Job Responsibilities:
- Provide guidance, advice, and direction to support and retain a specifically assigned group of students as they navigate the higher education landscape at Lipscomb University.
- Advise students regarding policies, procedures, registration, degree progression, and payment options
- Maintain ongoing communication with students, focusing most heavily on students identified as being at risk
- Plan for the upcoming semester
- Review and revise long-range academic program schedules. Academic Success Coaches should assist students in planning a program that is consistent with their abilities and interests.
- Review the progress towards completing the proposed academic program.
- Discuss grades, milestones, and success markers.
- Discuss student wellbeing and satisfaction.
- Help to remove barriers to student persistence and success
About Lipscomb University
Lipscomb University is a Christian institution committed to creating students whose academic excellence, faith and practice, and community service reflect our ideals of global citizenship. With more than 4,600 students and a 10-year growth rate of 85 percent, Lipscomb is a dynamic university offering students a choice of eight bachelor’s degrees in 136 majors, 24 master’s degrees in 70 fields of study, four education specialist degrees and three doctoral degrees. In addition to Lipscomb’s residential campus in the Green Hills area of Nashville, Tennessee, there are five satellite locations and numerous online programs. U.S. News & World Report, which named Lipscomb University as an up-and-coming university and one of the most innovative universities in the South, ranked Lipscomb for the first time in school history as a national university in the annual “2017 America’s Guide to Colleges.” In 2016 the Carnegie Foundation classified Lipscomb as a doctoral university, placing it among 7 percent of schools nationwide. At the heart of Lipscomb University are more than 940 full-time faculty and staff who are committed to creating a lasting impact beyond the campus, serving the good of humanity to the glory of God. As you learn more about Lipscomb, we hope you find it to be a place that is joyfully and energetically committed to God and a place where you truly want to share and invest your talents and skills.