Achieving Student Success: Effective Student Services in Canadian Higher Education 9780773575721

In today's colleges and universities, whether students succeed depends in large part on access to effective service

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Achieving Student Success: Effective Student Services in Canadian Higher Education
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Donna Hardy Cox
C. Carney Strange

Table of contents :
Contents
Foreword
Preface
PART ONE: HISTORICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, AND THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF STUDENT SERVICES
1 Foundations of Student Services in Canadian Higher Education
2 Theoretical Foundations of Student Success
PART TWO: FORMS, FUNCTIONS, AND PRACTICES: STRUCTURING SERVICES FOR STUDENT SUCCESS
Matriculation
3 Enrolment Management, Admissions, and Registrar Services
4 Student Financial Assistance and Scholarship Services
5 Orientation and First-Year Services
Accommodation, Engagement, and Involvement
6 Housing and Residence Life
7 Student Leadership, Involvement, and Service Learning
8 Student Judicial Affairs and Academic Integrity
Support and Adjustment
9 Counselling Services
10 Health and Wellness Services
11 Career and Employment Services
12 Services for Diverse Students
13 Organizing, Leading, and Managing Student Services
PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL MISSION AND CONTEXT
14 Student Services in College
15 Student Services in University
16 Student Services at a Distance
PART FOUR: ACHIEVING STUDENT SUCCESS: CONCLUSION
17 Principles and Strategies of Good Practice in Student Services
References
Contributors
Index
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D
E
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G
H
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