Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

By being proactive with admissions, recruitment, and advising, however, we can reduce this risk. Research suggests that we send cues affecting underrepresented students’ aspirations, application, and enrollment decisions through three channels: public policies, admissions requirements, and recruitment and advising interactions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

IHEP helps the schools align their transfer processes with four principles: that credits earned at an institution will transfer and apply to a bachelor’s, that costs will be streamlined and not change over the course of the student’s path, that time-to-degree will be minimized, and that degree pathways will be clearly communicated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

Slate is a highly customizable software that automates time-consuming practices, improves communication, and de-siloes student information. Salesforce.org, another CRM company, has found that the use of CRMs in postsecondary education increased student enrollment by 10%­­.

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College Aid Services

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Federal Student Aid has started to email FAFSA applicants to advise them to check their form’s status in “the first half of March.” ” The communication failed short of providing any new information or an exact date.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 13, 2023

Our research into how institutions develop financially sustainable student success models reveals that the most effective models are living processes that intentionally knit together strategic decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, data-informed action, and consistent assessment of initiatives and outcomes.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Outcomes: Achieved significant improvements in persistence and streamlined processes through a data-informed approach and strong faculty partnerships. For many community colleges, identifying the right support for their increasingly diverse population isn’t easy. Any user can store notes and initiate outreach.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A slim majority of parents surveyed (51%) responded that they had heard some or a lot about nondegree pathways, teachers (42%) being their most cited source of information on the matter. Few counselors (15%) are even speaking to employers for input about how to advise students, Lammers said.

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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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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Disjointed systems can lead to feeling like a pinballbeing bounced between financial aid, advising, faculty, and the registrar over a registration holdcausing confusion and frustration. Inefficient Processes Poor coordination and communication lead to duplicated efforts, wasting time and resources.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Brochures, fliers, and information sessions are bilingual, and intentional connections built with area Latinx community groups ensure that future students know they are welcome at WVC even before they graduate high school. On Spanish radio stations near Wenatchee, Wash., advertisements air for Wenatchee Valley College (WVC).

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Civitas Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

If the information is inaccurate, it can mean missed chances to help struggling students and lead to unnecessary spending on policies and programs that don’t work. This ultimately limits the institution’s ability to make informed decisions that actually improve outcomes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 13, 2023

Pettigrew advises that schools consider “one-stop shops,” places on campus where students can get answers to almost any question that they might have and connected to the relevant offices if necessary. This eliminates uncertainty and the need to navigate all over campus to find help. How these spaces are laid out is important.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 1, 2023

The Outcomes: An 8% increase in retention, improved advising efficiency, and more effective cross-functional collaboration. But dispersed student information across multiple systems made implementing an integrated and collaborative student success network challenging. It was like seeing a student in a profile.

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Civitas Learning

JANUARY 9, 2025

This approach fosters proactive, collaborative support by enabling the coordination of services such as academic coaching, advising, financial aid, and career guidance. This approach overwhelms advising and support teams and contributes to declining retention rates.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

MARCH 3, 2025

Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award Recipients Announced Dr. Rhonda Stanton, Azaria Hogans, and Karmen Brewer will be recognized as the recipients of the 2025 Curtis P. Lawrence Excellence in Advising Awards at the Kathy J. Brewer serves as a Senior Academic Advisor in the Business Advisement Center.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Excelencia in Education works to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. Dr. Leroy Morishita There are ongoing bilingual outreach efforts to the local community.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Each scholar receives financial support for study abroad and specialized advisors through the Macaulay Advising Program. “I in rhetoric and intercultural communication, she earned a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship in the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the Caribbean at the CUNY Graduate Center.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

JANUARY 6, 2025

If you would like further details and a more in-depth look at the new functionality, please consider viewing the first 25 minutes of the Transfer Advising Essentials: Whats New? Emily Muniz and Kemper Steele describe the creation of the VCCS Transfer Advising Peer Group in this article from Inside Higher Ed.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 13, 2025

Together, theyve connected advising, registration, and student support in ways that empower students to stay on track and give staff the insights they need to act quickly and effectively. Thats why having one unified platform was a game changer.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 7, 2025

But when information is spread across multiple platforms, it slows them down and risks missing the students who need help most. Communication and integrated workflows also play a critical role. This helps ensure support reaches the students who need it most, not just the ones who raise their hands.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 7, 2024

Facilitate seamless transitions between departments When students recount the same information to different campus support staff, it wastes valuable meeting time and negatively impacts their experience, leading to frustration and a sense of disconnect.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In terms of visual communication, students prepare a PowerPoint presentation with graphs and data. Richardson says Canton’s move to an R1 meant moving away from the informality he had at Connecticut College. I use this model when I advise students.” I had to get used to that. It’s the culture of an R1.”

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Civitas Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve lost track of how often I’ve heard the following phrase in college meetings, “The advising team can do it,” when talking about taking on new projects or duties. We need an approach to academic advising caseload management that ensures advisors can help all students and frees them from crushing workloads.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 9, 2023

When used in the context of other student success analytics, early alert systems can help faculty quickly communicate concerns that might impact a student’s academic success. Train staff to respond to alerts in the context of all known student information. While many institutions utilize a regular schedule of “checkpoint” alerts (e.g.,

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Outcomes: Achieved significant improvements in persistence and streamlined processes through a data-informed approach and strong faculty partnerships. For many community colleges, identifying the right support for their increasingly diverse population isn’t easy. Any user can store notes and initiate outreach.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2024

The Outcomes: Streamlined platform lifts enrollment, cultivates collaboration between faculty and staff, and informs strategic investment decisions based on measurable impact on institutional goals. Proactive Advising Model Supports Guided Pathways Initiative Advising is often considered the most powerful tool to improve student outcomes.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 30, 2023

Kelly is the Vice President of Academic Affairs at SUNY Broome, and with the collaboration of faculty and staff, the institution is now implementing guided pathways and transitioning to a caseload-based academic advising model. 24:16] – Data can really make you rethink how you communicate with students. [26:45]

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2024

By identifying the specific factors affecting studentssuch as LMS compared to their peers, last advising appointment, or shifts in engagement or persistence likelihood advisors can proactively engage and offer tailored support. Institutions in the Civitas Learning community are finding innovative ways to tackle this challenge.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 11, 2023

Those who achieved 4-5 times ROI from their student success initiatives use a responsive, strategic process incorporating data-informed decision-making, coordinated efforts, informed action, and consistent assessment. Snow administrators used this insight to introduce group advising sessions and adjust advisor caseloads.

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The Advisor That Cares

MARCH 21, 2025

while also making sure that the last appointment of the day is reserved for high school seniors needing advising after school. Collaborative discussion about the functions and features of the advising platform and effective solution of setting new availabilities for that last appointment slot to be only for the incoming cohort.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Challenge: General lack of visibility into students’ needs, limited methods of communication, and technology constraints, lead to inadequate access to personalized academic advising and support. Advising staff relied on outdated data to generate piecemeal reports that only captured a small part of each student’s academic situation.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Challenge: Administrators and staff lacked the real-time information necessary to reach struggling students before it was too late. Slippery Rock University (SRU), a regional comprehensive university in rural Pennsylvania, surfaced the need for a data-informed approach during its strategic planning process.

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Steve Keating

JULY 14, 2024

I can even advise on more effective human relations approaches for dealing with people. Learning and Development • Education and Training: Take courses in leadership, management, communication, and other relevant areas. Develop Key Skills • Communication: Work on both verbal and written communication.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2023

With this information, DeVry’s leaders determined they needed to tailor the promotion of resource offerings to student needs. The Solution: Leveraging Technology and Behavioral Psychology DeVry formed a Fusion team to address these issues and foster a holistic support community.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

DECEMBER 20, 2021

By leveraging data to inform equitable transfer policies, federal and state policymakers promote equitable postsecondary value and empower students, families, and higher education leaders. Current ly, our data systems lack complete information regarding student pathways, especially those taken by transfer students. 2017, August).

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

More information will be coming soon! Stephanie Brown, executive director of orientation and transition programs at the University of North Texas, shares information on what the “Eagle for a Day” program looks like, as well as application and enrollment rates for students who participate in the program.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Inside Higher Ed Article Transfer Resources “Transfer Advising Essentials: What’s New?” This session is designed to provide attendees with information about exciting updates in academic advising at Missouri State. The minutes from the Transfer Advising Committee’s latest meeting can be found below.

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