ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors identify several promising practices that emerged from the Promoting At-promise Student Success (PASS) Project. They highlight practices that could be integrated within the work of postsecondary institutions more broadly to support the success of all at-promise students. In their study, the authors found that the educators who created a culture of ecological validation used these promising practices; however, they imagine that there are other promising practices that leverage the norms, structures, and practices of ecological validation. They focus on four promising practices: proactive advising, tailoring, career and major support, and faculty coordinators. With each promising practice, they begin with a definition of the practice before explaining why the strategy is important and how to enact it. Proactive advising propels student success by connecting students to holistic support tailored to their individual assets, needs, and goals and addresses institutional barriers to increase student success.
