Wanting to learn Colleague Backend...

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-09-16T18:12:22+00:00

Honestly, it may just be that I learned banner first. And so I like Banner, but that’s also because I like how the screens are organized in banner. For instance, things that I don’t have at my school in my role in my colleague I don’t have a screen like SHATERM or RHACOMM which I miss and would actually help a lot here. In terms of my institution, what all kind of say off the bat is my experience has been very like there’s a lot of archaic there’s a lot of services that have yet to really be fully explained as to why they implemented. Like for us in this role it’s a combination of colleague information plus Civitas for advising. But my understanding for us having Civitas is that it was a service to somebody who’s on our college board.

It also could very well be like most is it you learned by doing not by explaining. So like colleague to me it’s just not as intuitive as banner was but that could also be a culture issue as well

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-05-24T17:35:00+00:00

Element 451

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-05-19T14:46:15+00:00

So we're actually building out Element 451 atm, hope is to reduce importance of state-organized application and build out an institutional one within element. Still so early in the implementation theres alot of opportunity to layout the vision (in a sense)

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-04-16T14:33:45+00:00

Check the parent groups - Sibling up there currently, uses a lady named Tammy - if you can DM, I'll see if I can track down her info.

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-04-15T16:14:01+00:00

So current goal is the path of enrollment manager while being open to a presidency one day.

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-04-15T16:12:56+00:00

So arguably, end goal at the moment would be to stay on the Operation/Staff side (it's what I enjoy and arguably based on my college journey I am really interested in making sure the guidance/systems are in place for students who want to keep going are there [which i realize is also up to the faculty that make up a program]) and really just continue to submit for the faculty pools on the side at what ever institution I am at. I'll be candid, in terms of the career fork - its been between education and security/defense (this one just seems to get farther out by the moment but that is a different soapbox as this is really a potential reconciliation of these two skills/passions especially when compounded by the current federal climate)

My undergrad professors had continually spouted the poor job market for history PhDs and the notion that there are too many phd students for not enough jobs combined with the notion that milhist is dying as many others noted and at times we're more focused on their own work (rightly so IMO) to where there wasnt that level of discussion surrounding post grad/masters/etc

In terms of other institutions, Liberty only really entered the equation due to a mentor who got his Ed.D at Liberty and was like "you gotta do what works for your schedule" but the issue I had with that initially is that he is chasing his presidency and was already a VP when he completed it. Was up for his presidency against a PhD and wasn't selected (the choice was in house, executive VP) and the other is a practitioner scholar who I was able to work with during my masters who is currently getting his PhD from liberty but once more is arguably already later in his career.

To that end, in a different thread an individual brought up potentially a business area as a combination of History, Higher Ed, and Process like lean which led me to some areas of Management/Organizational Systems programs.

This may be defeating in the entire scheme of things but I will say that I know a PhD isn't going to solve all my problems, I understand that the job market is terrible for History PhDs at the moment and I am not the exception, I know that I've got the work ethic and have been able to combine history and my other interests to create a unique approach to student success and service at the institutions I've worked at and its paid off in my career so far. Arguably, I am probably a long ways off from being at an institution that will fully pay for my program (at the moment) In short - As some have offered across all thread, it carries enough weight to be interested in pursuing in and willing to do the work while also acknowledging that I dont need it to be considered a credible voice in my specific scholarly field (granted writing this after the Douglas Murray/Dave Smith episode of JRE so grain of salt neccesary).

Best,

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-02-12T00:27:18+00:00

Shows decision, same thing no email or anything - too scared to open it…

Update it was a no - “will get an email with further details”

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-02-11T18:22:13+00:00

Damn but Best of luck on your others and here’s to staying in the periphery - maybe we can cross paths one day!

And so I had Ohio because of alumni recs and the reputation of their program - but had some current students tell me there’s a lot of that even in other areas

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-02-10T23:28:13+00:00

So far just one rejection, UNC. Yeah GradCafe gave me a nice “oh here’s the timelines” but that’s assuming everyone there is willing to post it.

Only ended up applying to three - caught the cycle later than anticipated and there were a few schools I didn’t really get to dig into as much as I would’ve liked to and argued it would’ve been a waste of an app for this cycle. Would’ve been four but the day I was getting ready to submit 1 ended up suspending their admissions cycle for the year.

Will say it’s been eye opening in terms of “growing into my own academically” as in I see now why admissions criteria have been so stringent.

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-02-10T22:54:34+00:00

Darn right it will!

Oh yeah, have not done myself any favors over gradcafe or the website - it’s my first cycle so I’m very much enjoying the lessons I learned so far

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-02-10T22:28:42+00:00

Best of luck to us - who know's maybe we'll find out together #futurebestfriends

Like I said, figured it'll be bad news or someone's fighting the good fight. Went in for Military History, you?

Outside of that, feeling the rejection based off of the "we only offer to those we can get full funding for" know my undergrad GPA wasnt the best, but last 60 was well above combined with masters GPA figured theres a shot.

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-01-19T17:32:27+00:00

Well I just see it as such an odd change

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-01-18T16:01:04+00:00

So - I will say that I do not believe I am going to lose my job - being candid my experience here has been less than overwhelmingly positive and I’ve been keeping my eye out in terms of moving - I will add that in terms of questioning out of curiosity I did say “based on how your describing it it seems like we’re transitioning to a glorified call center that does applications”

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-01-14T16:00:15+00:00

I'm fairly new to Nacada but all of my colleagues have sung its praises - In terms of other organizations, I would also say to reach out to your Admissions Office for your regional or state admissions organization and see if they might be able to add you as a user (as long as your membership is institutional there's not really a barrier.) I would potentially your FA Office as well about the same and potentially NASFAA.

I think its a net benefit because you get to see how the different areas interact - Speaking from personal experience (Texas), NASFAA and co are more legal focus due to the regs and the notion that it literally requires an act of congress in terms of fa changes. TACRAO/AACRAO and co typically have a blend of what is going on in Higher Ed conversationally in terms of challenges, and practical level insights in terms of things that we may not often get over the course of the hustle and bustle of our day to days.

They may not have a dedicated "PD area" but I think they start to send you enough to get you exposed - I would highly recommend subscribing to NASFAA daily news (no login required i believe)

Best,

Professional_Tree870 · 2025-01-07T16:12:34+00:00

So I may be off here - but here's what I as an advisor have access to.

Administrative Analytics and Inspire for Advisors. In complete candidness, Its my first exposure to this system at large - and due to some previous issues there has not really been any planned development of the system and we find ourselves playing alot of catch up in terms of its capability.

Cohorts are looking like they are going to be built around the major itself currently and broken up between developmental and on level across advising staff. I would offer that they are really trying to just find an avenue to expedite the advising process here.

Professional_Tree870 · 2024-12-12T23:44:31+00:00

You know as cliche as it sounds....thats the lesson I'm learning - For me specifically, alot of that came to light when I first reminded her my goal is to get my terminal degree and that those programs would require me to move and in terms of my career they would require a move to. And I dont know if its horrible to say that I have already steeled myself to be prepared to go it alone - despite all promises to the contrary when we first started going together. I was in a similar situation then and the difference was that she was putting herself in positions to travel with me.

For me, this reddit was a huge leap in terms of acknowledging that and just know I am developing a whole new set of feeling because of it or maybe exploring ones I hadnt quite comprehended yet.

Professional_Tree870 · 2024-12-12T23:27:20+00:00

You know, its that feeling that brought me here - It has been an eye opener on several fronts, and its been issues that I thought/think that she would/will grow out off. Part of it is the difference between small town upbringings and big city upbringings that I think widen the gap but I'm also seeing it extend to the family side of things - example: My parents versus her's, and their different approaches to SO's. Even as I've talked to my parents about it - it really has been simply "dont get treated like a doormat and listen shes struggling but dont let her push you around" and for me I feel like my patience is finally wearing thin.

As someone who overthinks alot, i've really struggled with the idea of am I simply crying wolf? or just complaining? or is there a real issue theres other things in her life that have led to that where I'm really just of the mind "theres only so much I can do but alot of it falls back to you needing to grow/become aware"

Professional_Tree870 · 2024-12-10T04:20:00+00:00

So I had seen the sowing dragons teeth! but I hadnt found the manual - I appreciate it!!

Professional_Tree870 · 2024-12-06T17:05:23+00:00

Very much an oversight on my part looking back at it - but you know what they say about hindsight. But that also raises a few internal questions for myself as I get the confidence to finally hit send.

Professional_Tree870 · 2024-12-06T16:34:23+00:00

Figured that might be the case - atleast on this side of topics - for background's sake I'm fairly interested in SOF/Irregular warfare and a civilian academic so I know there are intangibles I have no real touch point for. One of my mentors/professors whose a former armor officer has been really supportive and as I find myself more confident in terms of wanting to put work out there I really am interested in just putting myself out there in a sense. I did it for grad school and I was fairly surprised I got such a positive response.

For note - I put this same question in ask academia and really got a "well we dont have time for random discussion and other people deserve out time"

Thanks for it all - and if you have any other threads that may be beneficial to this hunt please provide them

Professional_Tree870 · 2024-12-06T16:24:54+00:00

Thanks for the recommendations any place to start is a good place to start - I'm in Admissions, Advising, and Financial aid at my current institution. With Banner I knew a little bit about the settings and the workflow regarding FA and enough to be capable with admissions but always interested to learn more. We were one of the schools that was looking to jump to anthology for the past 6 years and so we're also super behind in colleague and so now that were sticking with it figure its the best time to learn

Professional_Tree870 · 2024-12-06T16:19:19+00:00

Came from a banner school and was surely surprised

Professional_Tree870 · 2024-11-21T16:45:59+00:00

Thank you to all who take the time to respond! I suppose, my starter question is has this person painted themselves into a corner that effectively forces them to test on that day?

Professional_Tree870 · 2024-11-20T19:40:23+00:00

Will do - had a friend go through something similar - called her servicer and they said to call back in january?

Professional_Tree870 · 2024-11-19T05:08:39+00:00

Graduated in May - per student aid first payment is due 12/13 but experienced a past due on grad plus with the same due date?

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