Services

 

Quality Service Design and Delivery

Strong Start to Finish works with systems, intermediaries, and institutions, using customized services to accelerate developmental education reforms in postsecondary education. These services encompass support for faculty, staff, administration, and student services in the form of technical assistance, consulting, or professional development. This comprehensive approach ensures that every student —particularly Black, Brown, Asian American and Indigenous students, adult learners, and students with low incomes — succeeds in their first year of college.

 

Our services

We facilitate change at scale by supporting the development, promotion, and dissemination of actionable, evidence-based policy and practice. We help our network members identify their most pressing needs and desired outcomes related to developmental education reform, and share evidence-based practices from our broader community, to meet their goals. Our network of service providers offer services in five categories, listed below.

Mathematics Pathways

Services that support the implementation of strategies designed to ensure gateway mathematics courses are aligned to majors or program requirements and are relevant for future careers.

Corequisite Support

Services that support the implementation of strategies designed to accelerate a student’s progress through developmental coursework, or bypass developmental coursework.

Placement Redesign

Services that support the implementation of strategies designed to equitably assess a student's academic skills to determine appropriate course placement in their first mathematics and English courses.

Other Support Structures

Services that do not alter any of the above structures, but rather provide added information and support to developmental education reform efforts (e.g., student and faculty mindset work, academic research on topics related to developmental education reform).

Equity-First Integration Support

Services that support the implementation of strategies designed to seamlessly integrate equity considerations in reform initiatives.