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Preparing Academic Advisors to Serve at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2025

As their numbers have surged to over 600 institutions, representing 20% of all colleges and universities nationwide, HSIs now enroll and advise two-thirds of all Latino undergraduates. Marybeth Gasman, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. Authored by Dr. Gabriel O.

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College Completion Rates Edging Upward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Jorge Silva-Puras, the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Student Success at Lehman College, which is part of the City University of New York (CUNY), noted that the six-year completion rate at Lehman is around 51%. Over 80% of the student body at Lehman are individuals of color.

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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2025

Its part of wayfinding signage at University of Washington and LeMoyne-Owen College. A landing page for student-facing websites at University of Michigan and Amherst College, just to name a few. Its a cabinet-level position at Belmont University, Harvard University, and University of Massachusetts Boston.

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Data and Collaboration are the Key to Preserving Higher Ed’s Hard-Fought Equity Gains

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The historic gains made in recent years resulted from colleges and universities across the country focusing on eliminating disparities in educational access and student access based on race, gender, and socioeconomic status. to take advantage of academic coaching.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Sacramento State — home to the largest number of Black students within the California State University (CSU) system — is launching what will become the nation’s first-ever Black Honors College. Slated to begin operating in the fall, the honors college will enroll students who have a GPA of 3.5 Dr. Donna Y.

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Leaning Into Best Practices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

In 2018, when Dr. Tim Renick took on the role of senior vice president for student success at Georgia State University (GSU), the university’s demographics were rapidly changing. This work would eventually lead to GSU’s development of the National Institute for Student Success (NISS).

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Report Underscores Diverse Approaches to Advising for HSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Bermea authored the report, “ Construir el Camino: How Hispanic-Serving Institutions Design and Deliver Academic Advising ,” which examines diverse models and approaches to advising at HSIs. Many also adopt varied, shared advising models involving faculty and professional academic advisors.

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What We’re Learning About the Dual Enrollment Student Experience

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

When asked about support services, 51% of respondents said they had not interacted with an academic advisor from the community college. Of the 49% of students who did interact with an advisor, only one-third reported talking about courses that would transfer toward an intended program at a four-year college.

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Just-in-Time Care: How Institutions Can Build A Better Path To College Completion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 6, 2025

Historically Black Colleges and Universities play a critical role in student success. million Black students found that those who initially enrolled at an HBCU were nearly 15 percentage points more likely to graduate than those who attended other types of postsecondary institutions. Student success is possible.

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TSU’s Systematic Approach to Student Success

EAB

MAY 16, 2023

Podcast TSU's Systematic Approach to Student Success Episode 151. Raijanel Crockem and Naomi Lawrence-Lee from Texas Southern University join EAB’s Joanie Garcia to discuss their work to strengthen TSU’s approach to student success. I've been here, a part of the Texas Southern University team for over 26 years.

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How can colleges use predictive algorithms equitably? A conversation with Dr. Denisa Gándara

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

New research reveals that algorithms commonly used by institutions to predict student success may be racially biased against Black and Latinx students. This could be racial bias, which is the focus of this research, but also bias based on students’ gender, field of study, location, or socioeconomic status.

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Proactive Student Success Culture Improves Outcomes for All at the University of Cincinnati

Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Providing them with a unique opportunity — and an imperative — to provide pathways to social and economic mobility to students and the surrounding community. Amid this steady decline, the University of Cincinnati continues improving retention and graduation rates, setting enrollment records, achieving diversity goals, and closing equity gaps.

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Delivering Proactive Academic Support at Scale

Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2023

Rindy is the Assistant Vice President for Career and Academic Progress at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and has changed their strategies to be data-informed action. Dr. Rindy shares Slippery Rock’s initiatives on how to help all students succeed with increasing student needs and shrinking resources.

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

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

MARCH 2, 2017

However, with a deeper glance, it’s the connections between these areas that are the strands that form essential aspects of the student experience. Student Success. Student engagement is everything when it comes to student success. Engagement is what creates a meaningful student experience.

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Innovating to Close Equity Gaps: The National Institute for Student Success

The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

Innovating to Close Equity Gaps: The National Institute for Student Success. Student Success. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is proud of our UIA Liaisons. One outstanding example is Dr. Tim Renick , Executive Director of the National Institute for Student Success (NISS) at Georgia State University.

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How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

Civitas Learning

MARCH 7, 2024

Civitas Learning’s Texas Leadership Workshop recently brought together leaders from ten different institutions across Texas and beyond to discuss student success strategies for higher education. With a network of nearly 400 colleges and universities, this resource is invaluable for enhancing outcomes.

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

EAB

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Blogs Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference The academic advising profession faces shrinking budgets, expanding student and administration expectations, and increasing turnover—all of which make it harder for institutions to think strategically about advising structure and staffing to support student success.

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Creating Advising Capacity with Diversified Support

Civitas Learning

JUNE 27, 2023

Joining today is Landon Peterson, Director of Academic Advising at Snow College, Julia Carlo, Executive Director of Advising at Northeastern State University, and our own Rob Friedhoff, Vice President of Community Development at Civitas Learning. Knowing the data is part of telling that story.

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The Ivy League of Student Success Innovation: Bridget Burns Visits the Ed on the Edge Podcast

The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 12, 2024

Speaking with host Michael Moe , she discussed her personal experiences with student success, the UIA’s first ten years, how to scale change, and the value of embracing failure. At no point did I ever talk to an academic advisor. It's not that people are lazy, don't care, or don't want to help students.

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Nobody’s Perfect: Helping Students Navigate Achievement and Academic Excellence

Timely MD

AUGUST 29, 2024

is accustomed to success. He graduated from the honors program at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville College of Nursing. He led a wide range of student groups, from the Student Government Association to the Multicultural Mentoring Program to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Michael “MJ” Curtis Jr.

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Transfer Advocate Blog, Issue 12

Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

MARCH 1, 2023

Executive Vice President Zora Mulligan, Provost Dr. John Jasinski, Dr. Kelly Wood, Associate Provost for Student Success, and Ross Hawkins, Director of the Academic Advising and Transfer Center, will give opening remarks on academic advising and the Master Advisor Program at Missouri State University.

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Is Your Institution ‘Gen P’ Ready?

EAB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

My team has worked with an increasing number of institutions that are seeking to re-center their student success strategies around a more holistic definition of the student experience. This summer, my friends on EAB's enrollment research team surveyed over 20,000 high school students to gather insight into recruiting Gen P.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. CliftonStrengths at the University of Guelph-Humber. By: Liana Acri. Moving Forward.

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Texas A&M-San Antonio Improves New Student Orientation with Quicker, Smarter Scheduling

Civitas Learning

MARCH 23, 2023

The Outcomes: An improved scheduling process led to fewer registration mistakes, better schedules for new students, multiple efficiencies in advising workflows, and more effective use of classroom space. Texas A&M University-San Antonio serves a student population of more than 7,300 students.

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Texas A&M-San Antonio Improves New Student Orientation with Quicker, Smarter Scheduling

Civitas Learning

MARCH 23, 2023

The Outcomes: An improved scheduling process led to fewer registration mistakes, better schedules for new students, multiple efficiencies in advising workflows, and more effective use of classroom space. Texas A&M University-San Antonio serves a student population of more than 7,300 students.

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New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises

EAB

MAY 23, 2023

Key among those expectations is that colleges should emphasize assessment and improvement of student retention and student learning. And so this includes items such as how often have you visited with an academic advisor? Does this college support you financially to complete your education and to be successful?

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. Promoting Black affirmation in advising and coaching for first-generation Black male college students' success.

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The Future of Academic Advising

The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 23, 2022

The Future of Academic Advising. The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) was honored to partner with The Chronicle of Higher Education for its 5/26/22 panel discussion on the future of academic advising. Tim Renick , Executive Director, National Institute for Student Success at Georgia State University.

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How Thematic Major Clusters, Major Maps, and Faculty Mentorship Elevate the Student Experience

EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The last two years of the pandemic impacted students’ academic success and their transition to a residential campus setting. Further, low retention and graduation rates continue to affect overall student success and disproportionately impact vulnerable student groups (e.g., Ready to find out more?

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces Partnership with NACADA to Launch Credentialing Opportunity for Higher Education Professionals

COE

JULY 12, 2024

. — The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) announces today a pioneering partnership with NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising to develop an innovative credentialing opportunity designed specifically for higher education professionals, including TRIO staff and academic advisors.

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How to Encourage Student Help-Seeking Behavior

EAB

JULY 25, 2023

The three touch on the role of technology, the importance of promoting self-service resources effectively, and how to follow up with students to see what additional help they might appreciate. They also offer tips to university leaders on how to engage students and support them along their journey to becoming more self-reliant.

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Funding at Risk: How AANAPISI Programs Transform Student Lives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

Mike Hoa Nguyen As a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut Hartford, Dr. Qazi Arka Rahman leads a Critical Refugee Studies course that encourages students to see refugees as more than simply victims, objects of rescue, problems, and crises. And if they do that, then certainly AANAPISIs would be in that group.

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Preparing Academic Advisors to Serve at Hispanic-Serving Institutions

College Completion Rates Edging Upward

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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

Data and Collaboration are the Key to Preserving Higher Ed’s Hard-Fought Equity Gains

Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Leaning Into Best Practices

Report Underscores Diverse Approaches to Advising for HSIs

What We’re Learning About the Dual Enrollment Student Experience

Just-in-Time Care: How Institutions Can Build A Better Path To College Completion

TSU’s Systematic Approach to Student Success

How can colleges use predictive algorithms equitably? A conversation with Dr. Denisa Gándara

Proactive Student Success Culture Improves Outcomes for All at the University of Cincinnati

Delivering Proactive Academic Support at Scale

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

Innovating to Close Equity Gaps: The National Institute for Student Success

How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

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

Creating Advising Capacity with Diversified Support

The Ivy League of Student Success Innovation: Bridget Burns Visits the Ed on the Edge Podcast

Nobody’s Perfect: Helping Students Navigate Achievement and Academic Excellence

Transfer Advocate Blog, Issue 12

Is Your Institution ‘Gen P’ Ready?

Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Texas A&M-San Antonio Improves New Student Orientation with Quicker, Smarter Scheduling

Texas A&M-San Antonio Improves New Student Orientation with Quicker, Smarter Scheduling

New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises

Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

The Future of Academic Advising

How Thematic Major Clusters, Major Maps, and Faculty Mentorship Elevate the Student Experience

The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces Partnership with NACADA to Launch Credentialing Opportunity for Higher Education Professionals

How to Encourage Student Help-Seeking Behavior

Funding at Risk: How AANAPISI Programs Transform Student Lives

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