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Librarians target incoming students, collaborative measures

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Over the past few decades, libraries have shifted attention from primarily instruction work toward purposeful collaborations in first-year programming. An older model among libraries is coming into classrooms like an English 101 course or a first-year seminar to share information. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Chief academic officer on the value of investing in student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A: All of my academic roles have incorporated student success, whether as a faculty member teaching and mentoring students or as an academic administrator. First-year programs are not as common for graduate institutions. At Claremont Graduate University, we developed programs to help students at different points.

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Your Most Powerful Tool For Improving Outcomes May be Hiding in Plain Sight: Student-Centered Course Scheduling

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

This article will look at the following areas: The challenge: As faculty, we typically think of course scheduling from an individual, or departmental perspective—not as a tool to foster academic progression and ultimately student success. Or more accurately, I accepted the practices that had accreted through years of habit.