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6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023

EAB

6 ways leaders are rethinking their student affairs organizational charts in 2023. Between a pandemic, a national racial reckoning, and increasing challenges to the higher education business model, student affairs leaders have spent the past few years looking for ways to innovate and collaborate more effectively across the cabinet.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The literature is replete with research on the negative outcomes Black males experience from employment to education as well as from health and interactions with law enforcement. Black boys are also suspended and expelled at much higher rates than other students ( Graves & Wang, 2022 ). Chapter 5: Small, C.L. Cunningham, P.D.

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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.

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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.

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Presence | Blog | 4 Ways #SApros Can Help Students Articulate Their Essential Skills to Employers

Modern Campus

As student affairs professionals, we know that college students gain valuable skills and knowledge through participation in co-curricular experiences — such as service-learning, undergraduate research, campus employment, membership in student organizations, and more.

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Enrollment design project: The student experience from admission to alumni

EAB

The goal was to map out what the ‘typical’ student goes through from admission to graduation, what actions are they being asked to take, and how our various areas of the institution interact with them. A core team was formed that included the leadership of key offices: Student Affairs, Admissions, and OIT.

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York College academic administrator won't leave students behind

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It was a constant jabbing at each other over theory and the approach to psychology and research, and I just loved it. But I wasn’t a good high school student, so I had to learn a lot just to get up to the level that my peers were. So we put up one barrier … and that is you have to talk to an academic adviser.