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Preparing Academic Advisors to Serve at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This significant responsibility has prompted researchers to examine how these institutions prepare academic advisors to effectively serve their diverse student populations. The report emphasizes that HSIs have an opportunity to lead the way in redefining academic advising as a powerful tool for equity and educational transformation.

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College Completion Rates Edging Upward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

First, increasing the number of academic advisors who provide students with guidance on how to complete their degrees efficiently. Lehman College, which serves many lower income and first-generation students, has several initiatives that work to close such gaps.

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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Community on campus flows from frequent, positive interactions with others, namely peers, faculty, and staff like advisors, coaches, and mentors. Alongside quantity, belonging builders assess the quality of such interactions to assure theyre warm, welcoming, and supportive.

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Gates Breedlove-Koepke Named President Elect for MACADA

Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

Gates Breedlove-Koepke, academic advisor in the Academic Advising and Transfer Center, has been named President Elect of the Missouri Academic Advising Association (MACADA) Executive Board. Gates joined Missouri State as an academic advisor in 2021.

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Promoting Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Underrepresented College Students

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For example, showing how a first-generation student thrived after engaging with an academic advisor can inspire others to do the same. Ensure counseling centers, academic support teams, and faculty include professionals who reflect the diverse identities of your student body.

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Funding at Risk: How AANAPISI Programs Transform Student Lives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The average academic advisor would not be able to help students navigate those things, Chang says, adding that someone with the relevant cultural knowledge really has the ability to speak to them and to connect in things that they value.

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Transfer Advocate Blog, Issue 30

Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

Brewer serves as a Senior Academic Advisor in the Business Advisement Center. Each year, this award is presented to one undergraduate faculty advisor, one undergraduate staff advisor, and graduate advisor. Hogans is an assistant professor and BFA & BS coordinator in the theatre and dance department.