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Supporting student diversity in higher education : a practical guide / edited by Michelle Morgan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2013.Description: xxiv, 262 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415818230:
  • 0415818230 (Paper)
  • 9781135911171
  • 1135911177
  • 0415818222 (Cloth)
  • 9780415818223 (Cloth)
  • 9780415818230 (Paper)
  • 9781299744189 (MyiLibrary)
  • 1299744184 (MyiLibrary)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 378.1982
LOC classification:
  • .S87 2013
Contents:
Setting the scene -- Student diversity in higher education -- The impact of diversity in higher education institutions -- Managing the student experience -- The Student Experience Practitioner Model -- Stages in the Student Experience Practitioner Model -- First contact and admissions: beginning the journey.
Case Study 1 'This is me!' -- exploring a more confident approach to the transition process for disabled applicants from school and college to university -- Case Study 2 Support of 'Looked After Children' and 'Care Leavers' into higher education -- Case Study 3 The development of the 'Kies Actief Toolkit'(KAt) to create awareness on competencies, aspirations and expectations from application to the end of the first year of study at university -- Case Study 4 Preparing students for learning at the University of Portsmouth (PrepUP) using social media -- Pre-arrival.
Case Study 5 QMAdvance -- a three-day orientation programme for new mature students -- Case Study 6 Commonplace -- an online student survival guide to the University of the Arts London -- Case Study 7 JumpStart -- successful transition to university -- Case Study 8 Enhancing transitions and retention for direct-entry (also known as Top-up) students transferring from a Foundation Degree (Fd) course -- 7 Arrival and orientation -- Case Study 9 Life through a Lens -- the student view of the first three weeks of term -- Case Study 10 Using personality type to improve student persistence and success.
Case Study 11 The University of Johannesburg First Year Experience (Level 1)-- Case Study 12 Learning from their experience -- advice from senior undergraduates for Level 1 students pursuing science degrees -- Induction; Case Study 13 Early Days -- an online learner support tool to enhance new students' experiences -- Case Study 14 An experiential project to induct and connect a diverse group of first-year students with their peers, their school and its staff -- Case Study 15 Career passport -- an introduction to career planning for first-year (Level 1) students and beyond.
Case Study 16 Encouraging Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WiSET)9 Reorientation and reinduction to study -- Case Study 17 Promoting employability skills through Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) -- Case Study 18 'Essentials for ... ' -- programme level support through Blackboard -- Case Study 19 Extended reinduction at module level -- developing a curriculum to deliver discipline-specific content and the transition of students to Level 5 learning.
Case Study 20 The use of surveys to improve the reflection skills of returning students, to develop reinduction and outduction activities, and to engage male learners.
Summary: Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education is a working manual that is designed to help managers, academics and members of the professional service teams within universities, recruit and support a diverse student body across the student lifecycle at the same time as delivering a quality student experience in a challenging and pressured environment. Using the Student Experience Practitioner Model as a framework, this book helps colleagues responsible for improving the student experience navigate their way through the maze of student diversity across all levels of study.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Setting the scene -- Student diversity in higher education -- The impact of diversity in higher education institutions -- Managing the student experience -- The Student Experience Practitioner Model -- Stages in the Student Experience Practitioner Model -- First contact and admissions: beginning the journey.

Case Study 1 'This is me!' -- exploring a more confident approach to the transition process for disabled applicants from school and college to university -- Case Study 2 Support of 'Looked After Children' and 'Care Leavers' into higher education -- Case Study 3 The development of the 'Kies Actief Toolkit'(KAt) to create awareness on competencies, aspirations and expectations from application to the end of the first year of study at university -- Case Study 4 Preparing students for learning at the University of Portsmouth (PrepUP) using social media -- Pre-arrival.

Case Study 5 QMAdvance -- a three-day orientation programme for new mature students -- Case Study 6 Commonplace -- an online student survival guide to the University of the Arts London -- Case Study 7 JumpStart -- successful transition to university -- Case Study 8 Enhancing transitions and retention for direct-entry (also known as Top-up) students transferring from a Foundation Degree (Fd) course -- 7 Arrival and orientation -- Case Study 9 Life through a Lens -- the student view of the first three weeks of term -- Case Study 10 Using personality type to improve student persistence and success.

Case Study 11 The University of Johannesburg First Year Experience (Level 1)-- Case Study 12 Learning from their experience -- advice from senior undergraduates for Level 1 students pursuing science degrees -- Induction; Case Study 13 Early Days -- an online learner support tool to enhance new students' experiences -- Case Study 14 An experiential project to induct and connect a diverse group of first-year students with their peers, their school and its staff -- Case Study 15 Career passport -- an introduction to career planning for first-year (Level 1) students and beyond.

Case Study 16 Encouraging Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WiSET)9 Reorientation and reinduction to study -- Case Study 17 Promoting employability skills through Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) -- Case Study 18 'Essentials for ... ' -- programme level support through Blackboard -- Case Study 19 Extended reinduction at module level -- developing a curriculum to deliver discipline-specific content and the transition of students to Level 5 learning.

Case Study 20 The use of surveys to improve the reflection skills of returning students, to develop reinduction and outduction activities, and to engage male learners.

Supporting Student Diversity in Higher Education is a working manual that is designed to help managers, academics and members of the professional service teams within universities, recruit and support a diverse student body across the student lifecycle at the same time as delivering a quality student experience in a challenging and pressured environment. Using the Student Experience Practitioner Model as a framework, this book helps colleagues responsible for improving the student experience navigate their way through the maze of student diversity across all levels of study.

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