3 research outputs found
Collaborative Leadership and Student Success Perceptions of Chief Academic Affairs & Chief Student Affairs Officers at Midwestern Private Higher Education Institutions
No full textThis quasi-experimental study focused on collaborative leadership in higher education, emphasizing its potential impact on student success and career readiness. The 66 Chief Academic Affairs Officers (CAAOs) and Chief Student Affairs Officers (CSAOs) participants worked at Midwestern private higher education institutions, which were members of The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) (n.d.). The participants completed Collaborative Leadership Self-Assessment Questionnaires (Turning Point, n.d.) that included a student success section, which was developed and added based on research topics presented by Kezar (2003) and Kezar and Holcombe (2020). The results showed no statistically significant differences in perceptions of collaborative leadership influencing student success and career readiness among the leaders based on age, gender, education, or years of experience. Other studies suggested that collaborative initiatives between academic and student affairs divisions can benefit student development in and out of class (Chen & Tull, 2023; Kezar, 2003; O’Connor, 2012; O’Hallan, 2019) and fortify students’ career readiness, which was crucial for students graduating and entering the workforce (Humphreys, 2013). Future research on collaborative leadership in higher education to support student and career readiness may yield viable results if more participants are involved, especially post-pandemic
Leveraging Shared Experiences: How Collaboration Among Beginner, Intermediate, and Experienced Recruitment and Admission Professionals Can Transform Enrollment
No full textPresentation Overview: Higher education recruitment and admission are influenced by processing applications and shaping enrollment outcomes. Also at the epicenter of this operation is building relationships between students, school counselors, and the admission counselors. The different ages and experience levels add various perspectives that can help move students through enrollment. The premise is that each counselor can help implement a more comprehensive and collaborative approach to supporting students throughout their educational journey. This support can be better garnered and channeled by exploring counselors\u27 professional and personal experiences that can help meet/exceed selected outcomes. This presentation focuses on how counselors can significantly enhance the student experience by fostering stronger connections and increasing student enrollment and success.
Objective: The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate how the combined expertise and perspectives of counselors of different ages and years in the profession can create a more supportive approach to student recruitment, admission, enrollment, and success
Calculation of the rockwall recession rate of a limestone cliff, affected by rockfalls, using cosmogenic chlorine-36. Case study of the Montsec Range (Eastern Pyrenees, Spain)
No full textCliff erosion may be a major problem in settled areas affecting populations and producing economic and ecological losses. In this paper we present a procedure to calculate the long-term retreat rate of a cliff affected by rockfalls in the Montsec Range, Eastern Pyrenees (Spain). It is composed of low, densely fractured limestones; and the rockwall is affected by rockfalls of different sizes. The rockfall scars are clearly distinguishable by their regular boundaries and by their orange colour, which contrast with the greyish old reference surface (S 0) of the cliff face. We have dated different stepped surfaces of the rockwall, including S 0, using cosmogenic 36Cl. The total amount of material released by rockfall activity was calculated using a high definition point cloud of the slope face obtained with a terrestrial laser scanner (TLS). The present rockwall surface has been subtracted from the reconstructed old cliff surface. This has allowed the calculation of the total volume released by rockfalls and of the retreat rate. The latter ranges from 0.31 to 0.37mm·a-1. This value is of the same order of magnitude as that obtained by other researchers in neighbouring regions in Spain, having similar geology and affected by rockfallsThe authors would like to acknowledge the funding of the FPU-UPC 2009 Research Fellowship by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech to the first author, and the financial support of the Spanish Economy and Competitiveness Ministry to the Rockrisk research project (BIA2013-42582-P) and the Interreg Project SUDOE IV B/DO-SMS, ref. SOE1/P2/F157 of the European Unio
