Berklee Bridge unifies student success services, supports, and resources, connecting and simplifying access to all the elements students need to thrive during their time at Berklee. The Bridge comprises many departments with cross-trained teams who are ready to quickly assist students with whatever they need, from registration, financial aid, and billing to accessibility, international student services, academic and personal counseling, and beyond.
Bold, holistic, and personalized, Berklee Bridge eliminates guesswork for students as they conduct their business with Berklee, helping them move toward their goals by focusing their attention and time on the business of learning and creating.
Read about the foundational elements of the Bridge in the sections below: Student Success Network, Student Success Advising, One Stop Student Services, and Care Support Services.
Student Success Network
The Student Success Network is a team of highly coordinated specialty advisors who work directly with each student and the student’s success advisor to address their unique needs, provide guidance on their path to graduation, and ensure their personal success as artists. The Student Success Network includes advisors who are experts in international student services, student wellness, accessibility resources, student affairs, career services, major selection, and more. Advisors in the success networks collaborate to support each student’s individual experience, ensuring they feel connected, confident, and successful.
Academics
Student Success Advising
As part of the Berklee Bridge, our Student Success Advising model ensures that students have a highly personalized experience on the journey from matriculation to graduation. Student Success Advising is a proactive system of support designed to build long-lasting, trusting relationships between students and advisors to enable students to achieve their goals.
Advisors guide students through academic planning, including setting goals, developing course schedules, registering for classes, identifying options for majors and minors, and understanding how to declare. Advisors also empower students with the skills they need for success, such as time-management, planning, organization, and self-advocacy skills.
Enrollment
One Stop Student Services
As part of the Berklee Bridge, our Student Success Advising model ensures that students have a highly personalized experience on the journey from matriculation to graduation. Student Success Advising is a proactive system of support designed to build long-lasting, trusting relationships between students and advisors to enable students to achieve their goals through semesterly advising meetings.
Advisors guide students through academic planning, including setting goals, developing course schedules, registering for classes, identifying options for majors and minors, and understanding how to declare. Advisors also empower students with the skills they need for success, such as time-management, planning, organization, and self-advocacy skills.
Health and Wellness
Care Support Services
Care Support Services works closely with the Student Support Network as part of the Berklee Bridge in order to support the health and wellness of all students and remove barriers to success. Through the Care Support Services case management model, students have access to resources on and off campus to promote their physical and mental health. Each student is assigned a case manager who helps them access care, schedule and prepare for wellness and counseling appointments, find primary care providers and specialists, and navigate health insurance. In addition, Care Support Services helps students with basic needs, such as providing free hygiene supplies or helping students apply for state assistance programs. Care Support Services is a proactive model that provides risk assessment, early intervention, and diagnostic testing to promote a safe, healthy, and flourishing community of artists and learners.