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California's Community Colleges See the Benefits of Student Housing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

million attendees, current housing capacity exists for only 2,369 students. Since the start of the spring semester, Suarez said she has encountered several students who have expressed their gratitude for the housing provided by The Harbour. Out of the system’s 1.8

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Mini-series: Blogging to build community – Stories from the Vet School

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

I originally created this blog to use as an additional recruitment and conversion tool in order to showcase vet student life to prospective students and other visitors. My aim was to build it up enough to have it ready for 2019 entry conversion, where we convert offers to acceptances.

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Sports betting contracts should be rethought (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” The gold rush for online college sports betting contracts started in 2018, following the Supreme Court’s decision allowing states to legalize sports betting.

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Speed-date a language student: Raising aspiration and boosting graduate skills

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Speednetworking event in 50 George Square, October 2018, with pupils from St. As well as sending students out into schools as language ambassadors, it is also important to invite school classes into the university so that pupils can gain some first-hand experience of student life on campus.

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A Healthier Me At Hope

Hope College Network

I came to Hope as a freshman in the fall of 2018 with unbelievable expectations and hopes for what my first year in college would be. I would meet my roommate and become best friends. College, how hard could it be if I managed to get through high school.

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3 Ways Social Listening Aligns Athletics and Central Marcom

Campus Sonar

Forward-thinking enrollment and athletic leaders have the opportunity to build relationships with high-profile athletes from the very start of their connection to your campus, to amplify values and demonstrate student life. Take advantage of the opportunity.

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Via Helps Oglethorpe Bring Study Abroad to More Diverse Student Population

Via's

“Via ensures more students can see themselves in our programs,” director says. When she became the inaugural assistant dean and director of global education at Oglethorpe University in August 2018, Marisa Atencio, EdD, inherited six file drawers of papers and historical ways of recruiting and communicating with students about study abroad.