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Building Anew: Anchoring Student Success in a Divided Landscape

Scaling Peer Learning and High-Impact Practices to Meet Higher Education’s Challenges

Thursday, January 22, 2026
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM East Coast USA Time
Location: Capitol - Level M4

    Primary Presenter(s)

  • Page Keller

    Vice President of Academic Relations
    Knack

    • Presenter(s)

  • Steven Girardot

    Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and Student Success
    Georgia Institute of Technology, United States

  • George Kuh

    Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Higher Education
    Indiana University

  • Ashley Purgason

    Associate Vice Provost for Student Success
    University of Texas at Arlington

  • Scott Marzilli

    Senior Associate Provost of Student Success & Innovation
    University of Maine

Colleges and universities are navigating significant challenges including declining enrollment, shifting workforce needs, and widening equity gaps. This session will feature campus leaders as well as George Kuh, who first introduced the framework for high-impact practices, in a conversation about how peer learning can be scaled to meet these pressing demands. Presenters will share examples of how institutions are embedding peer tutoring into the student experience to strengthen retention, increase belonging, and improve career readiness.

Participants will leave with actionable strategies for implementing peer learning at scale, insights into how it aligns with institutional goals, and evidence of its role as a sustainable and equitable high-impact practice.

This session is in partnership with Knack.