How We Built Innovative Student Support Systems: Insights from My Work in Academic Advising and Learning Commons Design
Rethinking What Student Support Should Look Like When I look back on my career, one of the most important things I learned is that student support cannot be an afterthought. It cannot be a set of disconnected services that students are expected to find on their own. It has to be built into the structure […]
Some More Ways Faculty Can Help Students Succeed
Rethinking “Student Success” When we talk about student success, we often focus on what happens inside the classroom. We think about lectures, assignments, grades, and participation. These things matter, of course, but they are only part of the picture. If we want to understand how students succeed in college, we need to look beyond the […]
Rethinking Academic Advising: What Helps Students Succeed in College
Why Advising Matters More Than We Think When people talk about the factors that promote student success, they often point to curriculum, faculty, or campus resources. Advising is somewhere on that list, but rarely at the top. In my experience, that is a mistake. Academic advising is one of the most important and most misunderstood […]