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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

Inside Higher Ed

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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3 Questions for Sue Lorenson, Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education at Georgetown

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. I babysat for the dean of students. I cleaned the house of the associate dean for academic affairs. I was an RA.

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Empowering Student Success: Enhancing Student Information and Academic Advising

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Empowering Student Success: Enhancing Student Information and Academic Advising editor Tue, 03/12/2024 - 03:05 Welcome to our insightful guide, 'Empowering Student Success: Enhancing Student Information and Academic Advising.' Involve students in the advising process for empowerment. We trust you'll find this post valuable.

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First African American Dean Blazes Trail for Northwestern Music

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The dean of Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music was the first woman in the role and first African American dean at the university in general. Montgomery, who joined Northwestern in 2003, said she was also the first African American dean at the University of Kansas, serving in its School of Fine Arts. “I

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Advising Day

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean It took me years to get past my first impression of academic advising. Graduate school advising is something else altogether, probably best described through fiction. At DeVry, ‘advising’ consisted mostly of telling students which courses were required for their major.

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How 2 college equity leaders advise navigating a changing climate amid backlash

University Business

“Don’t be led by fear,” advises Acosta. ” Acosta remembers how admissions deans, at the time when affirmative action was disbanded, had begun over-implying what the law stated. The post How 2 college equity leaders advise navigating a changing climate amid backlash appeared first on University Business.

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