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Adapt! How the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg has adapted to advising today’s student

Adapt! How the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg has adapted to advising today’s student. Vania Alvarez-Minah Anne Dalby Jennifer Sayre. Who We Are. Academic Center, not a Campus Mix of Traditional and Non-traditional students Closest KSU location to Cleveland, right off I-480

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Adapt! How the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg has adapted to advising today’s student

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  1. Adapt! How the Regional Academic Center in Twinsburg has adapted to advising today’s student Vania Alvarez-Minah Anne Dalby Jennifer Sayre

  2. Who We Are • Academic Center, not a Campus • Mix of Traditional and Non-traditional students • Closest KSU location to Cleveland, right off I-480 • Largest Program: Associate Degree in Nursing • Other majors available • Start the first two years of any KSU degree • More to come with a new facility opening Fall 2012

  3. Adapt! Today’s Student • What do you envision when you hear the words “today’s students”?

  4. What needs adapting? • How we look at students: all students are “non-traditional” • Setting students up for success with a firm foundation by placing real value on developmental courses • How we disseminate information

  5. Challenges of Today’s Students • Issues • Entitlement • Responsibility (in and out of school) • Technology • Family

  6. The “(Non-)Traditional” Student • Generation Differences • (Non-)Traditional Hours & Availability • Support Services • Student Groups • “Old School” Attitude • Generalist Advising • Value of Student’s Decisions & Opinions

  7. Disseminating Information • Effective uses of technology • 24/7 mentality • Chat/Instant messaging • Email • Blackboard (Course management systems) • Group Advising

  8. Role of Advising • Accessibility • Method • Terminology • Technique • Alternate Advising

  9. A Firm Foundation • Developmental Courses • Value • What can I get out of this • How can I get out of this • Background • College Readiness • 76% “do not meet all four College Readiness Benchmarks.”(ACT, 2010, p. 8) • Terminology • Below college level • Remedial • Developmental ACT (2010) College readiness report. Retrieved from http://www.act.org/news/data/10/index.html?utm_source=homelink&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=cccr10

  10. In conclusion • All students are non-traditional • Embrace technology • Value developmental courses • Adapt!

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