Student-Focused Initiatives

The CSU’s student-focused initiatives aim to ensure that all students—regardless of racial, ethnic or financial background—have the same opportunities to benefit from the transformative power of a CSU degree. Building off the successes and challenges of Graduation Initiative 2025, the CSU has reimagined a bold new vision of student success through its Student Success Framework.

Advancing Student Success, Driving Econimic Mobilty

With the conclusion of the 10-year Graduation Initiative 2025 and the Year of Engagement project, the CSU unveiled a new Student Success Framework to meet the needs of today’s students and achieve new heights of student success. The framework aims to improve opportunity outcome gaps, strengthen career readiness and advance social mobility for all CSU students. Core to the framework is the “CSU Promise” that every student will graduate with the opportunity for a first career job and/or a clear path to further study. In addition, the framework will help the university accomplish the goals of its CSU Forward strategic plan, through which the CSU has committed to redefining student success beyond graduation; ensuring equitable, high-impact support for every student; expanding access and affordability; and driving economic mobility.

Supporting Diverse Communities of Students

To provide the most effective support for the diverse communities of students across the system, the CSU has established several outreach efforts, including the Hispanic-Serving Institutions Global Equity Hub, the CSU Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Student Achievement Program, and the Central Office for the Advancement of Black Student Success. The CSU also has programs that offer support for student parents, foster youth, students experiencing food insecurity and other groups. All university programs and activities are open and available to all regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin.