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Larisa Hussak

Consultant

Areas of Expertise
  • Community Colleges
  • Strategy and Planning
  • Student Success
Washington, DC
Specialties
  • College and University Strategy
  • Curricular Reform
  • Developmental and Remedial Education
  • Enrollment Strategy
  • Strategic Planning
  • Student Experience
  • Underrepresented Students
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Background

Larisa Hussak is a consultant on the Community College Executive Forum. She is responsible for conducting the forum's research on student success and campus strategy. In particular, her research identifies innovative academic, enrollment, and service models that prepare colleges to serve the students of the future.  Before joining EAB, Larisa spent nine years in higher education as a student, inst

Larisa Hussak is a consultant on the Community College Executive Forum. She is responsible for conducting the forum's research on student success and campus strategy. In particular, her research identifies innovative academic, enrollment, and service models that prepare colleges to serve the students of the future. 

Before joining EAB, Larisa spent nine years in higher education as a student, instructor and research scientist, investigating the development of sociopolitical attitudes and behavior across the lifespan.

Education

Larisa earned her doctorate and master’s degree in developmental psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received a B.A. with honors in psychology from the University of Chicago.

Research and Insights

As colleges across the two-year sector enter their second or third year of Guided Pathways implementation, many are taking a step back and asking a common question: “How are we doing?” But it’s tough to define progress for this new movement. This summer, the Community College Executive Forum launched a Guided Pathways diagnostic to help…

The number of historically underserved and nontraditional students continues to grow in the two-year sector. Additionally, community college students are increasingly enrolled part-time, juggling classes with work and family commitments. These populations now comprise the majority of today’s community college students, yet their completion rates continue to lag behind those of the traditional student. The…