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.

Three-Year Academy Experience and Membership

Year One: $11,000

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

Years Two and Three: $9,000 per year

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
• Annual consultations with the Primary Mentor (virtual)
• 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.