Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 10, 2024

Dr. Terri Gomez Gomez’s “deep understanding of our campus’ strengths and opportunities; her student-centered approach to leadership; her dedication to faculty and staff excellence; and her unwavering commitment to the success of our diverse students,” said President Dr. Soraya M. She holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s, and a Ph.D.

Advising 290

Advising Retention Student success Mentoring 290

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.

Application 328

Application Higher education Advising Mentoring 328

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The initiative seeks to create new and updated international business course offerings; scholarships for study abroad and other experiences; enhanced advising services; and broader outreach to alumni who can be speakers, mentors, and potential employers.

Advising 246

Advising Mentoring Scholarship Leadership 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 7, 2023

Smalls In a perfect world, governing boards and leadership demographics would mirror the student population (Higgs, 2014). Having an advocate or mentor is critical We found that the presence of a mentor in the life of the trustee was critical to the participants’ successful selection or election as trustee. Dr. Margaretta B.

Community college 264

Community college Equity Inclusion Leadership 264

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

López "I've been in the classroom on and off, but I've been supporting youth and students in different ways throughout that time,” says López, who is starting a new chapter of her career as a tenured associate professor in educational leadership and policy in the University of Arizona College of Education. I'm a first-generation student.

Scholarship 298

Scholarship Mentoring Teaching Faculty 298

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 3, 2023

But the reality is that, still in leadership among these top music schools, that even having a white woman is an unusual aspect. She attributed the lack of diverse representation in music leadership, faculty, and major symphony orchestras to a “pipeline issue.” There are many different types of mentors,” Montgomery said. “I

Mentoring 246

Mentoring Faculty Leadership Advising 246

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 15, 2024

Livingston studied history as an undergraduate and volunteered frequently in Durham and Chapel Hill, which introduced him to the world of college advising and supporting first-generation college students. He would eventually continue this work with organizations like the College Advising Corps and the Upward Bound Program.

Advising 290

Advising Teaching Curriculum Higher education 290

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 3, 2024

The money will mostly go toward staffing – directors, program managers, academic advisers, and peer mentors – and student resources, such as books, school supplies, and transportation, Wheelock said. million award marks Mellon’s second contribution to the program.

Education 279

Education University Grant Advising 279

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 30, 2024

Per the advice of a mentor, he picked being travel coordinator over academic adviser at GSU to get a better understanding of budgets and money and to have more doors in the sports world open to him. White holds a B.A. in psychology from UNC Chapel Hill, an M.S. White has spent two years as deputy AD at Clemson as of April.

Mentoring 277

Mentoring Administration Administration Advising 277

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

leadership and policy studies, University of Memphis; and Ph.D., Smith, who earned tenure in 2022, is an associate professor of higher education and program coordinator of educational leadership in the College of Education, Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Information Technology at the University of Cincinnati.

Community college 203

Community college Higher education Faculty Teaching 203

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 5, 2024

With the $30 million gift came no advised direction, restrictions, nor stipulations, Boekelheide says, calling Scott’s donation a “windfall” and a “vote of confidence” in what PCC was doing. Two of the ongoing initiatives were Hostos’s Research Center and its Mentor/Mentee Jobs on Campus program.

Community college 325

Community college Scholarship Grant Advising 325

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

By example, the counseling/advising unit uses an intrusive model, monitoring students’ progress and regularly checking in on them. We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues. With that kind of structure and those kinds of environments we create.

Success 279

Success Mentoring First generation Counseling 279

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Upon admission, someone from the office oversees the transition process—orientation, advisement, financial clearance and registration prior to the student’s first term and support through the first year. At that time, they transition to either a professional advisor in their school or major or mostly to faculty advisement.”

Retention 306

Retention Faculty International student Advising 306

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

There are three core areas that institutions are asked to demonstrate to qualify to receive the Seal: (1) data, (2) practice, and (3) leadership. Leadership strategies must clearly demonstrate that there is an intentional focus on Latino student success at the institutional level. Dr. Erika D. Beck CSUN President Dr. Erika D.

Retention 338

Retention Facilitation Faculty First generation 338

Steve Keating

JULY 14, 2024

In our last post, we discussed why so many people who are promoted into leadership positions fail to actually lead. The vast vast majority of people in leadership positions never receive even one minute of formal leadership training. I can even advise on more effective human relations approaches for dealing with people.

Mentoring 121

Mentoring Leadership Teaching Communication 121

The University Innovation Alliance

MARCH 15, 2023

He spoke with us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast about his leadership style, expectations he's faced, lessons he's learning from the experience, and how future administrators might best prepare for this kind of leadership. And that's how I started to solidify my position to keep us moving forward."

Leadership 84

Leadership Higher education Advising University 84

Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Barriers such as siloed systems or entrenched processes from previous leadership can limit visibility into student behavior and performance—key factors for driving successful outcomes. increase in student persistence—an impact greater than many traditional initiatives like advising or scholarships.

Student success 89

Student success Faculty Success Instruction 89

The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 1, 2024

President Sacks talked to us about the view on the ground versus the big picture, her personal leadership journey, some of her proudest accomplishments, strategies for decision making, and the power of both information and knowledge. Department of Education. They don't even like horses. That was formative.”

Leadership 52

Leadership Higher education Community college Grant 52

The University Innovation Alliance

DECEMBER 1, 2023

She joined us on the Weekly Wisdom Podcast to talk about the mindset of accepting new leadership challenges, the responsibilities of institutional leaders as employers, required skills for effective leadership, and navigating the small world of higher ed. My parents had high school degrees but didn't talk much about college.

Leadership 52

Leadership Higher education Faculty Mentoring 52

Civitas Learning

AUGUST 10, 2023

Academic advising is a bedrock of any student’s successful persistence toward graduation. In spring 2022, the peer-to-peer outreach campaign’s results included: 2,742 early alerts submitted to peer mentors 27% participation from faculty, up from 13% the prior year Approximately 20,000 messages sent and received 60-65% student response rate 5.

Retention 98

Retention Student success Scheduling Faculty 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. In this chapter, best practices focused on the areas of advising, engagement, instruction, and programing will be discussed. Dr. Erik M.

Advising 326

Advising Counseling Mentoring Teaching 326

Castleton Trio

MARCH 3, 2020

To gain leadership skills, he joined the university’s chapter of the American Choral Directors Association and served as Vocal Unrest’s president for two years. For that reason, he became a Summer Transition and TRIO Texting mentor. As a mentor, Ethan strives to be personal and inclusive. “I he advises. “Do

Mentoring 52

Mentoring Tutoring Financial aid Teaching 52

The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

We released two new playbooks to assist leadership teams in their practices of proactive advising and college-to-career transition. They're embedded in our institutions to offer strategic guidance, collaboration, insight, and on-the-ground leadership. Four new universities joined the UIA, bringing fresh energy and ideas.

Advising 59

Advising Collaboration Student success Low income student 59

The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

We released two new playbooks to assist leadership teams in their practices of proactive advising and college-to-career transition. They're embedded in our institutions to offer strategic guidance, collaboration, insight, and on-the-ground leadership. Four new universities joined the UIA, bringing fresh energy and ideas.

Advising 52

Advising Collaboration Student success Low income student 52

UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

TRIO SSS offers holistic advising and support for students who are either first in their family to go to college, come from an income eligible background, and/or have a documented disability. Share our upcoming First Generation Leadership Training with your students! How can you help celebrate TRIO Day? SNACKS will be provided!

Literacy 40

Literacy Advising First generation Mentoring 40

The University Innovation Alliance

AUGUST 14, 2023

She spoke about how she went from avoiding to embracing administrative leadership, the pandemic's lessons about collaboration and community, and her view of what it will take to reenergize higher ed. Faculty is a leadership role. I prefer to talk about leadership rather than administration, because administration connotes bureaucracy.

Higher education 52

Higher education Education Leadership Mentoring 52

EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

In each session, the fellows gained depth in new topics or terrains, developed leadership skills, and built a network with peers from institutions across the country. Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023.

Retention 52

Retention Higher education Student success Equity 52

The Advisor That Cares

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Stepping into a leadership role in an advising office makes me reflect on the whirlwind discussed during the Four Disciplines of Execution (McChesney & Huling, 2012) in the Organizational Change course (EDLD 5304). I never realized how valuable those might be to students in a flipped advising situation.

Advising 40

Advising Instruction Communication Mentoring 40

Timely MD

JULY 18, 2022

Advisement. An advisor or advisors who are committed to providing support and guidance to the group is an essential leadership role that should be determined ahead of establishing the program. a helpline) Familiarization with services, resources, and departments available both on and off campus (i.e. Student participants.

Mental health 52

Mental health Curriculum Advising Communication 52

The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 8, 2024

Inside the UIA’s 2023 Annual Report bridget Thu, 05/09/2024 - 00:10 Image Graduation Higher Ed Leadership Student Success University Innovation Lab This coming October, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) will celebrate ten years of collaborating with higher education institutions to increase their graduation rates.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Student success Success Leadership 52

Civitas Learning

AUGUST 10, 2023

Academic advising is a bedrock of any student’s successful persistence toward graduation. In spring 2022, the peer-to-peer outreach campaign’s results included: 2,742 early alerts submitted to peer mentors 27% participation from faculty, up from 13% the prior year Approximately 20,000 messages sent and received 60-65% student response rate 5.

Retention 52

Retention Student success Scheduling Faculty 52

EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

So Let's Get Ready is a national near-peer mentoring organization. Because I think for me personally, my first experience in college access was as a near-peer mentor right after I graduated from college in an AmeriCorps program where we were leveraging the age proximity to provide services. JS: Yeah, it's interesting.

Advising 91

Advising Communication First generation Access 91

The University Innovation Alliance

JUNE 9, 2023

Willis, President, Howard Community College Alan Thu, 06/15/2023 - 06:00 Community College Higher Ed Leadership Inside Higher Ed Weekly Wisdom The University Innovation Alliance (UIA) is always honored when previous Weekly Wisdom Podcast guests return to share their growth and insights. You think that everybody is happy to see you there.

Higher education 52

Higher education Community college Leadership Faculty 52

Scholarship America

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Chick-fil-A Scholars Program , for example, brings together students from multiple Chick-fil-A programs for a year-long mentoring and leadership development experience; and the Amazon Future Engineer program provides scholarships, internships and an instant professional network to its 400 recipients each year.

Low income student 52

Low income student Scholarship Students Nontraditional student 52

The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

She discussed what America needs most from higher education, the operational challenges and rewards for a major university system, how to best serve returning students, and humility and perspective as leadership attributes. As a leader, you won’t always be the one saying, ‘I've got the best idea, let's do this.’

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Higher education Teaching Faculty 52

The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

She discussed what America needs most from higher education, the operational challenges and rewards for a major university system, how to best serve returning students, and humility and perspective as leadership attributes. As a leader, you won’t always be the one saying, ‘I've got the best idea, let's do this.’

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Higher education Teaching Faculty 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 13, 2023

Dr. Felecia Commodore is an associate professor in the department of educational foundations and leadership at Old Dominion University. Fries-Britt, her mentor, was at first reluctant to step into the role as she was just beginning her transition from administration to faculty.

Faculty 351

Faculty Mentoring Mental health Equity 351