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Working Smarter: Leveraging Digital Tools for Student Advising

The Scholarly Teacher

Academic advising is complex and multifaceted, and yet many faculty advise without much training. Navigating technology can be a very challenging aspect of academic advising. 88), especially for those who have a large advising load or are expected to also handle teaching, research, and service. 2018, July).

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The university restructured to a centralized academic advising model for the first two years of college, ensuring that advising is consistent across all majors, particularly for the most vulnerable populations. The last two years, ASU has seen the highest retention rates of all students, but particularly Latino students.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Coupled with enhanced academic flexibility it has led to improved graduation rates. Since 2018, the graduation rate for Latine/x students has increased from 24% to 34%. Six years ago, the university transitioned from a quarter to a semester system, significantly streamlining the path to degree completion. Morales, president of CSUSB.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It began as a pilot program in 2015 and started in earnest in 2018 with 25 students after receiving a $1.68 Often times for first-gen students, there are challenges or barriers to persistence that often have to do with academic issues; financial aid; socio-emotional, personal concerns; familial obligations,” Palacios says.

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Did emergency funding create a crutch for the Connecticut college system?

University Business

Source: Connecticut Office of Policy and Management, originally published by CT Mirror More from UB: Cash is king for this university’s new student success strategy Programs in trouble Student support services such as mental health support and academic advising will be severely impacted by the cuts, according to Chen.

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How Well Do You Know Your Prospective Students?

Campus Sonar

From August 1, 2018 to July 1, 2021, 7,318 mentions from 5,445 students were collected and analyzed to see how their college-going perspectives changed from prior to the COVID-19 pandemic through the height of it. Pre-pandemic (August 2018 through February 2020) had a positive to negative sentiment ratio of 0.63

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TSU’s Systematic Approach to Student Success

EAB

I was actually part of the initial launch of EAB back in 2018, so I've seen it grow up, so to speak, and that's been an awesome opportunity. I know Naomi, you had just mentioned since 2018, there's been a lot of changes, even before that, right? What does academic advising look like at our institution?