy from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Conference Resources:

Preliminary UL System Campus Initiatives

Listen to President Sally Clausen's Sky Radio interviewListen to former UL System President Sally Clausen's Sky Radio interview about Access to Success. It is part of a series on Innovation in Education that aired January 2008 on all American Airlines flights nationwide.

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