Collaborating for Student Success 2019: 
Advising, Applied Learning and Student Success Summit

The Desmond Hotel
Albany, NY
October 28 - 30, 2019 

Student success is the primary goal for every institution of higher education. Achieving the outcomes we desire is a complicated process and requires the commitment and collaboration of staff and faculty across campus. As SUNY is building capacity and best practices for individualized education featuring campus and student leadership/models/methods, our communities of practice have joined together in order to facilitate collaboration, networking and sharing of ideas to improve offerings across the state. This summit will bring together three SUNY communities of practice; Student Success, Applied Learning and Advising. 

Michelle Asha Cooper is the president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy, one of the nation’s most effective voices in championing access and success for all students in postsecondary education. Cooper is recognized as a fierce advocate for equity and social justice in higher education.  She is well-versed in many higher education access and success issues, including equitable reform of higher education, college affordability and financial aid policy, and data quality and transparency.  Prior to joining IHEP, Cooper held various leadership positions at the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance at the U.S. Department of Education, Association of American Colleges and Universities, Council for Independent Colleges, and King’s College.