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How Career Services Can Support Student Mental Health

Symplicity

While the solutions are complex and challenging, institutions should consider a multi-pronged, holistic approach to student wellbeing that doesn’t only rely on counselors and student success offices to address this crisis. The challenges of the “real world” will only heighten as students graduate and move onto careers.

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All Together Now: Doing Big Work with Small Resources

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

My graduate degree is from Clemson in a program called counselor education and student affairs. We took an assessment course and then my graduate assistantship was in career services. And now [at Chesapeake College], I've got to train our director of career services who does every single role of those 20 people.

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Applicants have spoken. Will colleges listen? 

University Business

Creating an infrastructure of support and having that information readily available for prospective students can be very impactful. This support can vary from resources such as front-line support in student service areas like admissions, financial aid, student accounts, advising and registration, and more.

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Tailoring Student Services to Create Career-Ready Graduates: Changing Higher Education Podcast 153 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Kevin Grubb

The Change Leader, Inc.

16 May · Episode 155 Tailoring Student Services to Create Career-Ready Graduates 36 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Hear how Villanova University is creating career-ready graduates with approximately 94% of students being accepted into internships. About half of these students intern twice or more.

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Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

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.

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Developing students’ career resilience – a university wide approach?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Available at [link] [Last accessed 18/12/17] Walker, C, Gleaves, A and Grey, J (2006): ‘Can Students within Higher Education Learn to be Resilient and, Educationally Speaking, Does it Matter?’ Helen Stringer Helen Stringer is Assistant Director of the Careers Service, and has a remit for developing academic partnerships.

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Leadership Strategies for Rebuilding Trust on Campus: Part 2

Campus Sonar

Campus leaders need to thoroughly assess, streamline, and reprioritize these efforts to ensure all students are aware of and have access to support services and preparation resources and that the teams doing the work can collaborate efficiently and effectively. How is your campus preparing students for graduation and beyond?