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Meet the team: Gina Baxter, Head of Student Services, Florence

AIFS Abroad

This week, we meet Gina Baxter, Head of Student Services in our Florence Study Center, Italy. I work together with a team of Student Advisors to manage the day to day aspects of your study abroad program. I joined AIFS in 2013. Enjoying the Tuscan countryside with Zola. What do you do for AIFS?

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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

It is okay for students to get frustrated—that is part of the process and in the end, makes for a more rewarding project. Strategies To deepen student learning, it is key to include as many HIPs and HIP key elements as possible, as described by Kuh and O’Donnell (2013) and Finley and McNair (2013). 2017, October 20).

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Practical Pedagogy Tips for Educators at Minority-Serving Institutions

The Scholarly Teacher

However, MSIs also report lower-than-national-average graduation and retention rates, reflecting continued systemic challenges (both socioeconomic and political) shaping underrepresented students’ experiences of higher education (Flores & Park, 2013). Clearly, there’s real need to better serve underserved student communities.

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How Career Services Can Support Student Mental Health

Symplicity

The Healthy Minds network released a study in 2022 which found that in the last eight years, the mental health of college students has steadily declined with 135percent increase in depression and 110% increase in anxiety from 2013-2021. This paired with a saddening report from the JED Foundation, 25.5 You can find the recording below!

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Unpacking History to Understand the Future of Student Affairs Assessment

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Developing a Culture of Assessment and Equitable Practice (2010s-Present): In the last decade, as more student affairs divisions have incorporated full-time assessment offices, there has been a greater call to research the integration of assessment into organizational culture and everyday practice (Schuh, 2013; Fuller, 2016).

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IGNITED 2023 sneak peek: Key trends shaping higher education today

EAB

Student readiness and well-being Declining student mental health is a known and growing challenge, with the percentage of college students reporting anxiety or depression nearly doubling from 2013 to 2019. To make matters worse, many students experienced significant disruptions in their high school education.

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How to Leverage Survey Data to Target Student Support

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Access: How satisfied are you with the ability to access [student services] at [this institution] when needed? Non-cognitive skills are mindsets, behaviors, and perspectives that can have an impact on students’ academic performance and persistence (Nagaoka et al.,