Amanda Figueroa and Bonnie Becker on Community–Based Assessment

How can you tackle student success challenges with a bias toward action and practical solutions? How can you do this collaboratively as a community of practice? Along the way, how do you build a continuous improvement culture and sustain your initiatives and innovations in the long term?We discuss these questions with two inspirational leaders from the University of Washington Tacoma: Bonnie Becker, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Success and Amanda Figueroa, Associate Vice Chancellor for Social Mobility. References from this episode: UW Tacoma Student Success 2022-2025 Culminating Report You Are a Data Person by Amelia Parnell College Social–Emotional Crossroads Inventory (C-SECI) by Patton Garriott et al. A Critical Cultural Wealth Model of First-Generation and Economically Marginalized College Students’ Academic and Career Development by Patton Garriott et al.