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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unlike Honors Colleges at some other institutions that have created specialized programs to attract Black students, Sacramento State’s model is radically different. The entire college is being designed specifically with the Black student in mind. It’s a specialized, accelerated, elite experience,” he said.

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4 Ways to Partner with Faculty on Student Success

Civitas Learning

As Inside Higher Ed notes, “Students often turn to their faculty members for advice and support outside of academics, including career advice and mental health support, so positive student-faculty relationships are a critical piece of student success.” It takes just five minutes to get up to speed.

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How Civitas Learning Partners are Removing Retention and Completion Barriers

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Civitas Learning’s Texas Leadership Workshop recently brought together leaders from ten different institutions across Texas and beyond to discuss student success strategies for higher education. However, student feedback revealed redundancy in conversations and information sharing between advisors and coaches.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

Weaving : My approach for launching this program was to connect it to existing structures by weaving it into our Orientation program, training for student leaders, and our curriculum. All new students participated in an Introduction to Strengths Workshop during their Orientation program. Moving Forward. 2020, July 28).

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They can be used in the classroom as subjects to challenge stereotypical depictions by centering experiences, ideas, and concepts that are often marginalized in traditional curriculum. Promoting Black affirmation in advising and coaching for first-generation Black male college students' success. Frazier, R.-M. Hines & E.C.

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The Council for Opportunity in Education Announces Partnership with NACADA to Launch Credentialing Opportunity for Higher Education Professionals 

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. — The Council for Opportunity in Education (COE) announces today a pioneering partnership with NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising to develop an innovative credentialing opportunity designed specifically for higher education professionals, including TRIO staff and academic advisors.