Student Success & Equity with Dr. Tia McNair

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Learn why the equity work is everyone's work at the institution.

In this episode, I interview Dr. Tia McNair, Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U).

To order her books, visit:
Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success

From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education

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We cover the following key topics:

4:37:50: Analyzing data to inform high impact practices.

9:41:25: Strengthening existing practices.

15:09:25: Institutional barriers to change.
Resource: Dr. Al's 3-Month Rule


19:23:75: Leadership matters.


24:06:00: Addressing the equity tax.

Select Dr. Tia McNair episode quotes:

"We're saying to institutions, let's strengthen existing practices. You've been doing a lot of these practices already as an institution, as a department, and as a program. How are they working for your students? Are they working for your students? What makes them high impact for them? These aren't brand new strategies. We're talking about strengthening the work."

"If an institution believes strongly as part of their mission, values, and goals that their work is to support all students and their success, to understand the lived experiences of the students, to understand how that influences the way that they engage, and really value their various identities, then that is a responsibility of everyone at the institution."

About Dr. Tia McNair
Dr. McNair is the Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers at the American Association of Colleges and Universities in Washington, DC. She oversees both funded projects and the organization’s continuing programs on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact practices, and student success. She is the lead author of From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education and the book Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success.

About Dr. Al Solano
Al is Founder & Coach at the Continuous Learning Institute. A big believer in kindness, he helps institutions of higher education to plan and implement homegrown practices to improve student success and equity by coaching them through a process based on what he calls the "Three Cs": Clarity, Coherence, Consensus. In addition, his bite-sized, practitioner-based articles on student success strategies, institutional planning & implementation, and educational leadership are implemented at institutions across the country. He has worked directly with over 50 colleges and universities and has trained well over 5,000 educators. He has coached colleges for over a decade, worked at two community colleges, and began his education career in K12. He earned a doctorate in education from UCLA, and is a proud community college student who transferred to Cornell University.

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