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How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

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Following the institute’s collaborative sessions, leaders gained fresh perspectives on addressing issues hindering student retention and success. However, student feedback revealed redundancy in conversations and information sharing between advisors and coaches.

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4 Challenges Derailing Academic Advisor Effectiveness (And How to Fix Them)

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The most collaborative institutions increased retention rates by 1-2%, while the least cooperative institutions experienced declines in similar proportions. The post 4 Challenges Derailing Academic Advisor Effectiveness (And How to Fix Them) appeared first on Civitas Learning. Download the Guide.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

academic advisors, residence life staff, admissions coordinators, counselors, and cultural center staff) and their interactions and interventions significantly influence students' experiences and success. grade point average (GPA), retention rates, and persistence rates) and socio-emotional concerns (e.g.,

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college will have its own dean of students, director, counselors, academic advisors, and outreach and support staff, and it will draw from existing faculty who have “a demonstrated record of success in teaching Black students,” said Wood. The entire college is being designed specifically with the Black student in mind.

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Delivering Proactive Academic Support at Scale

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16:07] – At many institutions, student success initiatives fall in the hands of academic advisors, but at Slippery Rock, it’s a little different. [17:52] 22:00] – People are interested in retention but truly don’t understand their role regarding retention. [24:17] It’s provoking action. [20:40]

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Student Success, Retention, and Employability – Getting Digital in a High Tech, High Touch Environment

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

Admissions professionals, academics, academic advisors, career services representatives, tutors, alumni officers, etc. Retention – Proactive and Triage. When institutions create first-year experience programs, they are creating foundations for future success and retention potential.

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Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference

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At NACADA, many institutions shared how they have built success teams with roles to supplement advisors’ work, with titles like retention manager, success coach, and student support specialist. At NACADA, a small group of attendees decided we might as well go to the source: we asked ChatGPT itself if AI could replace academic advisors.