Post-Secondary Success at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (Historical)

The REL Southeast's Post-Secondary Success at Historically Black College and Universities (HBCUs) partnerships focused on enhancing the awareness and use of research-based knowledge and strategies to improve student retention, matriculation, and outcomes (i.e., graduation rates). The partnerships were also designed to further enhance the capacity of faculty to conduct and engage in collaborative research with state, local, and community educational agencies to improve student outcomes for students in K-12 and post-secondary settings.

A long-term goal of the partnerships was to produce rigorous, policy and practice-relevant research and resources to inform initiatives and innovations in post-secondary settings. The short-term objectives to meet this goal were accomplished through a combination of research and training, coaching, and technical support activities determined by the partnering institutions with REL Southeast staff. A secondary goal was to expand the network of partners in the southeast region to support access and success for traditionally underserved and underrepresented racial and ethnic students in these settings.