Aacademic and Student Affiars Working Together to Impact Student Success

STUDENT AND ACADEMIC AFFAIRS WORKING
TOGETHER TO IMPACT STUDENT SUCCESS
“Assisting students in employment status”
Contributor:
Jerrie Clayton
Graduated from SouthUniversity

“I think one major area that should be implemented is how to identify
students in crisis
at the Bachelors, Masters or Doctoral level. This gets overlooked big time
because colleges/universities do not want to spend time to provide support
services.” (Read more on the discussion page.)
Contributor:
Salvador Estrada
UALR

“Curriculum development for paraprofessional training and programs
Set learning outcomes for co-curriculum activities
Work together on researches that support student development.”
Contributor:
Mohammed Yousif
Student Affairs Manager at United Arab Emirates University

“I agree with the comments about identifying and assisting at-risk students
and/or students in crisis. "At risk," of course, describes a variety of
characteristics-- from potential academic struggles to homesickness,
from escalating mental/emotional/behavioral health challenges to
medical illness, and even from a possible and undiagnosed learning
disability to bullying.”(Read more on the discussion page.)
Contributor:
Debbie Vaughn
Instructor, University Success Skills

“There has been much research literature that points the importance of
both segments working together to promote both student retention and
student success (e.g. Tinto, Pascarella, Kuh, et. al). The other issue is
whether both sides can learn from each other to appreciate the work and
contributions that each bring to a student's educational experience.” (Read
More on the discussion page.)
Contributor:
Jerald L. Henderson, Ph.D.
Higher Education Consultant

“Cohort-based learning communities are a way SA and AA can collaborate
to achieve student success. Combining paired or tripled courses with
educationally purposeful out-of-class activities offer both units a place to
contribute.” (Read more on the discussion page.)
Contributor:
Dale Tampke
Assistant Provost and Clinical Professor of Education at Loyola University
Chicago

Early intervention programs. Connect4Success is a program at our
university that targets potential at risk students. This program works with 2
of our first year core courses at our school. The academics would sent data
to the Connect4Success program during different times within the
semester, such as students who have not engaged by Week 3 (Read more
on the discussion page.)
Contributor:
Anna Chan
Academic Advisor at RMIT University

“Ensuring that student affairs and academic affairs are integrated
departments. Following that, ensuring that SA and AA are in meetings
together and programming reflects that integration.”
Contributor:
Samara Rasmussen
Director of Student Affairs - Jones International University ; Founder -
OSAP

In Response to Samara post Earl Dowling added:
“From first hand experience, I can say that the weekly 1:1 meeting with the
VPAA is a "don't miss" meeting! I go through my agenda. She goes through
hers and the outcomes are beneficial to all.”
Contributor:
Earl Dowling
Vice President, Student Affairs at College of DuPage

As a current student, I just completed a such a program" Discovery
Program Start Strong Cohort". It is originally designed for students just
entering college. It focuses on essential skills in everything from research
to paper writing, Personal growth and counseling and even future career
paths. the vast majority of students that have completed the 1 term
program all claim it to be very beneficial.”
Contributor:
John Davis
Student at Rogue Community College
“

…the Provost and Deans need to ensure that the faculty are using the LMS
tool. How does that help SA with a student who is in difficulty with a class
and requires SA intervention for remediation initiatives which are, typically,
offered through the domain of SA? Have your IT operations build an API
interface between the LMS to the needed support systems which may be
typically offered through SA (e.g. peer mentoring programs, etc.). The key
to the success of such an initiative is EARLY intervention. (Read more on
the discussion page.)
Contributor:
Herb Riley
President, FocusED

“…Meanwhile, Student Affairs should ensure that their programming does
not try to reinvent the wheel and focus exclusively on non-content
development; in fact, one of the most valuable skills that Student Affairs
programming can give students is the ability to assess and make meaning
from their classroom experiences and, from a career services perspective,
learn how to articulate the skills learned, both content-based and
development-based, to potential employers.” (Read more on the discussion
page.)
Contributor:
Alex Rot
Student affairs professional integrating learning into all aspects of
students' collegiate experience

“Our institution was lucky enough to land a grant (although this can
definitely be done through community donations) between the leadership
department in student affairs and the leadership department in academics
(we have a minor) to allow professors to integrate giving micro-grants to
community organizations as part of their curriculum.” (Read more on the
discussion page.)
Contributor:
Reuben Pressman
Founder @CheckImHere, Entrepreneur, Compulsive Problem Solver,
Community Builder, Graphic Designer and Web Developer

“…Being both a part of academic and student affairs has given me great
insight on how to incorporate both to provide students with guidance and
support ie student development that is required for success. It is very
important to identify strategies and interventions that deal with a lack of
student development and learning. Programs such as the First-Year
experience and Summer Bridge programs are relevant and necessary for
student’s retention in higher education.” (Read more on the discussion
page.)
Contributor:
Juanita Hall
Administrative Support/Program Manager at University of Houston

“Developing a shared curriculum with overlapping student learning
outcomes. This can be implemented through freshmen/transfer seminars,
institutional research project, and/or service project. Academic Advising
can be the bridge/pipeline of communication to ensure all students receive
the same messaging.”
Contributor:
Christina Mayes
First-Year Advisor, Academic Advising and Achievement Center at
Dominican University of California

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