Student Success Transformation Initiative

Overview

CU Denver worked during the 2024-25 academic year with the National Institute for Student Success (NISS) to consider new ways to strengthen our approach to student well-being, academic success, and career readiness. NISS provided recommendations for maximizing efficiencies and excellence in CU Denver’s student support frameworks.

In 2025-26, we are building upon our strengths and NISS recommendations to provide proactive, coordinated, and scalable support in critical areas of first-year experience, advising, data use, and student communications. CU Denver's Student Success Transformation initiative with a May 22, 2025 Town Hall, and the initiative has continued with four working groups meeting throughout summer and fall 2025. A university-wide Community Conversation on these topics was hosted Oct. 6, with further progress and outcomes to be determined at key intervals throughout 2025-26.

Working Groups

1. Standardization of Student Advising
2. First-Year Experiences
3. Early Action on Student Challenges
4. DFWI Rates

Resources

• 10/6/25 Community Conversation recording (use password f*jAEH8z)
• 10/6/25 SSTI Community Conversation slidedeck
• 5/22/25 Town Hall presentation
• NISS Diagnostic & Playbook: CU Denver
• Executive Summary of NISS Diagnostic & Playbook: CU Denver

Questions?

Contact the Project Operations Team