Great College Advice

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Learning Disabilities and College Success Should a student with a learning disability share that information on the college application? A 2007 survey from the Association on Higher Education and Disability reported that just 28% of students with learning disabilities graduate from college. This is a tough call.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 4, 2019

The University’s Student Support Services cover a variety of activities to support the student experience; in other words, sharing or having certain attitudes or interests in common. They also recognise the importance of supporting staff dealing with complex cases, and explore ways to support these staff.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

JANUARY 25, 2023

She speculated that the findings show not that first-generation students are less likely to withdraw on the whole, but that they may benefit more from counseling services. “If we are to assume many first-gen students don’t have access to mental health [services] … perhaps it’s really working for them,” she said.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JUNE 13, 2024

Victoria is the Director of the Disability and Learning Support Service. Under the Equality Act, the duty to make reasonable adjustments for disabled students is anticipatory. This post is part of the Mar-June Learning & Teaching Enhancement theme: Assessment and feedback revisited. Within the framework of AFPP 3.0,

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Ridgewater College

JANUARY 19, 2022

Diversity awareness, multicultural relationship building and student support have been passions and priorities for Ridgewater College’s Jehana Schwandt for nearly nine years. She’ll also advise international students and manage services for military and veteran students.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

AUGUST 7, 2023

Photo credit: Unsplash CC0 In this extra post, Shian Holt reflects not only on the ‘how’ to build Peer Support online but also the ‘why’ Arguing that fostering belonging for online students is key to helping them develop agency and confidence in their own knowlege-production. This provides the why.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 3, 2019

Increasing numbers of students are disclosing to us, prior to arrival, that they have long-term mental health conditions, and so one element of our strategy is to ensure that our support services are sufficiently resourced to meet the needs of students.

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