What We’re Learning
Sova Reflections During the Crisis
As our country manages the early days of the COVID-crisis, higher education institutions across the country are rallying to meet the needs of their students. In support of those working tirelessly on behalf of their students during this critical time and with the hope that sharing our learnings will help ease the inevitable anxieties that come in times of uncertainty, we offer the following reflections.
Updated Core Principles for Remediation Unveiled at Annual Strong Start to Finish Learning Network Convening
The joint statement from the field reflects input from Achieving the Dream, American Association of Community Colleges, Carnegie Math Pathways at WestEd, Charles A. Dana Center, Complete College America, Education Commission of the States, Jobs for the Future, and...
Strengthening Your Student-Focused Change Management Work in 2020
The dawn of a new decade calls for a centering moment of reflection. For the team at Sova, as we begin 2020, we pause here to center on and share our core beliefs about large-scale change – how it’s made and sustained in service of a positively transformed student...
Lessons from the Field: A Conversation with Tim Littell, Wright State University
Background: In September 2019, we interviewed Tim Littell, Associate Vice Provost of Student Success at Wright State University, as part of Sova’s contributions to the Strong Start to Finish “People in the Reform” series. Because the People in the Reform...
Learning With Colleges About How to Enact Whole-College Reforms
For those of us working to support the access-oriented colleges and universities that are on the front lines of the fight for the American middle class, the latest research from CCRC on how community colleges are implementing whole-college redesign through guided...
Building a Culture of Cross-Silo Collaboration: The Practical Art of Bridging & Gluing
When students are placed firmly at the center of the institution’s mission, vision, and strategy, the work of fostering cross-silo collaboration becomes critically important. It’s also hard to do well. For anyone intent on remaking colleges and universities to work...
George Mehaffy Joins Sova
A conversation between George Mehaffy and Alison Kadlec about the world and the work it needs.As Sova welcomes George Mehaffy to the team, we wanted to share more than a formal announcement – we wanted to find a way to give color and texture to the partnership. Over...
Sova Solutions and ACUE Launch Guided Pathways Collaboration
New certificate in guided pathways implementation will strengthen faculty members’ ability to ensure student learning and persistence New York, NY and Washington, DC (September 5, 2019)—Sova and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) today...