The Student Success Network 2021 Conference theme is "The Time Is Now: Forging New Visions for Equity in the CSU." This virtual conference is designed by and for middle leaders and students in the CSU. Registration is free for all CSU faculty, staff, administrators and students. Registration deadline is Wednesday, Sept. 29 by 11:59 p.m.

The convergence of two pandemics, COVID-19 and racial injustice, has magnified structural inequities in the United States and created renewed momentum for immediate change, including in higher education. In the largest four-year university system in the world, how are we as middle leaders — CSU faculty, staff, and administrators — building on this momentum to forge new goals and actions for equity on our campuses? For this year’s conference, presentations from middle leaders and students across the CSU will focus on their perspectives and experiences in understanding, adapting, and innovating to respond to and reduce racial and other inequities at all levels on campus. Questions we will engage in include:

• What evidence are we collecting, sharing, and discussing — and with whom — to identify and address racial and other disparities?
• How are we investing in equity efforts in and across our classrooms, academic programs, student services, administrative structures and institutional policies?
• What are we doing to improve advising, health and counseling services to better support students’ whole selves — whether they are advancing or in crisis? And how have we adapted coordinated care processes for a virtual environment?
• What changes in budgeting, strategic planning, academic policy, and hiring are being considered, and who is included at the table?
• How are we innovating curriculum, pedagogy, or modes of instructional delivery to better support student learning and reduce racial, socioeconomic and first-generation inequities?
• How are we leveraging this opportunity for change, and what early outcomes and implications have we seen?

Date: Saturday, Oct. 13 and 14
Time: View schedule
Location: Virtual

Register here.

For more information contact Larissa Mercado-López, annual conference director, at lmercadolopez@csufresno.edu.