About
The ITA survey tool, Sensemaking Conversation, and the additional support materials were inspired by conversations and observations, as well as guidance and input from many institutions and intermediaries across the postsecondary field.
The tools, methods, and resources to support field stakeholders in leveraging this reflection approach are a result of a larger research and development program conducted in collaboration with multiple partners that included fiscal sponsors, product designers, expert rubric authors, in addition to user feedback from institutional and intermediary users.
The effort to gather and incorporate user input and feedback was scaffolded by extensive program management over multiple years; funding was provided by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The hope is that these resources will enable and inspire institutions to reflect on the changes necessary to prioritize and drive transformation toward equitable student success.
Many organizations have helped shaped the ITA survey as rubric authors including:
Operating Capacities
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Leadership & Culture
HCM Strategists
Institutional Policy / State Policy
National Association of College and University Business Officers
Strategic Finance
Association for Institutional Research
Institutional Research (IR)
Educause
Information Technology (IT)
Solutions
Education Commission of the States
Developmental Education Reform
Advising Success Network
Advising
National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
Emergency Aid
Every Learner Everywhere
Digital Learning
Pathways
Community College Research Center
2-year pathways
United Negro College Fund
4-year pathways
Rubric contributor organizations:
EquityworksNW
Embedding equity
National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago
Survey design