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Student survey reveals gaps in core academic advising functions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 1, 2023

Image: Locksley Knibbs, lead academic adviser for students studying the natural sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University, knows that advisers take on different roles to serve the whole student: mentor, advocate, mediator, coach. “We advise you based on the curriculum or the degree that you have declared on your record.

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 14, 2023

“A lot of Black and Brown students that were in the community didn’t have anyone to look to when it came to their questions of who they were, how to be their authentic self when it comes to their orientation, their gender expression, [or] their gender identity,” she says. Williams-Goliday holds a Ph.D. Williams-Goliday holds a Ph.D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

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. Between 77% and 81% of students identify as Latino and 22% self-reported as first-generation college students.

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University of Dayton, Sinclair CC share students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 31, 2023

Image: Setting community college students up for success can result in institutional partnerships, as demonstrated by the University of Dayton’s work with Sinclair Community College in Ohio. The initiative also increases the number of graduates who remain in the Dayton area and contribute to its local workforce.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

We’re changing the landscape of how community colleges serve underserved students,” says Espiritu. “We Having cohorts here is really important, especially for engineering and computer science because it’s a community that supports each other.” I care more than just graduation at community college.

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Using customized academic plans to boost student persistence

Confessions of a Community College Dean

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: A line of students out the door of the advising center, extending down the hallway to the floor below. Seven or eight advisers working furiously to help them. Student Success Editorial Tags: Student Success Image Source: Tallahassee Community College Image Caption: Fall-to-spring retention is up 3.4

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College cancels classes for career, advising expo

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 31, 2023

Faculty wanted to support student retention and provide greater academic support through a day of just academic advising in the spring semester. And, as originally intended, faculty academic advisers were available by appointment to meet with students all day. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Success coaching retains first-year students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 6, 2023

Coaches work with their student cohort, either one-on-one or in a group setting, for the first year before handing them off to academic advisers for sophomore, junior and senior year. If a student misses their registration deadline, for example, their success coach can step in and set up a meeting. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Micro-internship gives students experience without barriers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

An August 2022 Student Voice survey conducted by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse found that first-generation students were likely to lack any internship experience or experiential learning within a course: half of all first-gen students and two-thirds of first-gen community college students had not had these experiences.

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Two ed-tech companies team up with hopes to improve transfer

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MARCH 24, 2023

Often faculty members are evaluating courses, academic advisers are guiding students and administrators are making the higher-level policy decisions. ” While that’s “good news,” she added that technology can only do so much when institution-level transfer policies remain convoluted and decentralized.

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Iowa prepares students to learn

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

“These messages are reinforced through meetings with academic advisers, who use the same principles and recommendations that students have heard previously,” Vecera adds. Introductory courses, such as College Algebra, also use the Learning at Iowa resources to support the new models of learning.

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Four ways for career centers to engage students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

One approach: Kansas Wesleyan University matches each of its incoming students to a student success coach, who provides one-on-one first-year engagement with the Student Success Center’s resources prior to their work with an academic adviser. Create career services champions across campus. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Students outline academic experiences and expectations

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

During her academic career, Rivera Restivo says she’s found advisers have high levels of responsibility but are not always helpful. Rivera Restivo is working on her associate’s degree at Northwestern Connecticut Community College and feels advising resources neglect nontraditional students, like herself.

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New book links teaching critical thinking to student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Newman argues in Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success (Radius Book Group). Newman, whose book will be published March 7, is former dean of academic advising at Stanford University and John M. Musser Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus, at Carleton College. and Elizabeth W.

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Survey data show disparities in college course registration holds

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 2, 2023

Some examples: a student who hasn’t completed an advising requirement doesn’t register for the next semester at all. ” Melinda Anderson, executive director of the academic advising group NACADA, says she’s been encouraging institutions to re-examine their hold policies. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

For decades, colleges have consolidated many of their admissions and enrollment services functions under a single umbrella office—including, but not limited to, the bursar, the registrar, the cashier’s office and financial aid. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Why everyone should be talking about student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Interventions include completion grants , college-to-career transitions and proactive academic advising , all three of which the alliance has turned into free “playbooks” for other institutions’ use. The alliance uses different tools to develop evidence-based solutions for student success that can be scaled.

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OSU Cascades integrates equitable career readiness

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 17, 2023

The university will increase its staff of career-development officers and academic advisers as well as data managers and software personnel to make the program run successfully. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Amarillo hires corporate chaplain to serve faculty and staff

Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 9, 2023

“What some colleges don’t understand is that you have to take care of your staff to the utmost of your ability if you want them to continue to go above and beyond for the students who they’re trying to help navigate the system,” said Melodie Graves, associate director of academic advising at Amarillo.

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York College academic administrator won't leave students behind

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. Magazine treatment: Trending: Display Promo Box: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 8 In-Article Advertisement High: 16 In-Article related stories: 12 In-Article Advertisement Low: 20 Include DNU? Context matters, he says.

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Eight ways to boost student engagement with advisers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 10, 2023

(Just one in five Student Voice survey respondents says they’re required to meet periodically with advisers, though the number is closer to three in 10 for students at private institutions and just 14 percent for community college students.)

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Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Staying in Florida for annual meetings this year are the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) and NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Student survey reveals gaps in core academic advising functions

What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

University of Dayton, Sinclair CC share students

A Continued Commitment to Community

Using customized academic plans to boost student persistence

College cancels classes for career, advising expo

Success coaching retains first-year students

Micro-internship gives students experience without barriers

Two ed-tech companies team up with hopes to improve transfer

Iowa prepares students to learn

Four ways for career centers to engage students

Students outline academic experiences and expectations

New book links teaching critical thinking to student success

Survey data show disparities in college course registration holds

Consolidating touch points for retention

Why everyone should be talking about student success

OSU Cascades integrates equitable career readiness

Amarillo hires corporate chaplain to serve faculty and staff

York College academic administrator won't leave students behind

Eight ways to boost student engagement with advisers

Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

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