Ages ago when I was a freshman in college, I went to dinner at the Santa Monica Cheesecake Factory with my entire suite to get to know one another. Despite…
When I meet with students for academic coaching, they often tell me about areas of life where they are attempting to achieve in new environments. Students experience stress because they’re…
Mission is about teaching and learning and that happens primarily through relationship. It is embodied in the faculty, staff and students who serve or attend colleges and universities around the…
Service centers such as the library, advising, campus dining, public safety offices, and student life or campus recreation offices are obvious standard ways colleges support students’ physical, social, and academic…
Here are some ways to prepare as you get ready to move your student into their new community! 1. Take Your Time. Many universities will assign students a day and…
The future seems far away, and TikTok is distracting. Even the best advice will usually land better if it comes from a peer instead of a parent. So, I rounded…
College students are taught that the next four years are the ones to look forward to and will someday be the ones they wish to return to. However, by encouraging…
The stress of needing to perform compounds with the truncated sequence of multiple exams. Yet when I speak with students experiencing stress as an academic coach, they often see stress…
One of the reasons my career in higher education veered toward Student Success is the opportunity I see in the research on college student success, and in my experience coaching…
Soon enough, your student may know what it’s like to feel motivated by their vision for a future career, and then somehow to feel unmotivated in classes, despite working hard…