Gardner Institute

The Purpose‑Driven Advising workshop focuses on transforming the advising system to strengthen how institutions guide students through educational, life, and career decision‑making and progression.

This workshop introduces participants to the Gardner Institute’s advising redesign framework and the concept of purpose‑driven advising. The session focuses on examining how advising structures, practices, and evidence can guide students as they make informed decisions aligned with their long‑term educational and career goals. Through collaborative analysis, participants will consider how institutional advising ecosystems can be strengthened using evidence, system mapping, and consistent expectations.

Learn more about the track and outcomes: https://hubs.la/Q04qbGZb0

The Gardner Institute is partnering with Every Learner Everywhere on the Lighthouse project, working with 12 participating institutions to build the governance structures and faculty support needed to sustain large-scale course redesign: https://hubs.la/Q04qvt0p0

New Push to Fix Calculus Bottleneck Calculus can derail STEM pathways. Twelve colleges are redesigning gateway math courses to help more students persist.

Read the latest Intern Insider post by Alexander Bolton, a rising senior at Brevard College. In his post, "Being Open to Growth," he shares how the internship has challenged him to think and work in new ways. Read here: https://hubs.ly/Q04qq6Jg0

Queensborough Community College / CUNY reflects on sensemaking discussions that clarified the need for transformative change. They found that true transformation requires more than new initiatives or isolated improvements; it demands a shared commitment across the campus community to student success, developed through intentional processes that both celebrate our strengths and confront our barriers.

Read their case study to discover more insights gained through this process: https://hubs.la/Q04kkHc90