Student-Centered
Student-Centered
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Student-Centered is the official podcast of the Arkansas Student Affairs Association, dedicated to keeping students at the heart of higher education. Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to student affairs, this podcast offers inspiration, strategies, and meaningful conversations. Explore challenges, opportunities, and innovative ideas shaping the student experience, while celebrating the work of professionals across Arkansas. Grab your coffee, and let’s connect, learn, and grow—because staying student-centered ensures success for our students and communities!
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The podcast prominently features topics such as student affairs strategies, first-generation student success, and career development in higher education with episodes like Investing in Student Affairs Professionals and Supporting First-Generation Student Success, focusing on real-world applications and professional growth.
Student-Centered is the official podcast of the Arkansas Student Affairs Association, dedicated to keeping students at the heart of higher education. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to student affairs, this podcast offers inspiration, strategies, and meaningful conversations. Explore challenges, opportunities, and innovative ideas shaping the student experience, while celebrating the work of professionals across Arkansas. Grab your coffee, and let’s connect, learn, and grow—because staying student-centered ensures success for our students and communities!
In this special two-part series of The Student-Centered Podcast, host Zackery Tucker sits down with Mary Margaret DeBow of the University of Arkansas–Pulaski Technical College to explore how academic advising can move beyond transactional tasks and become a meaningful mentoring relationship. Together, they discuss building trust with students, fostering self-reflection and independent decision-making, supporting students' personal and academic growth, and creating a culture of advising that empowers learners to take ownership of their educational journeys. Through practical insights and real-world examples, this conversation highlights the transformative impact mentoring-oriented advising can have on student success both in college and beyond.
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