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Laurie Hazard

Higher Education Administration and Student Success Expert

Highlights

Dr. Hazard’s Workshop Presentation

Blog Posts By Dr. Hazard

Short Videos By Dr. Hazard

Dr. Hazard’s Books (Co-Author)

Dr. Hazard’s Awards & Recognitions

  • Top 10 Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate as selected by the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition
  • Learning Assistance Association of New England’s Outstanding Research and Publication Award in 2006
  • Learning Assistance Association of New England’s Outstanding Service to Developmental Students Award in October of 2010
  • College Reading and Learning Association’s Northeast’s Outstanding Service to the Field of Developmental Education in 2013
  • In 2018, her research and work focused on parents of college students was recognized at the Association of Higher Education Parent and Family Program Professions (AHEPPP) where Bryant University was presented with an award for the Best Institutional Initiative.

Full Bio

Laurie L. Hazard, Ed.D. is a faculty member, student success expert,  and higher education consultant with over thirty years of operational and strategic experience in the field of higher education. Her experience ranges from teaching to assessment work to developing innovative services and programs for institutions tailored to their specific populations.  As the former Assistant Dean for Student Success at Bryant University, she was responsible for ensuring that students had a positive, thriving experience from matriculation to graduation.  Currently, Laurie teaches psychology at the New England Institute of Technology for the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. 


Laurie researches and writes about student achievement, parent involvement, and college success. She is an award-winning expert on how students can make successful transitions from high school to college.  She has won numerous awards for her work with first-year students and their parents, including the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition’s Outstanding First-Year Student Advocate; the Learning Assistance Association of New England’s Outstanding Research and Publication Award; the Learning Assistance Association of New England’s Outstanding Service to Developmental Students Award and CRLA Northeast’s Outstanding Service to the Field of Developmental Education Award. Most recently, Laurie and her colleague received the AHEPPP, Parent and Family Professional Best Institutional Initiative Award and Blackboard Catalyst Award for Student Success.

Laurie’s expertise has garnered national media attention. She has been interviewed and cited as an expert in the Associated Press, Seventeen Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Times Picayune, The San Diego Tribune, and Student Affairs Leader. Laurie has also been a guest columnist for the Washington Post’s Answer Sheet: A School Survival Guide for Parents (And Everyone Else). Her articles offer concrete advice for parents of new college students: “How to Help Your Child Adapt to College Life,” and “Parents Should Leave their Kids Alone at College.” Laurie is co-author of the book Foundations for Learning, 3rd Edition (2012, Prentice Hall), which is designed to help students make a successful transition to college by encouraging them to take responsibility for and claim their own education. She also co-authored a book for parents with fellow student success expert, Stephanie Carter, called Your Freshman Is Off To College (2016). This book is the first in their Off To Series. Laurie and Stephanie’s next book Off to College, a student companion book, is expected to be out in 2025.  Her latest student success text “The Habits of Mind for College Success: Claiming Your Education” was recently released by Kendall-Hunt Publishing Company