Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

JANUARY 6, 2025

If you would like further details and a more in-depth look at the new functionality, please consider viewing the first 25 minutes of the Transfer Advising Essentials: Whats New? Emily Muniz and Kemper Steele describe the creation of the VCCS Transfer Advising Peer Group in this article from Inside Higher Ed.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

By example, the counseling/advising unit uses an intrusive model, monitoring students’ progress and regularly checking in on them. We hire a lot of students to be peer mentors, peer counselors, peer learning facilitators, which are basically tutors,” he continues. With that kind of structure and those kinds of environments we create.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 7, 2024

Following the institute’s collaborative sessions, leaders gained fresh perspectives on addressing issues hindering student retention and success. Using a unified student success platform facilitates communication, collaboration, and coordination among departments and helps clarify each staff member’s role in student success.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 8, 2023

Silos persist, differing definitions of student success hinder collaboration, and institutions struggle to establish a consistent and centralized knowledge base. There are numerous collaboration models in higher education, and each institution must create a model that suits its identity and needs.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

We’ve been hard at work developing a new course demand analytics solution, refining the academic planning experience for students and advisors, and elevating the visibility we provide advising and student success teams. Here’s a glimpse of what’s coming in our roadmap: 1. Interested in learning more about a part of the platform?

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Civitas Learning

JULY 13, 2023

Our research into how institutions develop financially sustainable student success models reveals that the most effective models are living processes that intentionally knit together strategic decision-making, cross-functional collaboration, data-informed action, and consistent assessment of initiatives and outcomes.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Outcomes: This ability to deepen their work has led to a better student experience, improved student services, and a more collaborative approach. This ability to deepen their work has led to a better student experience, improved student services, and a more collaborative approach.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Challenge: General lack of visibility into students’ needs, limited methods of communication, and technology constraints, lead to inadequate access to personalized academic advising and support. Advising staff relied on outdated data to generate piecemeal reports that only captured a small part of each student’s academic situation.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Transfer News Inside Higher Ed: The Transfer Checklist “There are many actions that people, institutions and legislatures can take to facilitate transfer student success… The following checklist gives six possible ways to increase the pipeline’s [of transfer students] flow.” Email your ideas to TransferAdvisor@MissouriState.edu.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 23, 2024

” — Erin Gunnell, Director of Success Advising & Tutoring, Ensign College #3 Discover Opportunities to Simplify the Registration Process Like any shopping experience, moving from multiple platforms during registration often leads to an incomplete transaction (or registration).

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

MAY 1, 2024

Inside Higher Ed Article Transfer Resources Attend the Master Advisor Workshop The Master Advisor Workshop provides a comprehensive analysis of theories, knowledge, skills, and techniques for effective advising. The minutes from the Transfer Advising Committee’s latest meeting can be found below. Transfer Advising Committee Minutes

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2023

This team included leaders and experts from various departments, including academics, advising, and IT. Include clickable links in messages to facilitate students’ ability to take action. Employ multiple communication channels to engage students, including automated personalized messages from professors or advisors.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

APRIL 1, 2024

Inside Higher Ed Article Transfer Resources Attend the Master Advisor Workshop The Master Advisor Workshop provides a comprehensive analysis of theories, knowledge, skills, and techniques for effective advising. The minutes from the Transfer Advising Committee’s latest meeting can be found below. Transfer Advising Committee Minutes

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

How should we advise students making this choice, and should we promote or incentivize particular choices? Read Inside Higher Education Article Transfer Resources Fall 2023 Transfer Advising Forum Missed last month’s transfer advising forum? The minutes from the Transfer Advising Committee’s latest meeting can be found below.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

JANUARY 12, 2024

Missouri State News Campbell Keele Receives National Award Campbell Keele, coordinator of transfer initiatives in the Academic Advising and Transfer Center, has been selected as a recipient of the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students (NISTS) “Transfer Champion-Rising Star Award.” Transfer Advising Committee Minutes

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Technology in Advising Updates” will be held on Monday, December 4 from 12:00PM-1:00PM via Zoom. Advising International Students” will be held on Monday, December 11 from 12:00PM-1:00PM in PSU313. The minutes from the Transfer Advising Committee’s latest meeting can be found below. Transfer Advising Committee Minutes

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Register for the 2024 COTA Conference Transfer Advising Committee The Transfer Advising Committee has representation from each academic college and works collaboratively to develop best practices for transfer advising, facilitate communication regarding transfer student issues, and offer professional development for transfer advisors.

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The Advisor That Cares

JUNE 11, 2023

The course outlines the student’s responsibilities in their college experience and within the advising relationship. Advising falls within both enrollment management and student success arenas. Secondly, I am excited for advisors to collaborate and combine their knowledge into resources for advisees to grow and learn.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

MARCH 11, 2024

Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award Recipients Announced Dr. Aida Hass-Wisecup, Dr. Billie Follensbee, and Heather M. Lawrence Excellence in Advising Awards at the Kathy J. The recipients of this award have demonstrated excellent advising to Missouri State students. Transfer Advising Committee Minutes

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Register for the Advisor Forum Transfer Advising Committee The Transfer Advising Committee has representation from each academic college and works collaboratively to develop best practices for transfer advising, facilitate communication regarding transfer student issues, and offer professional development for transfer advisors.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 13, 2024

The Outcomes: Streamlined platform lifts enrollment, cultivates collaboration between faculty and staff, and informs strategic investment decisions based on measurable impact on institutional goals. Proactive Advising Model Supports Guided Pathways Initiative Advising is often considered the most powerful tool to improve student outcomes.

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COE

APRIL 7, 2023

Career services and career advising are available to most college students, but we know they are often under-resourced and under-utilized at most postsecondary institutions,” said Carolynn Lee , senior program officer at Ascendium.

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The Advisor That Cares

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Our learning facilitator was an incredibly impactful component of the CSLE course. Dr. Grogan inspired me to be a skilled learning facilitator. She celebrated our victories with us and helped to collaborate on professional opportunities before us beyond just class content. We were living COVA + CSLE.

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The Advisor That Cares

APRIL 3, 2023

This has rejuvenized the collaborative aspect of learning that I enjoy (and miss) so very much. I love that we have a facilitator who genuinely wants to help us be successful in our writing. I greatly appreciate Dr. Meeuwse holding office hours. I have picked up some great tips for approaching this literature review.

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The University Innovation Alliance

JANUARY 26, 2023

The University Innovation Lab helps equity-driven student success innovators create positive change more effectively – with more clarity, collaboration, and impact. We can help.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Six facilitated sessions with up to 15 other professionals from the UIA and across the country. Meet virtually once a week with your facilitator and cohort peers to discuss your efforts. Another said the skill is so valuable she’d advise caution about revealing it: “If you show this skill, you are going to be an expert on your campus!”

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The Advisor That Cares

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

I have created a personally curated resource of advising information. Building collaboration into my professional learning strategy, I seek to fortify relationships among the advising teams. Teambuilding through professional learning is just another example of how I am being intentional about facilitating a caring culture.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Six facilitated sessions with up to 15 other professionals from the UIA and across the country. Meet virtually once a week through our interactive online course with your facilitator and cohort peers to discuss your efforts. In the University Innovation Lab, we believe in collaborative change. Request a seat for the cohort soon.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Outcomes: This ability to focus their work on specific student groups and provide tailored guidance led to a better student experience, improved student services, and a more collaborative approach. This ability to deepen their work has led to a better student experience, improved student services, and a more collaborative approach.

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The Advisor That Cares

JUNE 15, 2023

I am attempting to address all nine points in my Advising 101 Instructional Design. Enhance Collaboration – Teach students how to utilize tools and technology to connect with one another and their learning experience. Facilitating these skills will serve them for a lifetime. Talk about right on time and right on topic.

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The Advisor That Cares

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Reflecting on the innovation plan update while collaborating with my classmates, I feel like the last two years have been about me preparing, researching, and developing the skills I need to help set the stage for my innovation. This investment provides the foundation for fruitful collaboration as the team grows to trust one another.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. In this chapter, best practices focused on the areas of advising, engagement, instruction, and programing will be discussed. Dr. Erik M. Frazier, R.-M.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 23, 2024

Identifying Bottleneck Courses to Deliver Precise Academic Support Visibility into the impact individual courses have on persistence and graduation empowers provosts, academic deans, advising teams, and faculty members to identify and address barriers to student success in a clear, purposeful way.

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EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2022

CONNECTED is my favorite time of year in the Student Success Collaborative , and this year did not disappoint! Several speakers noted that, while leading with compassion may feel like a struggle for already stretched advising staff, it’s more important than ever as staff and students alike deal with the ongoing stress created by the pandemic.

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NACAC's Admitted

AUGUST 10, 2023

iStock NACAC, in collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and several other organizations, is carefully exploring admission policies and practices in an increasingly test-optional or test-free environment.

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Supporting Student Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Discovering my CliftonStrengths improved the way I saw myself, elevated my study habits, enhanced the way I approached my work, and gave me a common language to use when advising students. I’m always happy to chat about strengths, sharing resources, facilitating workshops, having coaching conversations, our CS program at UofGH, etc.

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Blackboard Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Some common themes we heard about strategy included the following: Depending on the institution’s resources and parameters, a one-stop strategy can be operational within a year through collaborative planning and commitment. We developed solutions for enrollment, admissions, advising, financial aid, and registration.

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