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A Blueprint for College Students’ Sense of Belonging

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There can be no question that this reflects a growing infrastructure to support belonging for all faculty, staff, and students in higher education. Community on campus flows from frequent, positive interactions with others, namely peers, faculty, and staff like advisors, coaches, and mentors.

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2025 Curtis P. Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award Winners Announced

Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

Brewer serves as a Senior Academic Advisor in the Business Advisement Center. Each year, this award is presented to one undergraduate faculty advisor, one undergraduate staff advisor, and graduate advisor. Advisors are nominated by students, faculty, and staff.

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Empowering Change: Four Key Strategies for Supporting Student Affairs Administrators in the New Affirmative Action Landscape

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

academic advisors, residence life staff, admissions coordinators, counselors, and cultural center staff) and their interactions and interventions significantly influence students' experiences and success. These groups are also crucial for administrators collaborating with faculty and other staff with shared interests.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The college will have its own dean of students, director, counselors, academic advisors, and outreach and support staff, and it will draw from existing faculty who have “a demonstrated record of success in teaching Black students,” said Wood. The entire college is being designed specifically with the Black student in mind.

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Just-in-Time Care: How Institutions Can Build A Better Path To College Completion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This inefficient legacy system of classroom assignments did not support either faculty or students. To ensure faculty buy-in, we put guardrails on our course-sharing arrangement by permitting students to take a class via course-sharing only if seats were unavailable in an equivalent Prairie View A&M class. Monday through Friday.

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Report Underscores Diverse Approaches to Advising for HSIs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For example, HSIs identify several purposes for academic advising such as course registration, retention, sense of belonging, learning, familial learning environments, and contemporary communication trends (using popular social media apps). Many also adopt varied, shared advising models involving faculty and professional academic advisors.

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4 Ways to Partner with Faculty on Student Success

Civitas Learning

Faculty play a central role in building connections with students. Their regular interaction and academic and career guidance, especially within their areas of expertise, can significantly help students in their college experience.