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Share an Idea

Help Shape the Student Experience
We Want Every Student to Have

Every day, faculty, staff, administrators, and students see opportunities to make Seattle Colleges better. You may notice a process that creates confusion, a service that could be improved, a barrier that makes it harder for students to succeed, or an innovative idea that could transform how we support students.

Whether your idea is small or large, local or district-wide, we want to hear it. The Unified Student Experience Initiative is built on the belief that the people closest to the work often have the best ideas for improving it.

One Question Guides This Work

If a student enrolled at any of our colleges tomorrow, how could we make their experience clearer, easier, more supportive, and more successful?

Your idea may help us answer that question.

Tell Us About Your Idea [link to form]

1. What idea would you like to share? *Required
Share your thought, observation, challenge, or opportunity.
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Examples:

  • Create a district-wide student support referral system.
  • Simplify registration communications.
  • Expand evening advising options.
  • Standardize student-facing website navigation.
  • Develop a shared welcome experience for all new students.

2. What student need or challenge does this address? *Required
Tell us what problem you are seeing.
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3. How could this improve the student experience? *Required

  • Consider:
  • Easier access to services
  • Clearer communication
  • Faster response times
  • More consistent experiences across colleges
  • Better support for students
  • Improved success outcomes
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4. What type of idea is this?
Select all that apply.
☐ Student Support
☐ Advising
☐ Enrollment
☐ Registration
☐ Financial Aid
☐ Workforce Education
☐ Technology
☐ Customer Service
☐ Organizational Alignment
☐ Fiscal Sustainability
☐ Facilities & Campus Experience
☐ Equity & Inclusion
☐ Employee Experience
☐ Other

5. How large is this opportunity?
☐ Small Improvement
☐ Department or Program Improvement
☐ College-Level Opportunity
☐ Multi-College Opportunity
☐ District-Wide Opportunity
☐ Transformational Idea
☐ Not Sure

6. Have you discussed this idea with anyone?
☐ No
☐ Supervisor
☐ Team Members
☐ College Leadership
☐ District Leadership
☐ Students
☐ Other

7. Would you like someone to follow up with you?
☐ Yes
☐ No

Name (Optional)
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Email (Optional)
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What Happens Next?

Every idea submitted is reviewed and routed to the appropriate leaders. Depending on the idea, it may:

  • Be implemented as a local improvement
  • Become part of a college or district project
  • Inform Unified Student Experience planning
  • Advance to a pilot project
  • Be developed into a formal Chancellor Decision Package

Even if an idea is not immediately implemented, it helps us identify opportunities to improve the student experience across Seattle Colleges.

Thank You

The Unified Student Experience is not created by a single office, committee, or leader. It is built through the ideas, experiences, and commitment of people across Seattle Colleges who care about students and want to make their experience better.
Together, we are building a Unified Student Experience.

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