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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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After Settlement with Howard University, Students Call for Sweeping Changes

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It was fall 2016 and the nation was alive with activism in the wake of Donald J. He came out on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter in December 2016, something that his mother and church rejected at that time. Durmerrick Ross stands beneath lights at an event. Trump’s election and upcoming inauguration.

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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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Visual Documentation of the College Meltdown Needed

Higher Education Inquirer

In just a few decades, under the guise of creative disruption , brick and mortar colleges with skilled professors and staff have been replaced by large online robocolleges that hire few if any instructors and offer fewer student services, such as mental health counseling. But as a historical document, the list is telling.

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It may be time to rethink the college minor (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

These colleges and their certification advocates argue that certification not only readily equips students with the real-world skills to transition successfully to their first job post but also addresses many of the equity concerns colleges face by validating the idea that all forms of learning are valued, including forms of skilled labor.

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Here’s how to engage your alumni and facilitate lifelong learning

EAB

According to research by Sunil Gupta, Donal Lehmann, and Jennifer Ames , your current customers (in this case, students) are your best prospects as they have a great impact on organizational value. And, according to a 2016 Pew Research Center report , 73% of American adults consider themselves to be lifelong learners.

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6 trends impacting community college enrollment in 2023

EAB

A shrinking talent market Community colleges have been especially hard hit by the Great Resignation, showing a 13% staff decline from 2020-2022, as a consequence of failed searches , difficulty filling part-time positions , and shortages in student services professionals. whitepaper: Admissions sTAFFING IN A VOLATILE LABOR MARKET 6.