Intern, Ithaka S+R (Rural Student Success Network)

Ithaka S+R is a non-profit research and consulting service that helps the academic and cultural communities serve the public good and navigate economic, technological, and demographic change. Ithaka S+R is currently collaborating with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) to facilitate the Rural Student Success Network (RSSN). The RSSN is a learning cohort that will seek to bolster student success and economic mobility by convening and guiding a network of rural-serving institutions (RSIs) in efforts to improve their programming and practices around community college transfer processes, re-engagement and support for adult learners, and aligning their program offerings with local workforce needs. The S+R team will be supporting institutions by coordinating inter-institutional learning opportunities, providing tailored technical assistance, and producing institution-specific reports with insights about how to optimize improvements for each institution’s local context. The team will simultaneously be conducting research activities designed to highlight best practices and identify lessons learned from the literature on student success for the cohort and the field more broadly.