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College cancels classes for career, advising expo

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania hosted a full-day advising and career exploration event in lieu of classes on March 21, giving students an opportunity to access resources and develop their success plans. And, as originally intended, faculty academic advisers were available by appointment to meet with students all day.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The university restructured to a centralized academic advising model for the first two years of college, ensuring that advising is consistent across all majors, particularly for the most vulnerable populations. The last two years, ASU has seen the highest retention rates of all students, but particularly Latino students.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

student affairs, academic affairs, foundation, and alumni affairs) that dedicate resources, opportunities, and supports intended to: (a) undo legacies of educational disparities that Black/African American males have historically witnessed and (b) build capacity for students engaged in these communities (i.e., Chapter 17: Ash, B.

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Student Transfer (Part 2) – How to Improve the Transfer Experience for Students

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So then it gets back to the difficult thing which is like pathways, thinking about pathways, academic advising. I can use like a career center example or even alumni association. When you, you know, sometimes alumni associations are like, oh yeah, everybody’s an alumni. to overcome, right? Yeah, awesome.

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