article thumbnail

Iowa prepares students to learn

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Then, a few weeks later, students complete an asynchronous “onboarding” course called Success@Iowa , which introduces students to the university, its campus and its resources, among other topics like personal development. How does your institution incorporate self-assessments into its student success efforts?

article thumbnail

2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The last two years, ASU has seen the highest retention rates of all students, but particularly Latino students. 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.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

York College academic administrator won't leave students behind

Confessions of a Community College Dean

So we put up one barrier … and that is you have to talk to an academic adviser. But I think of them as our triage, in some cases, because they’ll hear a problem and they’ll be like, “OK, is this something that somebody in academics can help with? Is this somebody in student affairs?

article thumbnail

Should conferences stay put or relocate? It's complicated.

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Louisiana’s laws run counter, too, to the values of NASPA: Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, which is scheduled to hold its 2025 conference in New Orleans, says Kevin Kruger, its president. Guilbeau, the higher ed research group’s executive director. But the group won’t be moving its meeting.

IT 97
article thumbnail

Consolidating touch points for retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A more recent trend is consolidating student services related to academics or health and wellness into a larger office or building. Tutoring, library resources, academic advising and career services are smushed together, and counseling, disability services, medical centers and student care teams are sharing space more than ever before.