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Panel Promotes Teaching

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According to IRT associate director and panel moderator Catherine Wong, IRT’s free graduate preparation program provides those accepted with multiple kinds of assistance, including advising, application fee waivers, access to grad school recruiters, and workshops.

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Foundation Awards $116M Grant to LaGuardia Community College

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Comprehensive student support services will also be available, such as career advising, preparation for job interviews, job placement, childcare, and financial literacy training. The collective will include specialized shops, labs, and classrooms for hands-on instruction and training.

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College Board Asks Florida Schools Not to Offer AP Psychology Classes

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Therefore, we advise Florida districts not to offer AP Psychology until Florida reverses their decision and allows parents and students to choose to take the full course.” Ron DeSantis “Any AP Psychology course taught in Florida will violate either Florida law or college requirements,” the College Board said in a statement last Thursday.

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Spaces of Belonging: Schools Look to Design to Help First-Gen Students

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Pettigrew advises that schools consider “one-stop shops,” places on campus where students can get answers to almost any question that they might have and connected to the relevant offices if necessary.

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Community College Innovation Exemplars Honored at the Community College Futures Assembly

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Hudson Scholars, an innovative student support model, focuses on retention and improving student outcomes by scaling successful elements of national best-practice models, providing high-touch advisement, financial stipends, and early academic intervention.

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Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference

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Blogs Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference The academic advising profession faces shrinking budgets, expanding student and administration expectations, and increasing turnover—all of which make it harder for institutions to think strategically about advising structure and staffing to support student success.

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National University Students Given Access to Work-Based Learning Via Online Platform

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We want to design into our education programs experiences for that student, whether its peer advising, internships, project-based learning, [or] civic engagement. We want to curate the co-curriculars and other experiences they could have that will be rich for them,” Milliron said. “The

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