{"id":2383,"date":"2022-11-04T07:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T11:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/framework\/?p=2383"},"modified":"2025-01-09T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T21:05:49","slug":"first-year-advising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/inspired\/2022\/11\/04\/first-year-advising\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhance First-Year Advising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Student experience, retention, graduation, and post-graduation outcomes are core to our mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the Academic Advising Center students receive assistance in exploring majors, overcoming academic difficulties, and more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To achieve our vision of Clark as a university of distinction, we need to recruit students who are excited to come to Clark \u2014 and to stay here. Advising \u2014 especially in the first year of an undergraduate student\u2019s education<\/a> \u2014 is critical to keeping students on track and engaged in their academic journey and college life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an early and substantial investment, we have established a student success center in the Academic Commons that is staffed by a team of pre-major advisers who will serve as a visible and accessible one-stop shop for students to find holistic support and referrals to other services across the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This investment in first-year advising will help us realize our Strategic Framework goals of increasing our academic and research excellence; advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion; and augmenting our institutional capacity by ensuring our students have the best academic and social experience at Clark \u2014 and, by extension, become involved alumni who are committed to advancing the Clark story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This initiative supports the following goals and areas of focus:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Academic and Research Excellence<\/a><\/li>
  2. Enhanced Campus Experience<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n