Arnold, NathanVoight, MamieMorales, JessicaDancy, KimColeman, Art2019-10-252019-10-252019-06-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/95108As the higher education landscape has expanded beyond issues of access and affordability to include an emphasis on student completion and employment outcomes, accreditors can play a leadership role in advancing this important change. A shift to student success that rightfully centers in part on closing equity gaps between low-income students and students of color and their peers ensures that students from all backgrounds have a genuine opportunity to thrive in and after college. In this context, the authors offer three recommendations for proactive steps that accreditors can take to incorporate outcomes-focused, equity-minded data into the entire review cycle to spur more evidence-driven institutional improvement.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationallow-income studentscollege affordabilityeducational equityReporthttp://www.ihep.org/sites/default/files/uploads/docs/pubs/ihep_informing_improvement_full.pdf