Enabling Student Success through Embedded Advising
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This paper briefly outlines a proposal for increasing the capacity of schools and programs to better support the success and retention of Griffith students. This proposal should be understood within the context of the wider Griffith Retention Strategy (2012‐2014) which incorporates both curricular and co‐curricular strategies. The paper proposes the creation of a new role (Student Success Advisor), and the repositioning of current roles, in particular the First Year Advisor role, in relation to student engagement and retention.
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