Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education JoAnne Malatesta smiles and gestures as she walks and talks with four students on UAlbany's campus on a cloudy fall day. Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education JoAnne Malatesta smiles and gestures as she walks and talks with four students on UAlbany's campus on a cloudy fall day.

Academic Innovation & Student Success

Supporting Undergraduate Students' Success

Academic Innovation & Student Success (AISS) was created to align academic strategies and oversee the coordination and execution of the UAlbany Student Success Model.

Dedicated to advancing transformative, campus-wide student success efforts, AISS is a unique model designed to maximize resources and impact. The UAlbany Student Success Model focuses on holistic and comprehensive student support in six key areas:  
 

  • Academic support
  • Academic momentum
     
  • Well-being
  • Purpose and belonging
  • Campus collaboration
  • Financial support

Initiatives within these areas work together to address critical issues that impact retention, persistence and graduation. Please read the Five-year Report: Academic Momentum, Academic Support & Campus Collaboration for more information.

 

AISS Units

AISS oversees various offices that support the success of undergraduate students at UAlbany. Please visit the following UAlbany websites for more information on our work: 

Academic Advising 

Educational Opportunity Program 

First-Year Experience 

General Education 

Honors College 

Minerva Center for High Impact Practices 

Office of Access & Academic Enrichment 

Program in Writing and Critical Inquiry 

Tutoring & Academic Support 

Undergraduate Bulletin 

Undergraduate Education, Academic Progression & Success 

Undergraduate Majors & Minors

AISS Leadership

 

 

Eleven of the AISS leaders pose for a photo in front of a wall with a sign with the UAlbany logo and the words, "Academic Innovation and Student Success, University at Albany, State University of New York."

 

 

 

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