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Academic Success Tip: Successful Onboarding of Graduate Students
Adelphi University’s College of Nursing and Public Health equips graduate students with resources, services and tools needed to succeed in a monthlong program at the beginning of their studies.
Campus Engagement Tip: Make It Easy to Ask an Administrator
The dean of students from the King’s University College in Ontario sets up regular drop-in meetings for students to talk, ask questions and connect with him.
Program Innovation: Rethinking the First-Year Seminar
One university evolves its courses for incoming students, pulling from learner feedback, faculty insights and national trends to equip and retain students.
College Students Need SEL, Too
Elementary and secondary educators increasingly prioritize social-emotional learning. Higher ed should take note.
Hundreds of Students Protest WVU’s Proposed Program and Faculty Cuts
West Virginia University students staged a walkout Monday to oppose the university’s significant proposed employee layoffs and program cuts.
2 Catholic Colleges Add Nonbinary Policy
The College of St. Benedict for women and St. John’s University for men added a new policy explicitly allowing nonbinary students to attend either campus, cementing their support for LGBTQ+ rights.
St. Norbert Trustee Sues Grad for Defamation
A former administrator was accused of mishandling sexual assault issues at St. Norbert College. Now he’s a trustee and suing a graduate who publicly criticized his leadership.
New on the Job: Christopher Waugh, St. Ambrose University
Newly serving as the inaugural vice president of student engagement, Waugh has spent five years as the dean of students at St. Ambrose, engaging learners and connecting them to the institutional mission. One key goal is determining how to link classroom learning with outside experiences.