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Dr. Dara N. Byrne: Leveraging Public Higher Education for the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Macaulay can provide an elite education — or a model that exemplifies the best of what higher ed has to offer — but without elitist recruitment or admissions processes,” says Byrne, who has been a faculty member at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (part of CUNY) since 2003. The racial gap in graduation rates is minimal.

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What Looks Good on a College Application?

Great College Advice

After all, in the United States, our admissions process is very subjective. By his own admission, he wasn’t very good at it, nor did he like it much. But admissions officers have clues, most of which have to do with family income, social class, and privilege. This is the key question, isn’t it?

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Class Size and Student-to-Faculty Ratios: What the Statistics Don’t Tell You

Great College Advice

The other oft-cited statistic when visiting an admissions office is “average class size.” Believe me, this is not the sort of information you will hear from an admissions counselor. How many seminar rooms are there? What is the ratio of lecture halls to seminar rooms? 50 students? 500 students?

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Senior Experiences

Hope College Network

Professors will even welcome their senior-level seminar and research classes into their homes or coffee shops for class sessions. The academic work also lends itself to reflection as seniors have the opportunity to create culminating projects, pieces, and research that bring together their four years of study.

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Expand Your Horizons: Spring Education Events You Won’t Want to Miss

Study and Go Abroad

Fair times: 2 to 6 pm PT Free seminars: 1 to 6 pm PT Seminars and presentations in Vancouver Let’s take a quick look at the presentations you can expect in Vancouver. See the full list of seminars and presentations here ! See the full list of seminars and presentations here ! You can register right now!

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3 Questions for Sue Lorenson, Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education at Georgetown

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I led tours for Admissions. His frustration was palpable; this was a kid who went to a small school because he wanted nothing more than to be sitting in a seminar kicking around great ideas, but he was Zooming and floundering. For all of these reasons, I never pursued a tenure-line job in linguistics. I did whatever jobs came my way.

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New Realities in Higher Education and How Leaders are Facing Them

University Business

Register Now Date & Time: Tuesday, July 30th at 2 pm ET From enrollment cliffs and the changing admission policies in the U.S. to international student caps in Canada to the rise of AI, the higher education landscape is always evolving.