Civitas Learning

MAY 7, 2025

In response, they implemented several targeted strategies: Weekly instructor check-ins to align on content and assignments APA and writing workshops for students enrolled in ENGL 1301 Academic support referrals to help students build foundational skills These efforts led to a notable result: persistence rose from 59% to 70% in a single term.

Scheduling

School & Student Services by Community Brands

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Mentorship and Support Programs: Academic Support: Provide academic support services, such as tutoring and counseling, to ensure the success of financial aid recipients. Flexible Payment Plans: Installment Plans: Offer flexible payment plans to spread out tuition costs over the year.

Financial aid

Timely MD

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Limited representation: Students often feel more comfortable seeking support from professionals who understand their lived experiences. A lack of diverse counselors, advisors, and faculty can prevent students from utilizing available resources. Increase representation in support resources Representation matters.

Mental health

Civitas Learning

MAY 27, 2025

More than a philanthropic win, Opportunity Vanderbilt forced the institution to reevaluate its alignmentensuring that student services, academic support, and financial investments worked in sync to set students up for success both in and beyond college. You can’t just ask, Are our students graduating?

Financial aid

Knack

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Higher education thrives on connection—between students and faculty, among peers, and within the broader campus community. As institutions seek innovative ways to elevate student success, one of the most promising strategies is leveraging peer interaction as a cornerstone of academic support.

Tutoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 17, 2025

The brief spotlights several successful programs, including Sacramento State University's Black Honors College the nation's first, established in 2024which provides specialized coursework, residential living communities, and dedicated academic support services.

Higher education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 22, 2025

Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis Running through Thursday, UNITE 2025 represents the largest annual convening of HBCU leadership, featuring HBCU presidents, administrators, faculty, students, and industry partners united under this year's powerful theme: "Together We Lead." Kendi, who is slated to join the faculty at Howard University in a few weeks.

Literacy

College Planners of America

JUNE 11, 2025

Administrative bloat is a term used to refer to steep growth in administrative staff relative to college faculty and students. Some colleges have more administrators and staff per student than they have faculty. The ratio between faculty and administrators has shrunk.

Administration

COE

JUNE 11, 2025

If TRIO is eliminated, we lose a national infrastructure of academic support and college access that has been quietly yet consistently transforming lives for nearly six decades. The other helps lead the nation’s largest TRIO advocacy organization and began his journey as a TRIO student in a rural Washington town.

First generation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The 2023-2024 Digital Learning Pulse Survey revealed that three-quarters of higher education trustees, faculty, and administrators believe GenAI will noticeably change their institutions — and help solve ongoing issues. But only 16% of faculty and 11% of administrators feel prepared for change.

Higher education

Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2023

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Youtube In this episode, Dr. John Rindy covers a lot of ground when discussing proactive academic support. Dr. Rindy shares Slippery Rock’s initiatives on how to help all students succeed with increasing student needs and shrinking resources.

Academic support

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 12, 2023

Matos Rodríguez Corequisite courses give students academic support to help them succeed; count toward degree requirements; and, unlike non-credit bearing remedial courses, count for academic credits. Dr. Félix V. Matos Rodríguez. “I

Low income student

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Community colleges need to build a more dynamic understanding of local labor markets, embed students’ relationships to work and career ambitions into academic support systems, rather than see our institutions as simply a throughway,” said Dr. Karen A. What sets this program apart is the focus on and investment in faculty.”

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 20, 2024

The values and mission are lived beautifully by the faculty, students, staff, and administration. Yamileth Bazan “During my visits to the campus this year, I was blessed to experience the caring learning community that makes Union special,” said Bazan. It has been a sweet surprise to see God connect our paths.

Mentoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 28, 2024

Provide additional academic support for students to address their reading and writing. Community colleges will have funding to support endowed chair positions for faculty. The creation of a federal Black Serving Institution designation to support institutions of higher education.

Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 29, 2024

At the median, selective institutions spend more than twice as much on student services and academic support per student and have more full-time faculty per student than open-access colleges,” said Nyhof. These factors contribute to higher graduation rates and better opportunities for their graduates.”

Access

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Graduate Level Project upGRADS California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA) Less than 10% of college and university faculty in the U.S. Excelencia in Education sees this as a program that is helping develop professionals and future faculty.

Tutoring

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

There is power in being a role model, he says, and that’s why he wants to make sure undergrads and graduates can see themselves represented in Lehman faculty, staff, and administration. are white and only 21% are faculty of color. Delgado is himself a child of immigrants and a first-generation college-goer.

Advising

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

Retention

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Prior to her appointment last July, she served as vice chancellor for academic support of inclusive excellence at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. She’s also charged with developing strategies to recruit and retain KSU students, faculty and staff members.

Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Alexander oversees the legacy of the Academic Advancement Program (AAP) at UCLA, one of the longest running academic support programs for first-generation, low-income, and underrepresented students. AAP staff works with students, faculty, and staff at those schools and at UCLA to create pathways.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Lower K-12 test scores extend back to elementary school and foretell heightened demand on academic support staff. Meanwhile, labor market churn among student support staff hinders efforts to get ready, yet also creates an opportunity to implement bold new strategies.”

Student success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 13, 2023

“The resource centers serve as one-stops with many tailored supports that can help male students of color find a sense of purpose because it typically will include things like mentorship, academic support, career exploration, leadership development opportunities, and peer support networks,” says Jez.

Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

About seven years ago, Columbia University welcomed its first HBCU Fellowship cohort, allowing students who had graduated from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to pursue select master’s degrees in the university’s School of Professional Studies (SPS), all the while getting financial, career, and academic support.

University

Civitas Learning

MAY 11, 2023

However, it’s no longer sufficient to focus solely on academic support to increase student retention. The leaders overseeing key departments then coordinate services to provide students with academic support, career, and engaged learning opportunities, digital fluency, engagement, or a sense of belonging.

Student success

Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

3 Data-Activated Practices the SRU Team Uses to Deliver Proactive Support: Monitor Real-Time Changes in Student Performance with Persistence Predictions John Rindy, Associate Vice President for Career and Academic Progress, knows that providing student support to all requires identifying struggling students as soon as possible.

Student success

Civitas Learning

MAY 23, 2024

Identifying Bottleneck Courses to Deliver Precise Academic Support Visibility into the impact individual courses have on persistence and graduation empowers provosts, academic deans, advising teams, and faculty members to identify and address barriers to student success in a clear, purposeful way.

Curriculum

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 21, 2024

year initiative provides financial and academic support for students retaking high-priority courses in which they were previously unsuccessful. Process mapping sessions : Talk through the student experience step by step, noting all points of interaction with faculty and staff. million, 2.5-year

Student success

Counselors' Corner

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Our work with your application for admission may be over, but our help in welcoming you to campus and assisting with a smooth adjustment to your new academic home is never over. If asking for help feels uncomfortable, know that every student feels that way.

Financial aid

Castleton Trio

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If you have any questions about any aspect of your scholarships applications, check in with a faculty member or any of the counselors at Academic Support. Play it safe, and make sure your application materials are ready at least a week in advance. – Get Help. We can also assist you with scholarship essays.

Scholarship

EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Online and flexible learners: Embracing the innovations that came from the forced move online during the pandemic and supporting faculty in helping these learners succeed. Non-degree programs: Supporting students in shorter programs or single courses that convey value and drive enrollment from workers who want to upskill.

Student success

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

It is hard to anticipate the degree to which this will affect retention rates or the demand it will put on academic support infrastructure, but it seems likely to be significant. Strengthen your math tutoring and academic support. Meet with your team and your faculty to intentionally decide on a strategy, but don’t delay.

Student success

EAB

JULY 28, 2023

It is hard to anticipate the degree to which this will affect retention rates or the demand it will put on academic support infrastructure, but it seems likely to be significant. Strengthen your math tutoring and academic support. Meet with your team and your faculty to intentionally decide on a strategy, but don’t delay.

Student success

UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Academic transcripts provide admissions committees insight to your academic experience, such as your GPA and coursework completed. Do the best you can academically and utilize academic support, such as the Tutoring and Academic Engagement Center and your professors’ office hours. We’re here for you!

Application

EAB

MAY 5, 2023

Putting it together: Aligning campus services with every dimension of student wellness Stepped Care models show us that our non-clinical programs and services have a role to play in supporting student wellbeing , and the Eight Dimensions model gives us a blueprint for doing so in a way that is holistic and grounded in established theory.

Mental health

EAB

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Online and flexible learners: Embracing the innovations that came from the forced move online during the pandemic and supporting faculty in helping these learners succeed. Non-degree programs: Supporting students in shorter programs or single courses that convey value and drive enrollment from workers who want to upskill.

Student success