The Navigate Project

Our Vision: We are working toward a future where every advising program has the tools, knowledge, and capacity to foster adaptive learning mindsets — ensuring that all students, especially those who are underrepresented in postsecondary education and career settings, receive the support they need to navigate their journey with confidence and purpose.

Our Approach

In partnership with the Gates Foundation, advising programs, researchers, and leading experts across the country, The Navigate Project is designed  to:

  • Empathize & Learn how advising programs support —or unintentionally undermine —learning mindsets
  • Co-Create and disseminate a suite of tools advisors can use to support students through new challenges
  • Test & Evaluate high-leverage practices for supporting students’ learning mindsets
  • Increase Awareness of ways advising programs can support learning mindsets in a way that amplifies student identity, voice, and agency on their path to education and career success

Evidence-based Learning

The Navigate Project develops and adapts evidence-informed practices in the postsecondary access and success space by:

  • Gathering and sharing effective advising practices from programs
  • Supporting programs in understanding Mindset GPS and applying it to their work
  • Embedding effective practices at the systems level to expand impact

Together, these activities synthesize key practices across research and practice to inform the field of advising and related programming.

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This work was funded by the Gates Foundation. The findings and conclusions contained within are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of the Gates Foundation.