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Student survey reveals gaps in core academic advising functions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Locksley Knibbs, lead academic adviser for students studying the natural sciences at Florida Gulf Coast University, knows that advisers take on different roles to serve the whole student: mentor, advocate, mediator, coach. “We advise you based on the curriculum or the degree that you have declared on your record.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As a scholar engaged in legal research, the law library of New York University School of Law, ranked in the top ten of law schools, affords one bountiful offerings of legal research tools such as HeinOnline, Lexis Plus, VitalLaw, Law Journal Library and Proquest that are not available at primarily undergraduate institutions such as my own.

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Working Smarter: Leveraging Digital Tools for Student Advising

The Scholarly Teacher

Academic advising is complex and multifaceted, and yet many faculty advise without much training. Navigating technology can be a very challenging aspect of academic advising. This article will provide ideas on how advisors can strategically use digital tools in conjunction with advising best practices.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Sometimes, the minor is related to the college academic major; other times, the academic minor is in a different discipline altogether. Academic advisers often guide their students to choose a minor to either complement their academic major and/or expand their job opportunities. Yes In-Article Careers: 6

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Success coaching retains first-year students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Coaches work with their student cohort, either one-on-one or in a group setting, for the first year before handing them off to academic advisers for sophomore, junior and senior year. If a student misses their registration deadline, for example, their success coach can step in and set up a meeting. Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Eight ways to boost student engagement with advisers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

This doesn’t mean students don’t benefit from advising, however. To the contrary—existing research positively links increased engagement with advisers to student success metrics such as retention. The Student Voice data also suggest that students benefit from more face time with advisers.

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Two ed-tech companies team up with hopes to improve transfer

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Often faculty members are evaluating courses, academic advisers are guiding students and administrators are making the higher-level policy decisions. Yes In-Article Careers: 3 Meanwhile, students, not knowing where to go for information, turn to the internet.