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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.

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The Faculty Resource Network of New York University

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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Success coaching retains first-year students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

KWU’s student success coaching program gives students a personal connection to library resources and its personnel, which in turn boosts retention, says student success center director JD Koons. If a student misses their registration deadline, for example, their success coach can step in and set up a meeting.

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Chatham University initiates a campus-wide reorganization amid a $6 million deficit - Maddie Aiken, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ray Schroeder

The private university has also consolidated four departments — International Affairs, the Office of Academic & Accessibility Resources, Academic Advising and the Office of Career Development and Internships — into a new Academic Success department, and the library has been integrated into the Information Technology department.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Starting in 2011, Rueda-Acedo has incorporated innovative experiential learning activities and forged community partnerships with organizations such as the Arlington Public Library, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas and DFW Toys for Tots. “In

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Survey data show disparities in college course registration holds

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Melinda Anderson, executive director of the academic advising group NACADA, says she’s been encouraging institutions to re-examine their hold policies.

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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.