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

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. Our jobs necessarily demand that we’re triangulating between students, professors and others (parents, support offices, health providers, etc.)

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Recommendations for first-year Ph.D. students (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Labaree offers recommendations based on years of experience as a doctoral adviser, associate dean of students and teacher of courses aimed at first-year doctoral students.

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

Inside Higher Ed

Garret Naiman, associate vice chancellor and dean of students at UC Santa Cruz, believes the director’s position is key to harnessing all the services available to students in need. Of those, 61 have “director” or “assistant director” titles, and 16 are at the dean or assistant dean level.

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Renaming of the Presidential Citation to the Anne S. Pruitt-Logan Presidential Citation

ACPA

She later held the positions of Dean of Women and Dean of Students at Albany State College in Georgia and in a similar position at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. During her years at Fisk, her students helped to institute the Student Sit-ins and Freedom Rides that galvanized the non-violent Civil Rights protests.

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Report: Warnings ignored before U of Ariz. professor killed

Inside Higher Ed

“Until his arrest after the murder, Dervish harassed four HAS faculty members, a female undergraduate student and a Dean of Students (DOS) administrator,” says the report , released Wednesday. The next month, a HAS leader wrote that students were moved out of a classroom and door combination codes were changed.

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Inspired by Veteran Grandfather, Therapist Teaches Wellness, Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Quamina Carter “Through that experience, I was able to get my foot in the door and do some student affairs work alongside colleagues and the president at DePauw University at that time," Carter says. That penchant for student affairs stuck, recently bringing her into her current role as vice president of student affairs at CGU.

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How AI Can Boost Higher Ed Student Success Outside the Classroom

Liaison International

If College A identifies an unexplained drop in retention rates between first- and second-year students, an AI system can focus on those students. And if College B finds that students aren’t taking advantage of an advising program, AI can look for reasons the program isn’t succeeding.