AccuCampus News

The Effect of the Pandemic on Higher Education: Student POV

The outbreak of the coronavirus caused a major disruption to colleges and universities across the country and forced institutions to move from in-person classes to online or hybrid instruction. The COVID-19 pandemic also disrupted the lives of higher education students and affected their physical and mental well-being in profound ways....

Podcast Episode: Using Data to Make Operational Decisions with Michael Osadchuk, Cal Baptist

We're highlighting and celebrating the stories of our higher education professionals whose passion is making a difference in the lives of their students.   We’ve been impressed by our student services professionals and their response to the COVID-19 pandemic and today’s interview is no different.   A couple of weeks...

Podcast Episode: Preparing Students for a Complex and Changing World with Lisa Costa, UTexas

With the recent pandemic of COVID-19, many colleges and universities have had to close their campuses and move to a totally online operation. Through this experience, we have been greatly impressed by our Student Success Heroes' resilience. We want to share their stories because we know educators continue to look...

How to Enrich a Student’s Virtual Learning Experience

As everyone continues to move to online education across the nation in response to the COVID–19 pandemic, student success has continued to be the highest priority for all academic leaders. Thankfully, technology has vastly improved to support this transition and will continue to improve as we find new ways to...

Can Academic Centers still support students Virtually?

At this point it seems that all schools have been shut down and resources that were once readily available to support students have been forced to go virtual without all the tools needed to do so. These are uncertain times for academic centers and most importantly, students. Now could possibly...

Online Training Should Be Engaging to Be Effective

Distance learning is older than most people think – okay, our current technology (like the internet) is relatively new but the concept is over 170 years old. In Great Britain, instructors sent lessons and received assignments by mail as early as the 1800s. While the distance-learning concept remains, online teaching...

What to Do If You’re a College Student Amidst a Global Pandemic

As college students, we are already allowed a normal dosage of anxiety throughout our daily lives. You probably have a complied list of tasks, just like me, which might include going to work, completing homework, studying for exams, working-out, trying to get 8 hours of sleep and the list can...

Ways to Prevent Student Appointment ‘No-shows’

You've hired and trained your staff. You are striving to continuously improve the practices and processes of your academic center. You have enhanced your list of services and put the word out to faculty and deans. Students are discovering you and traffic is growing. The center is bustling and your...

Creating an Inviting Student Services Center

When it comes to connecting with your students and encouraging repeat visits to your academic service center, first impressions are extremely important. The people, the physical space and appearance make an impact on the emotional and psychological perception of the students of your college or university. In the tutoring centers,...

10 Ways to Promote Your Academic Center

The famous movie line, "if you build it, they will come" has not been proven true in higher ed. One of the biggest challenges our clients face is getting students to come to their centers. They hire amazing staff, create inviting spaces, offer a multitude of services all built to...