Resources and Support
Program Impact Project
The Program Impact Project is a research initiative aimed at better understanding the landscape at the University of Pittsburgh for support of first-generation, limited-income, and under-represented minority students. With the inauguration of the Pitt Success Pell Match Program and the Provost Academy, in addition to the many affordability initiatives currently in place, Pitt has made great efforts to support our students in gaining access to and better affording college at Pitt.
Other Initiatives, Programs and Supports
- Learning Research & Development Center (LRDC)
- Discipline-Based Science Education Research Center (dB-SERC)
- Engineering Education Research Center (EERC)
- Provost Academy, a summer bridge program designed to set a student up for success in the first year
- Wide Angle: Classroom Intervention Fosters Belonging, Supports Academic Success, Dietrich School Snapshot Newsletter, June 2020
- Succeed at Pitt Toolkit, Dietrich School Undergraduate Studies Study Lab
- Sloan Equity and Inclusion in STEM Introductory Courses (SEISMIC)
- Promoting Belonging, Growth Mindset, and Resilience to Foster Student Success, book by Amy Baldwin, Bryce Bunting, Doug Daugherty, Latoya Lewis and Tim Steenbergh
- PITT0130: Wellness and Resilience
Articles
- Complicating College-Transition Stories: Strengths and Challenges of Approaches to Diversity in Wise-Story Interventions, Perspectives on Psychological Science, October 2021
- The Need to Belong: a Deep Dive into the Origins, Implications, and Future of a Foundational Construct, Educational Psychology Review, 2021
- Professors Who Signal a Fixed Mindset About Ability Undermine Women’s Performance in STEM, Social Psychological and Personality Science, August 2021
Comparison of Faculty Mindset Syllabus Cutes in Study 1 (PDF), a side-by-side comparison of the growth vs. fixed mindset language in the experimental conditions run in the study - A new approach to schooling in a diverse society: A research fable, Journal of Social Issues, July 2, 2021
- Securing self-integrity over time: Self-affirmation disrupts a negative cycle between psychological threat and academic performance, Journal of Social Issues, June 24, 2021
- Changing Social Contexts to Foster Equity in College Science Courses: An Ecological-Belonging Intervention, Psychological Science, August 26, 2020
- A Question of Belonging: Race, Social Fit, and Achievement, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, February 2007
Data and Reporting
- View more information about the work of the Provost’s Data Analytics Team »
- Learn about the Gallup Report »
Landscape Analysis: Coordinated Student Support and Success
Coming soon.