Registration for Academy events is included in the annual Academy membership fees. The first-year fees must be paid prior to participation in the Orientation webinars. Institutions will be invoiced for all subsequent years’ fees on October 1 of each year. More information on the events included in the fees is available on the Student Success Academy Experience page.

Academy Experience and Membership

Year One: $15,000

To effectively guide and support each institution as it embarks on the Academy experience, the first year provides intensive programming, including two face-to-face events.

• Orientation webinar series
• Training and assistance with inventories
• Two in-person roundtable events to facilitate the institutional environmental scan and Academy project launch
• Online learning and interaction with Academy teams, mentors and Scholars through SparQ
• Responses from the Primary Mentor and Scholar to progress updates

Year Two: $15,000

Once underway with their project, institutions receive continued guidance, information and strategies, and networking opportunities to support the project’s development and implementation.

• Online learning and interaction with Academy teams, mentors and Scholars through SparQ
• Responses from the Primary Mentor and Scholar to progress updates
• In-Depth Virtual Mentor Consultation in preparation for drafting the Student Success Plan.
• Ongoing training and assistance with inventories
• Webinar series presenting research on engagement, planning and implementation
• In-person Stewardship Forum to conclude the Academy experience

Note: Academy membership covers registration costs for five team members for each in-person event. Registration for additional attendees, as well as travel costs, are at the institution’s expense.

Financial Assistance to Participate

Holding true to HLC's commitment to equity, HLC is providing a small number of scholarships to participate in the Student Success Academy at half the cost for institutions. HLC will identify institutions with needs by evaluating the Institutional Update data of applicants regarding enrollment, degrees awarded and CFI findings.