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Foundation Awards $116M Grant to LaGuardia Community College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Comprehensive student support services will also be available, such as career advising, preparation for job interviews, job placement, childcare, and financial literacy training. The collective will include specialized shops, labs, and classrooms for hands-on instruction and training.

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

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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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Ready to Innovate With Us?

The University Innovation Alliance

You’ll find everything from instructions for establishing your own cross-functional team to facilitated discussions with other professionals working to solve the same problems you are. You are a strategic leader in higher ed, juggling multiple student success priorities and initiatives.

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs

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From College to Careers: The Pell Institute Receives $748,000 Ascendium Grant to Explore Career Development within TRIO Programs April 7, 2023 — by Terry Vaughan III The research will examine how TRIO programs can work with existing career services to provide comprehensive career support to learners.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

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Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words. Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D., Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Fostering sense of belonging among Black undergraduate students Melissa McGuire, Ph.D.,

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Innovating Through Failure. and Success

The University Innovation Alliance

The closest thing we have is advising or a help desk, but they're designed to tell the student how they can change their behavior to accommodate into our systems. That week alone, they spend 3,000 advising hours to talk to those students. You can use it as an extension of advising. If a university's a body, where's the ear?

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