Lisa Silverstein, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, TCU Capacity for Student Success, oversees and supports programming in education pathways from high school through to college completion and the greater strategic enrollment management programming at the College Fund. She earned her bachelor’s in public health, master’s in education, and Ph.D. in education studies and research, focusing on developmental education and retention, sense of belonging, and student and faculty voice in community colleges. Her research includes the study of higher education staff and faculty development, college access, retention, and strategic enrollment management. She is a peer reviewer for Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis and serves as a consultant for community colleges focused on adult learner supports. She served as the principal investigator for a Minority Serving Institution Student Success Initiative grant, working closely with HSIs, HBCUs, and TCUs, directed and led guided pathways programming, initiated an accelerated developmental education learning communities and faculty development program, and served as a representative on the state of Colorado’s developmental redesign team. As a faculty member in the School of Education at the University of Colorado Denver, Silverstein worked with preservice teachers, and was a team member on a community college and university partnership to support Colorado rural communities in building their K–12 teacher workforce.
An Indigenous Approach to Strategic Enrollment Management: The Native Student Journey at Tribal College and Universities