Georgia Highlands College
GHC’s priority areas involve Academic Advising (fuller schedules and providing better resources for undecided students), scaling our academic intervention initiatives, and connecting students to careers.
The goal is implement messaging, events and workshops to get students thinking about their career from the moment they begin at GHC, and for them to start building towards that career goal through the courses they choose and personal and professional development
This project aims to put in place academic interventions for student populations identified as at-risk (i.e. students with multiple early alerts, students on academic warning and probation, students who withdraw frequently)
Meeting with undecided students at orientation to provide supports early in the process and explain implications of purposeful choice.
This project aims to encourage students to take fuller schedules to keep them on track to graduate. Specific activities include:
- Pre-registering new students through the orientation process
- Campaigns to students taking less than 12 credits and no summer classes
- Incorporating the graduation message college-wide
- CETL will create and sustain faculty book talks, workshops, and faculty learning communities to promote growth mindset, purpose through course redesign or enhancements.
- IESI: Faculty will examine faculty mindset survey and area F course for Mindset, Purpose, or High Impact Practices.
The mission of Georgia Highlands College, a state college of the University System of Georgia, is to provide access to excellent educational opportunities for the intellectual, cultural, and physical development of a diverse population through pre-baccalaureate associate degree transfer programs, career associate degree programs, and targeted baccalaureate degree programs that meet the economic development needs of the region. The college mission influences our work by allowing us to focus on specific programs offered to our students across Northwest Georgia.
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