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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. On a bike ride with NCSAC students, Spring 2016. Enjoying the Tuscan countryside with Zola.

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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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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. This edited volume comprises 19 book chapters divided into two sections: (a) primary and secondary settings; and (b) postsecondary settings. Dr. Erik M.

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Meet the team: Trung Tran, Florence Program Coordinator

AIFS Abroad

I work on students’ cultural calendar during the semesters, and summer itineraries with faculty. I am also involved in day to day student services. . Since December 2016. I was an AIFS student myself, so my job is not actually a job, but an extension of my student career. How long have you worked for AIFS?

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Your Typical College Student Has Changed—Why Haven’t College Policies?

Higher Ed Connects: Policy

With monthly child care costs averaging almost $500, it is little surprise that more than half of student parents drop out before completing a degree. Federal CCAMPIS ( Child Care Access Means Parents in School ) grants provide subsidized childcare, but in 2016-17, only 3,300 students received these grants.