The Network creates trusted spaces for middle leaders and students to share, learn, and problem-solve to address the issues faced on #CSU campuses.
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A new Academy Impacts brief spotlights Sac State during Latine Heritage Month. With 37% of students identifying as Latine, equity efforts include redesigned math courses, internships and student parent support.
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Congratulations to the 22 students receiving the 2026 CSU Trustees' Award for Outstanding Achievement, the CSU's highest student distinction. Many are first-generation students committed to community service.
Meet the honorees: lnkd.in/gVwgzee5
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What does it look like to build access without losing joy? Dr. Lissa Ramirez-Stapleton, founder of the Black Deaf Project, on noticing who's missing and doing something about it.
Read more: csustudentsuccess.net/2026/0…
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New on the blog: Breaunna Alexander on what it takes to coordinate across institutions, prisons, community colleges, and universities, to support currently and formerly incarcerated students. Part two of a three-part series.
Read more: csustudentsuccess.net/2026/0…
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Latine Heritage Month (Sept 15-Oct 15): Cal State San Marcos is marking the occasion with its first-ever HSI Week, exploring what it truly means to serve as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, this year's theme, "Seeds of Servingness: Growing Together."
Learn more: news.csusm.edu/celebrating-c…
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It's National HSI Week (Sept 14-20). Watch Iqbal Atwal (CSU Student Success Network) and Dr. Yolanda Cataño (CSU STEM NET HSI Hub) discuss the Transforming STEM Education at CSU HSIs Professional Development Program.
Watch: piped.video/eXYdcKUEuxk
#HSIWeek #STEMEducation #CSU
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The final post in our Voices series on GenAI across the CSU is here. New CSU Chancellor's Office data shows nearly two-thirds of staff and 60% of faculty now regularly use GenAI in their work.
Read the series: csustudentsuccess.net/2026/0…
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The CSU Student Success Network is now accepting nominations for its Advisory Board. Committed CSU faculty, staff, and admins: help guide our work advancing equity across the system. Endorsement packets due EOD September 13, 2026.
Details: csustudentsuccess.net/wp-con…
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Revisiting this blog on LGBTQIA2S+ equity work in the CSU: climate, data use, and funding challenges that continue to shape this work, plus reflection questions for campus leaders tackling similar gaps.
Read more: csustudentsuccess.net/2026/0…
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Real change takes resources, not just ideas. Our Equity in Action Grant Program invests directly in CSU campuses working to disrupt inequities so students can learn, progress, and graduate on time.
Learn more: csustudentsuccess.net/equity…
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New on the blog: Breaunna Alexander on what it takes to build in-prison bachelor's degree programs across the CSU. Drawing on 11 interviews at CSULA, CSU Sacramento, and CSU Fresno, the throughline is clear: collaboration matters as much as logistics.
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From our blog: how Sonoma State and San Francisco State are reworking advising to boost retention, from caseload models to centralization to career advising integration. Nearly 100 CSU colleagues joined the conversation this spring.
Catch up: csustudentsuccess.net/2026/0…
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Doing equity work in isolation is hard. That's why the Network helps middle leaders across CSU campuses find each other, share what's working, and build on it together.
More on the Network: csustudentsuccess.net/about/
#Collaboration #HigherEd
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Worth another look this Disability Pride Month: our conversation with Dr. Lissa Ramirez-Stapleton, founder of the Black Deaf Project, on noticing who's missing, building access, and treating joy as central to the work, not separate from it.
Read more: csustudentsuccess.net/2026/0…
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The Middle Leadership Academy brings campus teams together for a full year to work on real equity-based problems of practice, with mentorship built in every step of the way.
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Equity isn't one-size-fits-all. The Network gives middle leaders the time and space to define and operationalize equity in ways that make sense for their own campus and students.
Learn more: csustudentsuccess.net/about/
#EquityInEducation #CSU
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Some of the most consistent, sustained impact on student success comes from the middle. Meet middle leaders: the staff, faculty, and admins closest to students, and central to lasting, equitable change on campus.
Learn more: csustudentsuccess.net/about/
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This recent brief looks at how CSU middle leaders are forming cross-campus communities of practice through the Student Success Network, breaking out of isolation, growing as leaders, and sharing knowledge along the way.
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