Design Labs
Saturday, May 23, 2026, from 1:30-4:30 p.m.
CCCSE Data Workshop: Turning Insights to Action
Your students have shared their voices through CCSSE and/or SENSE, and now it’s time to transform those insights into powerful action. This hands-on workshop isn’t just about understanding numbers—it’s about understanding your students’ journeys and creating pathways that help them thrive. You’ll actively engage with CCCSE’s Student Engagement Guide, gaining deeper familiarity with student engagement data.
We encourage colleges to register a team of at least three participants, including senior leaders, institutional researchers, student success staff, and faculty who work closely with student success initiatives.
Note: If your institution is part of the current three-year CCSSE and/or SENSE cohort (participation in 2023, 2024, and/or 2025) and you have access to institutional CCSSE and/or SENSE data (printed or electronic), you may use those data during the lab. Otherwise, participants will work with national data.
AI Innovation Lab: Accelerating Institutional Projects
The NISOD AI Innovation Lab is a 3-hour interactive workshop enabling institutional teams to develop AI-enhanced approaches for their strategic initiatives. Participants work on real projects they’ve identified beforehand, receiving guidance on AI readiness assessment, prompt engineering, and implementation planning. Each team leaves with customized AI prompts, integration workflows, and concrete next steps informed by T3’s philanthropy-funded research on AI adoption in higher education. The workshop combines practical AI applications with change management strategies, providing both immediate project advancement and reusable frameworks that teams can apply to future institutional challenges.
Dr. Audrey Ellis, Principal Researcher, AI for Institutional Transformation Project