Training with Dr. White
Our training program helps institutions create lasting pathways for student success and leadership.
From Access to Ascend Pathway
From Access to Ascend is designed as a pathway rather than a one-time workshop.
The initial training builds shared understanding and introduces practical strategies faculty and staff can use immediately. Some institutions choose to extend the work through targeted coaching for selected faculty, counselors, or program leads who are responsible for putting changes into practice.
Others continue with follow-up implementation support to help departments align expectations, reinforce effective practices, and ensure the work becomes part of how the institution operates rather than a standalone event.
Institutions may engage in the training on its own or as the first step in a longer partnership, depending on their goals and capacity.
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The Focus of This Training...
From Access to Ascend is a practice-focused professional development experience that helps colleges strengthen what happens after students arrive.
Rather than adding another initiative, this training supports the work faculty and staff are already doing by helping them clarify expectations, reduce confusion, and create more consistent support for Black men across classrooms, counseling, and student services.
The focus is not on awareness alone. It is on the everyday decisions, interactions, and structures that shape whether students feel grounded, supported, and able to move forward.
Who Is this Training For?
This training is designed for faculty, both full-time and adjunct, counselors and academic advisors, Umoja, City Scholars, TRIO, EOPS, and student support staff, as well as department chairs, deans, and student success leaders.
It is especially helpful for colleges focused on improving persistence, completion, and transfer outcomes for Black men.
Why This Training Works?
Faculty and staff often want to help but are navigating limited time, competing priorities, and systems that do not always work together.
This training creates space to step back and look closely at how things actually function on campus. Participants examine how students experience entry points, expectations, accountability, and guidance over time. Small misalignments in these areas often carry large consequences for Black men.
Our Training Formats
Virtual Training
90 minutes to 2 hours
This format works well for campus-wide professional development, district or system-level sessions, and introductory or refresher work.
Half-Day Training
3 to 4 hours
This format is well suited for departmental or divisional retreats and for faculty, counseling, and advising teams who want focused time to work through practice changes together.
Full Day Institute
Full-Day Institute
6 to 7 hours
This format is designed for institutions ready to move from conversation to sustained practice change across roles and departments.
How This Training Works?
Sessions are structured, interactive, and grounded in real campus contexts.
The training draws from classroom instruction, counseling interactions, and student support settings that participants recognize. Faculty and staff reflect on their own practices, discuss real scenarios, and identify one or two specific changes they will implement right away.
This is professional learning designed to translate into action, not another conversation that ends when the session does.
The From Access to Ascend Pathway
From Access to Ascend is designed as a pathway rather than a one-time workshop.
The initial training builds shared understanding and introduces practical strategies faculty and staff can use immediately. Some institutions choose to extend the work through targeted coaching for selected faculty, counselors, or program leads who are responsible for putting changes into practice.
Others continue with follow-up implementation support to help departments align expectations, reinforce effective practices, and ensure the work becomes part of how the institution operates rather than a standalone event.
Institutions may engage in the training on its own or as the first step in a longer partnership, depending on their goals and capacity.
Why work with us ?
From Access to Ascend
Retaining and Uplifting Black Men in Higher Education
Professional Development for Faculty, Counselors, Advisors, and Student Support Teams
Most colleges have worked hard to increase access for Black men. Programs exist. Supports exist. People care.
And yet, many Black men still struggle to stay connected, find their footing, and make steady progress toward completion.
From Access to Ascend was created for that gap between effort and outcome.
What You’ll Get During When You Train with Dr. White
When you train with Dr. White, you gain clarity around what equity looks like in practice, not just in theory. Each session is grounded in real challenges facing institutions today. Participants leave with language, direction, and shared understanding that moves teams forward together.
You receive practical strategies that strengthen belonging, retention, and student success. The training provides actionable frameworks that can be implemented immediately. This ensures learning translates into measurable change, not stalled conversations.
You gain tools to develop confident, purpose-driven leadership at every level. Dr. White’s approach supports both student growth and educator effectiveness. The result is leadership that is intentional, inclusive, and sustainable.
You walk away with renewed commitment and a clear path forward. The training creates momentum, alignment, and accountability across teams. It equips institutions to turn access into achievement and vision into lasting impact.
Ready to take the next step?
Request Training
If your institution is ready to strengthen retention, support faculty and staff with practical guidance, and create clearer pathways for Black men to persist and complete, you are invited to request training.
A brief conversation will help determine the format and focus that best fits your campus.
Closing Thought from Dr. White
Access opens the door.
What happens next determines who finds their way forward.
You can also email us at: sylvester@drsylvesterwhite.org