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Report: Pandemic Ripple Effects on Student Success to Remain for Multiple Years

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kate Brown “What we've seen through the pandemic is student wellbeing, student mental health. can't just be a student affairs or a counseling center priority or responsibility,” Brown said. That's still very much the case but more and more, we need faculty to play a role in directing students to best-fit resources.

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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inferior campus facilities impact the ability to both recruit and retain students as well as attract the best faculty, and the evidence is apparent across the entire higher education landscape. The institutions need to be diligent about the old fundraising plans that are tried and true but also find new and creative revenue streams.

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Researchers Present Recommendations for Reversing Minority Male Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College presidents, Harris suggested, should have yearly measurable objectives around the success of men of color, that they are evaluated on, just like fundraising. Some of the researchers’ ideas for state policymakers were student centric. An early alert is not early if it happens halfway through the semester,” said Dr. J.

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All I Really Need to Know to Be a Professor, I Learned Doing Assessment

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

While the question was intended for someone currently working in student affairs assessment, it gave me pause to reflect on what prepared me to be a professor. One part about being a student affairs assessment coordinator I enjoyed most was learning about the various functional areas in the division.

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President moves: hearty welcomes and rocky goodbyes

University Business

Cole Effective the first of June, the student affairs vice president at Marquette University, Dr. Xavier A. He discovered his passion for student affairs first serving as a resident advisor and as a graduate hall director at Miami University Ohio, and he went on to develop his craft in a pair of institutions in Maryland.

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What the mental health crisis means for student success leaders

EAB

The stresses and loss of the pandemic profoundly impacted student well-being, while the social disruption and isolation altered their social development. Many are not doing well mentally or emotionally, and these big changes are readily apparent to faculty reporting ‘ stunning’ levels of disconnection and disengagement in their courses.

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Presidential exits: Some leave on a high note, others entrenched in scandal

University Business

William Craft — Concordia College Walking out of academia hand in hand with his wife, William “Bill” Craft will be leaving behind a nearly pitch-perfect presidency during which he led the Minnesota school’s largest fundraising effort, garnering more than $157 million—exceeding the target by $7 million eight months early.