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Minnesota State unveils three-year 'strategy accelerator' to turn Equity 2030 convenings into funded campus action
Summary
Minnesota State leaders briefed trustees on findings from six regional Equity 2030 convenings and proposed a three-year 'strategy accelerator' to scale high-impact practices such as mentorship and wrap-around supports; participating campuses would compete for one-time seed grants of roughly $25,000–$50,000.
Interim Vice Chancellor Ida Watts and Associate Vice Chancellor Priyank Shah told the Board of Trustees that six regional convenings engaged all 33 Minnesota State institutions and more than 190 attendees to surface strategies and challenges for Equity 2030 implementation.
The presentations stressed that while student success has risen over the last two decades, persistent equity gaps remain. "Over a 20-year window we've made some gains in improving student success, but the equity gap, by and large, has remained steady at roughly 10…
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