Shared Equity, Shared Impact: Using HIPs and Assessment to Tell a New Institutional Story

Thursday, January 22, 2026

9:30 AM - 10:45 AM East Coast USA Time

Location: Silver Linden - Mezzanine

Primary Presenter(s)

Reem Jaafar (she/her/hers)

Dean for Institutional Effectiveness
Queensborough Community College- CUNY
Brooklyn, New York, United States

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Co-Presenter(s)

J. Elizabeth Clark

Professor of English
LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York (CUNY), United States
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Milena Cuellar (she/her/hers)

Professor and Carnegie National Faculty; Co-Director, Shared Equity Leadership Project
LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Long Island City, New York, United States
Ellen Quish

Director of First-Year Programming and Student Success
LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York (CUNY), United States

What happens when a college reclaims high-impact practices (HIPs) as part of its institutional identity while confronting equity gaps in access and implementation? This session will highlight LaGuardia Community College’s cross-role effort to assess and reimagine HIPs, including First-Year Seminar, learning communities, ePortfolios, and undergraduate research, through the lens of shared equity leadership. Presenters will share findings from a campus-wide qualitative equity audit and a faculty-led inquiry group exploring how HIPs are integrated in equity-minded, student-responsive ways. The session will also introduce Learning That Lasts, a digital repository of faculty stories, tools, and strategies designed to foster equitable HIP implementation. Participants will engage in reflection and discussion, leaving with practical tools and guiding questions for surfacing equity gaps, engaging stakeholders, and building shared ownership of HIPs across roles and disciplines.