Navigational supports are the actions college staff take to help students experience, persist, and succeed in college. Examples include advising, mentoring, orientation programming, and other approaches that provide information, as well as access and connections to support services useful for getting ahead. Effective student navigational interventions support persistence, build students’ social capital, strengthen connections to resources and professional networks, and increase the likelihood of success for students of color and other historically marginalized students and underrepresented learners.
This report from the Urban Institute shares insights from college practitioners and related research to identify ways to further support the implementation of equity-centered student navigation strategies.