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Coppin State University: A Renaissance of Purpose and Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Central to this national transformation is the innovative Eagle Achievement Center, a comprehensive student success hub located in the schools library that provides integrated academic support, career guidance, and personal development resources. Infrastructure development has been another cornerstone of Jenkins tenure.

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How to integrate artificial intelligence into career and academic advising

University Business

Lacking knowledge of the academic requirements for various jobs, they can make costly mistakes in their decisions, wasting time and money and leading to uncertain futures. Defining academic and career advising as human-centered processes positions AI as a supportive resource.

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Why We Need a Fairer and More Equitable Approach to K-12 Grading to Boost College Completion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stronger collaboration between the two is essential to design systems that ensure the information gathered through improved grading methods not only guides college admissions but also informs college placement, academic advising, and other methods for students' continued learning and growth once enrolled.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Williams-Goliday has been helping guide students for decades, first as an academic adviser for Eastern Illinois University’s Office of Minority Affairs beginning in 1998. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University. Williams-Goliday holds a Ph.D. It was new for everyone.

IT 264
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How I Chose My Major: It’s Okay to Not Have It All Figured Out.

Hope College Network

I talked to my friends, met with advisers, and even took classes in different subjects to figure out what I really wanted. Here are some of the resources that helped me find my path: Academic Advising : My advisor helped me explore different classes and majors. And honestly? That’s the best part.

IT 97
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Student survey reveals gaps in core academic advising functions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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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Report Underscores Diverse Approaches to Advising for HSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bermea Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) may be models for how institutions can organize to effectively serve and advise students, according to a new report from Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. It provides tips for effective advising and includes strategies to help ensure students receive needed support.