Civitas Learning

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Strategy: Transition to a case management model that offers students proactive guidance and access to resources, and engages faculty to see a complete picture of their academic journey. The Outcomes: Achieved significant improvements in persistence and streamlined processes through a data-informed approach and strong faculty partnerships.

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Civitas Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I’ve lost track of how often I’ve heard the following phrase in college meetings, “The advising team can do it,” when talking about taking on new projects or duties. We need an approach to academic advising caseload management that ensures advisors can help all students and frees them from crushing workloads.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

By being proactive with admissions, recruitment, and advising, however, we can reduce this risk. Research suggests that we send cues affecting underrepresented students’ aspirations, application, and enrollment decisions through three channels: public policies, admissions requirements, and recruitment and advising interactions.

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EAB

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Leverage Faculty Partnerships and Technology to Address the Community College Enrollment Crisis. Pueblo Community College's Two-Pronged Approach to Combatting Summer Melt. Pueblo Community College (Pueblo) is a Hispanic-Serving Institution with over 5,000 students across three campuses. The Solution. The Results.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 1, 2023

The Outcomes: An 8% increase in retention, improved advising efficiency, and more effective cross-functional collaboration. Faculty and staff needed ways to easily communicate and access student data in one place so they had the shared context they needed to meaningfully help students. It was like seeing a student in a profile.

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EAB

MAY 17, 2023

Blogs 4 ways to build faculty buy-in for student success initiatives The role of faculty in improving student outcomes cannot be overstated. Faculty members are in a unique position to provide academic and personal support to students, and their guidance can have a positive impact on student outcomes. 4 ways to build buy-in 1.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

All faculty and staff are welcome, so please encourage colleagues to participate. The minutes from the Transfer Advising Committee’s latest meeting can be found below. Transfer Advising Committee Minutes Is there something you would like to see in a future edition of the Transfer Advocate ? Registration is strongly encouraged.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

Slate is a highly customizable software that automates time-consuming practices, improves communication, and de-siloes student information. Salesforce.org, another CRM company, has found that the use of CRMs in postsecondary education increased student enrollment by 10%­­.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 12, 2023

IHEP helps the schools align their transfer processes with four principles: that credits earned at an institution will transfer and apply to a bachelor’s, that costs will be streamlined and not change over the course of the student’s path, that time-to-degree will be minimized, and that degree pathways will be clearly communicated.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I Developing individual supports for each student.” “It is estimated that over 7 million people speak Spanish in Texas,” says Rueda-Acedo, who from 2005–13 was the sole faculty member. There are also several transfers from community colleges.

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Civitas Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Longstanding methods of managing data in silos make it difficult for faculty and administrators to agree on common data sources and shared dashboards. Whether addressing a financial hold or advising on course enrollment, UTSA knows that every interaction impacts the student experience.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2024

“By codifying the program, it gives institutions something to look forward to annually as a source that they may be able to tap, assuming they qualify, for much needed resources,” said Kelly Leon, vice president of communications and government relations for the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP).

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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. Advisors are nominated by students, faculty and staff.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 30, 2023

Dr. Kelly is the Vice President of Academic Affairs at SUNY Broome, and with the collaboration of faculty and staff, the institution is now implementing guided pathways and transitioning to a caseload-based academic advising model. 17:08] – The first step was getting faculty and staff’s buy-in, which might take some time.

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Civitas Learning

MARCH 9, 2023

When used in the context of other student success analytics, early alert systems can help faculty quickly communicate concerns that might impact a student’s academic success. Responding to faculty observations, advisors are better equipped to provide just-in-time support to struggling students.

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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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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Implementing a caseload management model in a newly centralized division August 9, 2023 Melissa Grant Associate Dean of Advisement, Office of the Provost, Pace University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

All faculty and staff are welcome, so please encourage colleagues to participate. The minutes from the Transfer Advising Committee’s latest meeting can be found below. 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

The Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning will be hosting several Brightspace trainings throughout the remainder of the Fall 2023 semester and the entirety of the Spring 2024 semester. How should we advise students making this choice, and should we promote or incentivize particular choices? Alexandra W.

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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. Their work has already resulted in enrollment improvements and significant enhancements in how faculty and advisors work together.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Students organized Black student unions demanding more African American studies courses, Black faculty and staff,” says Canton. Canton, who is also an associate professor of history, hired two faculty members in year one. Last year, he hired another faculty person. there were protests on campus.

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Civitas Learning

JULY 13, 2023

Advisors can filter their caseloads daily to see immediate changes in predicted persistence and tailor communications to meet the needs of different students. Advisors are so in tune with their students’ needs they often find that differences in student predictions make them aware of student issues before faculty submit early alerts.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

They also provided more hands-on training for faculty and students to spur wider adoption of the Navigate student success platform and improve communication during the registration process. Our special guest today is Heather Speed, vice president for Student Success at Pueblo Community College.

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

DECEMBER 1, 2022

This training is open to all Missouri State faculty and staff, and will be held on Tuesday, December 6 from 12:00PM-2:00PM in PSU313. The minutes from the Transfer Advising Committee’s October 2022 meeting can be found below. Transfer Advising Committee Meeting Minutes. Registration is encouraged. Save the Date!

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Missouri State Academic Advising and Transfer Cent

MARCH 1, 2023

Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award Winners at the Master Advisor Reception and Naming Ceremony. There will also be naming ceremony to recognize advising contributions from Kathy J. Lawrence Excellence in Advising Award for a faculty advisor is Melanie Carden-Jessen, an instructor in the Geology, Geography, and Planning Department.

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Solution: Leveraging Technology and Behavioral Psychology DeVry formed a Fusion team to address these issues and foster a holistic support community. This team included leaders and experts from various departments, including academics, advising, and IT.

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Counselors' Corner

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Like it or not, the best way to reduce this unhelpful helping is to replace it with what you’d like them to say about college—more specifically, what you’d like them to say about college advising. This kind of communication is valued by teachers, as long as it’s short and to the point. But that can be a problem as well.

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Civitas Learning

APRIL 26, 2024

Advisors used various tactics to help students plan, from spreadsheets to handwritten worksheets but lacked a centralized system for communication. Plus, it helps the enrollment and advising team tell their story to other areas of the institution.

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

feedback from advising, academic plans, transcripts, program demand, and more.) Most institutions build their course schedule by rolling over last year’s schedule and collecting faculty preferences. Additionally, balancing faculty resources in course scheduling is crucial to optimizing academic operations.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

This includes how your job descriptions are written, how career progression opportunities are prioritized, and how you communicate your employee value proposition. Thus, coordinated email communications are critical to closing equity gaps. Now is a good time to review your hiring practices in preparation for staffing for fall 2023.

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Civitas Learning

AUGUST 1, 2024

Creating a comprehensive inventory goes beyond traditional academic support like tutoring and advising and requires engaging with all campus departments to uncover less obvious resources and events that also have a strong influence on student persistence. The Civitas Learning partner community has seen measurable outcomes from these actions.

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Civitas Learning

MAY 11, 2023

They observed that lower-performing students had significantly higher persistence rates when they had a one-on-one advising session, while the same intervention did not significantly affect higher-performing students’ persistence. Snow administrators used this insight to introduce group advising sessions and adjust advisor caseloads.

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EAB

MAY 16, 2023

The three share tips on collecting and using data to convince faculty and senior leaders to become enthusiastic partners in the effort. And student success belongs to just anybody, somebody, everybody, and certainly being able to understand that and communicate that. What does academic advising look like at our institution?

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Civitas Learning

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This data-activated approach has resulted in Administrators knowing sooner and more precisely which students need support Student success staff working more efficiently and effectively thanks to enhanced workflow and communication capabilities. Dr. Rindy shares, “We can be very direct about who we’re helping.

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EAB

JULY 21, 2023

the fact is our students are consumers, and the level of customer service from enrollment management and student service offices, as well as faculty, sends a direct message to students about how much we support their success." Examples: Can placement testing and advising appointments be rolled into one day?

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