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Tag Archives: student coaching
Coach Knows Best
By Paul Fain
The outsourcing of student coaching and advising appears to be less controversial than it was when InsideTrack, a private company that provides coaches via phone, arrived on the scene in 2001.
For one thing, colleges are feeling plenty of pressure to step up their game in getting students to graduation. That probably makes it harder to criticize their use of outside help on coaching. And some college leaders argue that InsideTrack’s brand of advising is simply better than what they can do in-house.
“We have to focus on our core competencies,” said Barbara Karlin, vice president… Continue reading
The Proof Is In The Person
By Josh Berman
Korie Chung drew on her own experience to achieve success as an InsideTrack coach. Today, she is an Associate Campus Director.
“You know, Korie, that sounds good and all, but I don’t trust it. Prove it.”
Korie Chung’s toughest coaching challenge yet. A student demanded that she improvise. Dig deep. Anyone can read from a script of empowering words, and maybe for the lucky, effortlessly adaptable few, that would be enough. But Jeff was no stranger to idealistic encouragement. What he was a stranger to was the prospect of any of these “wise words” panning out… Continue reading
No More Training Wheels
Listening to Students:
No More Training Wheels
By Josh Berman
Coaching? What, like they think that after eighteen years we still need someone to tell us how to live like functional adults? You’re not going, are you?”
That was the first I heard about InsideTrack, the “coaching” service Chapman University provided to us incoming freshmen, free of charge. None of us really knew much about it, but we had the idea that this was some kind of adult babysitter — someone to make sure that we did our homework, kept the partying to a reasonable level, and didn’t put… Continue reading
Posted in InsideTrack News
Tagged Change Magazine, InsideTrack, Josh Berman, No More Training Wheels, student coaching, Student success
InsideTrack announces new jobs for downtown Nashville
By Eric Snyder
InsideTrack, a San Francisco-based student coaching company, announced today plans for a new coaching center in downtown Nashville. According to a news release, InsideTrack “plans to bring hundreds of jobs to downtown Nashville over several years.” The release does not provide a more precise jobs number, and a company official was not immediately available for comment. The new center opened today in the Washington Square building at 222 Second Ave. N.
Read more: bizjournals.com
Posted in InsideTrack News
Tagged InsideTrack, Nashville, new jobs, student coaching
DOE Evidence Meets Practice Report Highlights the Value of Student Coaching
Dave Jarrat
Vice President, Marketing
InsideTrack
The Department of Education recently released a report entitled “Evidence Meets Practice” highlighting institutional strategies that have been shown to increase college completion. According to the report, college student coaching is among the most cost-effective means of improving student outcomes.
Download the full report: edpubs.gov
