The Stress Mindset: Friend or Foe?
Have you ever locked yourself out of an office, a car, an apartment or home?…
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Law School Success
Success or thriving in law school can be characterized in two different ways. There is…
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Is Your ASP Office a “Safe Space”?
As of late, the higher education world and various outlets have been buzzing about “Safe…
“A Brief Social-Belonging Intervention Improves Academic and Health Outcomes of Minority Students” Say Researchers Walton and Cohen
Big hat tip to Professor Rodney Fong at the University of San Francisco School of…
Alone…or Perhaps…Not Quite So Alone as 1L Students?
Wow...For those of you as 1L students, perhaps you feel like I did when I…
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Capitalizing on Post Summer Enthusiasm of 2Ls & 3Ls
At the end of the first year of law school, many rising 2Ls leave for…
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Trawling Linked In
Do you ever get days when you wonder if you are making a difference? Do…
ASP-ers as Coaches? Perhaps!
"A great sports instructor or coach builds us up, but also teaches us important lessons…
Learn Something New
For many academic support educators, we move from bar support to preparing to welcome the…
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Why We Do What We Do
I know from recent emails with colleagues that our calendars are beyond bursting. Student appointments,…