Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Over the last four decades, Latino and African-American students were among the fastest-growing demographics in higher education. Since the mid-1970s, the Latino college student population has increased fivefold, with one out of every five college students being Latino by 2017. Many declined to enroll in the first place.

Collaboration 279

Collaboration Equity Tutoring Mentoring 279

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. We’re also one of the largest enrollers of Pell Grant students in the country, enrolling about 30,000 Pell students every semester.”

Retention 298

Retention Low income student Equity Database 298

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

Bermea Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) may be models for how institutions can organize to effectively serve and advise students, according to a new report from Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. It provides tips for effective advising and includes strategies to help ensure students receive needed support.

Advising 195

Advising Academic advisor Retention Communication 195

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. A 2023 study that examined outcomes of 1.2

Scheduling 212

Scheduling Student success Academic advisor Success 212

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Students, including those with work or care-giving responsibilities, are getting credits in a plethora of ways, including dual enrollment, prior learning assessments, and military and corporate training. But it’s taken for granted that these students will lose credits along the way.

Academic advisor 278

Academic advisor Counseling Accessibility Access 278

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 6, 2023

Would students really be able to learn as well remotely as they had in-person? Would student engagement suffer? And while student engagement was lower by some measures, by others, it increased. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced an abrupt shift to online learning, stakeholders expressed several concerns.

Online learning 189

Online learning Students Faculty Academic advisor 189

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. May 16, 2023. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. Learn more.

Student success 94

Student success Success Students Tutoring 94

Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Faculty play a central role in building connections with students. Their regular interaction and academic and career guidance, especially within their areas of expertise, can significantly help students in their college experience.

Student success 89

Student success Faculty Success Instruction 89

Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Yet, for many underrepresented college students, navigating academic life can feel akin to scaling an invisible mountain. Why is help-seeking among underrepresented students important? student life coordinator at Saybrook University and Travis W. In a Gen Ztressed webinar hosted by TimelyCare, experts Brianna Yahaya, M.S

Mental health 52

Mental health First generation Students Financial aid 52

Civitas Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Effective academic advising teams have the power to significantly impact student success, but often there are unseen barriers preventing advisors from reaching the right students at the right time. A Civitas Learning study on what works for student success found that advising is the most impactful initiative (5.8

Academic advisor 52

Academic advisor Advising Case manager Student success 52

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. Around the same time, institutions were beginning to use predictive models to identify students at risk of not graduating and I wondered if these tools might be biased as well.

Literacy 144

Literacy Academic advisor Higher education Faculty 144

Timely MD

AUGUST 29, 2024

is accustomed to success. He led a wide range of student groups, from the Student Government Association to the Multicultural Mentoring Program to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Making mistakes comes with being human, but when you’re a college student, you don’t always have the life experience to know that yet.”

Mental health 104

Mental health Students Humanities Success 104

Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2023

Rindy shares Slippery Rock’s initiatives on how to help all students succeed with increasing student needs and shrinking resources. 5:22] – One part of the strategic plan is the promise that students will be successful and how they make sure they can be. [6:46] 17:52] – Conveying information isn’t the goal.

Academic support 98

Academic support Retention Student success Academic advisor 98

Student Minds

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Navigating the academic and social pressures of university can take a toll on students' mental well-being. Academic pressures at University can often impact you and affect your mental health. It’s completely logical that exams, assignments, and the pressure to excel academically can be overwhelming.

Mental health 130

Mental health University Academic advisor Counseling 130

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. In 2019, its president rolled out the Bearcat Promise , a pledge that all students will leave the university with a degree in one hand and a career plan in the other.

Student success 52

Student success Success Advising Retention 52

Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Campbell Keele, coordinator of transfer initiatives in the Academic Advising and Transfer Center, has been selected as a recipient of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS) “Transfer Champion-Rising Star Award.” Her energy and enthusiasm to serve students and colleagues is contagious.

Advising 105

Advising Academic advisor Administration Administration 105

Student Research Foundation

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

College students are busy, and time is precious! Plan Your Prerequisites One of the biggest mistakes students make is not planning their prerequisites and major-specific courses well in advance. Regularly meeting with an academic advisor can help you stay on top of your degree progress.

Scheduling 96

Scheduling Students Academic advisor Mental health 96

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.

Retention 52

Retention Student success Success Higher education 52

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.

Advising 98

Advising Academic advisor Scheduling Student success 98

The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 11, 2022

Innovating to Close Equity Gaps: The National Institute for Student Success. Student Success. These respected campus leaders are skilled in change management, and we look to them for spearheading and scaling student success initiatives at our member institutions. How to Improve Student Outcomes.

Student success 52

Student success Equity Success Advising 52

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. However, student feedback revealed redundancy in conversations and information sharing between advisors and coaches.

Retention 97

Retention Student success Advising Facilitation 97

Civitas Learning

JUNE 27, 2023

If you’d like to hear a previous episode with Rob Friedhoff, he spoke about boosting academic advising capacity in Season 1, Episode 7. In our discussion today, we discuss how to use student success analytics to deliver the right support instead of the same one to every student.

Advising 98

Advising Academic advisor Retention Success 98

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. You may be asking what is CliftonStrengths (CS) and how does it help students? By: Liana Acri.

Success 52

Success Curriculum Student affairs Career services 52

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.

Student success 52

Student success Success Low income student Higher education 52

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

DECEMBER 13, 2016

The creative and imaginative ways in which we make meaning, offer services, engage, and even make predictions for future success are all predicated on a variety of technology-based solutions. Social media are perhaps the easiest technologies to mention when we one is thinking about the student experience.

Literacy 52

Literacy Students Database Higher education 52

Civitas Learning

MARCH 23, 2023

The Challenge: New student orientation course scheduling process overwhelmed students, prevented advisors from having meaningful student interactions, and made it harder to manage classroom space and observe bottlenecks in class scheduling effectively.

Scheduling 52

Scheduling Advising Students Instruction 52

Civitas Learning

MARCH 23, 2023

The Challenge: New student orientation course scheduling process overwhelmed students, prevented advisors from having meaningful student interactions, and made it harder to manage classroom space and observe bottlenecks in class scheduling effectively.

Scheduling 52

Scheduling Advising Students Instruction 52

Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

MARCH 1, 2023

Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award Winners at the Master Advisor Reception and Naming Ceremony. The ceremony will be held on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, from 4:00PM-5:00PM in the Plaster Student Union’s Union Club. This celebration is open to all advisors. Registration is encouraged.

Advising 52

Advising Academic advisor Facilitation Communication 52

EAB

MAY 23, 2023

Podcast New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises Episode 152. They also offer advice to community college leaders on ways to make measurable improvements in student retention and enrollment. EAB · New Student Engagement Data Reveal Surprises Transcript [music] 0:00:13.0 May 23, 2023. Give these folks a listen and enjoy.

Guided pathways 52

Guided pathways Students Community college Retention 52

EAB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

5 Areas to Improve Your Campus Support for Pandemic-Era Students Generation Pandemic (“Gen P”) are the cohort of students whose high school years were significantly influenced by COVID-19. This summer, my friends on EAB's enrollment research team surveyed over 20,000 high school students to gather insight into recruiting Gen P.

Mental health 52

Mental health Student success Placement Success 52

Grade First Aid

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

Arturo Zavala By visiting an academic advisor for help choosing your courses, you can be confident that the courses will make progress towards your degree completion and be in line with your skills and abilities. It is that time of the year again! If you do understand, ask questions that will take your analysis to the next level.

Academic advisor 40

Academic advisor Advising Scheduling Teaching 40

Grade First Aid

SEPTEMBER 25, 2011

With the University of Oregon’s Fall Quarter getting underway tomorrow I asked the other advisors in the Office of Academic Advising for their best tip for students to get off on the right foot this fall, and this is what they had to say: Tami Hill. It is that time of the year again! Arturo Zavala. Andrew Wahlstrom.

Academic advisor 40

Academic advisor Advising Scheduling Teaching 40

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

SEPTEMBER 9, 2010

Students who have been my advisees for multiple appointments immediately notice that my walls are a little barer. It’s been really hard to tell students who I have developed an amazing rapport with that we will not have any more appointments together. Today, I felt like I had failed this student. I felt sick.

Advising 40

Advising Academic advisor Success Students 40

EAB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Blogs 5 career services to support your professional and adult learners Build these services to aid your current students and stand out to prospects Career services are going to be especially important to your graduate and adult students in 2024. Read on for ways to support your adult learners through career services.

Career services 52

Career services Placement Academic advisor Facilitation 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

We and many others have written about how Black males are the most disenfranchised students in our nation’s schools. Giving all of our students access to contemporary literature that centers Black youth perspectives is not only important in decolonizing literature education but also in presenting a holistic view of Black childhood.

Advising 325

Advising Counseling Mentoring Teaching 325

The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 23, 2022

The UIA was founded by a pioneering group of university presidents and chancellors committed to breaking down the silos inhibiting collaboration, and to leading on testing, sharing, and scaling ideas across the sector to help more students succeed. Looking at the Whole Student. Advisors' Roles and Students' Expectations.

Advising 52

Advising Academic advisor Mental health Facilitation 52

EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

How thematic major clusters, major maps, and faculty mentorship elevate the student experience. Today’s students face more difficulties succeeding in their academic experience than those that came before them. BIPOC and first-generation students). BIPOC and first-generation students).

Faculty 52

Faculty Advising Mental health Retention 52