John N. Gardner Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award

The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition presents the annual John N. Gardner Institutional Excellence for Students in Transition Award to institutions that have designed and implemented outstanding collaborative initiatives to enhance significant transitions during the undergraduate experience. Award recipients will have demonstrated the effectiveness of the initiative in supporting student success, learning, and development at a variety of transition points beyond the first college year and in responding to unique institutional needs. Nomination packets should clearly demonstrate partnerships and/or collaboration across functional areas and an institutional commitment to helping students successfully navigate one or more transitions beyond the first college year (e.g., sophomore year, transfer, senior year). Up to three award recipients will be selected annually based on the highest overall scores by a selection committee composed of members and former members of the Advisory Board of the National Resource Center and other leaders in American higher education who are champions for students in transition.