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Success Coaching and Online Platform Shown to Improve Retention

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Features that are designed for ease of information sharing could become problematic when financial or medical data comes into the picture. Evans, associate director-student life at NCCCS According to Dr. J.J. Evans, associate director-student life at the NCCCS, pains are taken to protect student information.

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Mini-series: Included from day one

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Large adjustments have to be made to all aspects of your life, including feeling like you fit in and belong as part of your new learning community. One example of this is with our ‘medical families’, which are formed within the first few weeks of being at university. This support is definitely not to be overlooked.

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Faces of PUC: Marriah Smith 

PUC

Born in Modesto, CA, is senior student Marriah Smith who is majoring in biology and business management for medical professionals. The faculty from PUC’s biology department is her favorite thing about being a part of the Pioneers family. Knowing she can count on them in a crisis or receive great advice- they have become a […]

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Residence life: Samuel Pepys in the age of Covid

Teaching Matters Online Learning

I started my residence life, living almost without going out except shopping for food. I could no longer use my work to record the ordinary student life in Edinburgh, nor could I depict the scenic journey in Europe. Thereupon, I started to record my life during quarantine with my daily artworks.

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Should I Disclose Learning Differences on the College Application

Great College Advice

Beyond this, also consider things like accessibility to medical providers and your student’s ability to maintain relationships with family and friends within a specific mile radius. Some schools require more documentation than others.

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

granted, breadth of programs and funded research (which generally requires a medical school), plus success in revenue sports. Meanwhile, expenditures on administration, even excluding student services and student life, have increased markedly. The 35 most prestigious U.S.

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Day Haul: Monday in My Life as a Junior at Hope!

Hope College Network

My first class of the day is medical Spanish, and almost every Monday we have a test about anatomy vocab or other medical terms we’ve learned. After running, I come back home and shower, make coffee and breakfast, and sit down to read my Bible while I eat. Then, I get ready for class and head to my 8:30.

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