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Advising on Classes, Life and Anything Else

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Advising on Classes, Life and Anything Else Ashley Mowreader Mon, 04/22/2024 - 03:00 AM The University of Central Florida streamlined student supports by merging the roles of academic adviser and student success coach roles into one. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader

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Teacher, Adviser, Researcher… Recruiter?

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Teacher, Adviser, Researcher… Recruiter? Liam Knox Thu, 12/07/2023 - 03:00 AM Plummeting enrollments at Evergreen State College put deep cuts on the table. When the faculty volunteered to help recruit new students, the tide began to turn. Byline(s) Liam Knox

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An AI Boost for Academic Advising

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An AI Boost for Academic Advising Lauren.Coffey@… Tue, 06/18/2024 - 03:00 AM Finding courses that fit both a student’s schedule and degree path is getting help from new tech tools. Byline(s) Lauren Coffey

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Report Underscores Diverse Approaches to Advising for HSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bermea Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) may be models for how institutions can organize to effectively serve and advise students, according to a new report from Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. It provides tips for effective advising and includes strategies to help ensure students receive needed support.

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Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference

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Blogs Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference The academic advising profession faces shrinking budgets, expanding student and administration expectations, and increasing turnover—all of which make it harder for institutions to think strategically about advising structure and staffing to support student success.

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Student survey reveals gaps in core academic advising functions

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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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New Report Paints a Picture of Advising at MSIs

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Research has well established the importance of academic advisors to students from underrepresented backgrounds, but less work has been done on advising that highlights the identities of the schools that educate them, the 859 minority serving institutions (MSIs) that enroll 35% of all undergrads in the U.S. Dr. Gabriel O. Andrew Millin, Ph.

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