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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 14, 2023
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. There, she worked with students academically underprepared for college, she says. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 27, 2023
We have an academic adviser. We also have an academic coordinator who coordinates daily activities. Lena Walton, dean of Alabama A&M’s College of Education, Humanities, and Behavioral Sciences. Once we received funding from the state, I was able to collaboratively develop the program,” Strachan said. “We
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 4, 2023
It is difficult for us to commit to a lecture, course assignment, or academic advising session during what is considered normal business hours. We need a system that ensures we can get school done in the small moments of time we are able to squeeze out of a given day. The same goes for student support services and other resources.
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 31, 2023
A direct line: During their time at Sinclair, students meet with an academic adviser at UD each semester “to ensure they are on track for a successful academic transition,” Thompson says. Smoothing out the creases: Working across institutions has created challenges in data sharing, Thompson says.
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?:
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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