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Success Advisors (SAs) are available to �������� learners 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through email, chat, and video conferencing services.

The primary role of SAs is to assist enrolled learners with such advising issues as goal setting, time management, study skills, building plans of study, navigating ��������’s online resources, and developing broader support networks in and outside the university. SAs also provide a layer of personal support, checking in with learners who may be experiencing personal difficulties and, in general, taking a holistic approach to advising them.

SAs have access to data analytics pertaining to learner progress, which enable them to assist learners with academic difficulties such as: unsatisfactory academic progress or under-engagement in coursework. In addition to serving as a resource to whom learners can proactively reach out, SAs also monitor a learner’s academic progress and, in coordination with course faculty, devise appropriate outreach/intervention plans.

�������� has a dedicated group of Success Advisors to guide learners from Orientation through the successful completion of the first three courses in their program. After this period, learners will be supported by the rest of the Success Advising team who will provide support through graduation.

Learners are encouraged to reach out to the advising team by emailing success@nexford.org, booking an advising session or reaching out through the advising team's official WhatsApp number: +1 (202) 660-1426.

Career advising is a key component of ��������’s learner success approach. ��������’s career advising merges technological and traditional approaches. �������� utilizes web-based big-data analytics on both global and local employment trends to understand future areas of employment growth. �������� feeds this information into our curricular design and provides it to learners for their academic planning purposes. ��������’s proprietary virtual career advisor (Cary) will help learners to learn about career options in their local and global markets, and about the skills/competencies they will need in order to pursue them. In addition, Cary will assist learners with identifying appropriate learning pathways through ��������.

Cary will be available to learners throughout their enrollment at ��������, giving them real-time guidance on employer needs and job/career options, and on appropriate academic planning strategy. In addition to deepening learners’ understanding of how their individual courses and overall academic programs connect to their real- world goals, Cary will also enable learners to pivot quickly and adjust their academic plans if and as their thinking about careers evolve.

�������� learners have access to a comprehensive career planning portal: Career Transitions. The portal offers a wealth of resources including how to write a resume, interview simulations, how to prepare for an interview, as well as an online job database, which is currently limited to US jobs. The portal also includes a career planner where learners can browse different career paths, understand growth prospects per career, average salary per career and even deep dive into each career to understand typical activities, common tools, and typical career ladders that are associated with each role.

In addition to the aforementioned technologies, starting September 2020 �������� will offer career advising guidance, assisting learners in completing career goals assessments, and helping them formulate academic plans appropriate to their career goals.

�������� tracks the employment and career outcomes of all program graduates. These data feed both our curricular design and our learner success approaches and assist learners in their own strategic planning. ��������’s insights team tracks longitudinal employment outcomes by sending brief employment surveys to alumni at regular monthly intervals. To encourage participation respondents are eligible to receive tuition credit to be used towards any future course enrollment at ��������.

Faculty provide learners with course-based advising, answering questions about course materials. They also assist learners in planning their capstone projects, providing them with timely and substantive feedback. Associate Professors evaluate capstone projects, assessing the level of learners’ overall learning in each course, and assisting learners whose work does not meet passing standards to close any learning gaps. Teaching Assistants also provide additional grading and advising support in certain courses.

�������� provides equal access to learners with documented disabilities, in accordance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008. �������� prohibits unlawful discrimination on the basis of disability, and takes action to prevent such discrimination by providing reasonable accommodations to learners with documented disabilities. �������� does not actively solicit disability information from prospective or enrolled learners.

The university understands that the decision to disclose a disability is a highly personal one, and respects the right of learners not to disclose. Nonetheless, we strongly encourage learners with documented disabilities to consider discussing any concerns with ��������’s Disability Resource Services so that they can learn about their options and, should they so decide, to submit any necessary documentation. The university provides qualifying learners with the accommodations they are entitled to. Disability Resource Services assists qualifying learners.

In securing reasonable accommodations to meet their needs. The Director of Learner Success administers these services.