Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 21, 2023

Academic minors are typically a secondary area of specialization for students. Sometimes, the minor is related to the college academic major; other times, the academic minor is in a different discipline altogether. The research on college minors and their effects on student outcomes is scant if not nonexistent.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Then, a few weeks later, students complete an asynchronous “onboarding” course called Success@Iowa , which introduces students to the university, its campus and its resources, among other topics like personal development. How does your institution incorporate self-assessments into its student success efforts?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A more recent trend is consolidating student services related to academics or health and wellness into a larger office or building. Tutoring, library resources, academic advising and career services are smushed together, and counseling, disability services, medical centers and student care teams are sharing space more than ever before.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 20, 2023

So we put up one barrier … and that is you have to talk to an academic adviser. But I think of them as our triage, in some cases, because they’ll hear a problem and they’ll be like, “OK, is this something that somebody in academics can help with? Is this somebody in student affairs?

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 11, 2023

The issue can be a lack of a centralized, cross-departmental office that acts as a one-stop shop for all career-related issues on campus, limited coordination between career offices and other student-facing units like academic advising or student affairs, or both. Disable left side advertisement?:

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Campus Groups

MARCH 8, 2022

In addition to being passionate about Higher Education and Student Affairs, Cassie, like many of our team members, loves to cook and travel. Cassie: Prior to joining the team at CG, I worked in higher education for close to 10 years, primarily in academic advising and career services. RELATED ARTICLES:

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Parchment

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Rodney Lee Parks (00:26.106) This will be the sixth time in January that I’ve climbed Kilimanjaro and the 13th time that I’ve done the Inca Trail with students over Thanksgiving. So I’m one of those registrars, you know, a little bit of student affairs, a little bit of teaching, a little bit of registrar work.

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