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

Inside Higher Ed

Our jobs necessarily demand that we’re triangulating between students, professors and others (parents, support offices, health providers, etc.) Our jobs necessarily demand that we’re triangulating between students, professors and others (parents, support offices, health providers, etc.) I babysat for the dean of students.

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What Today’s College Students Need

Inside Higher Ed

I think it’s fair to say that our offices of the dean of students, student life, and student affairs need to do better. These offices bear responsibility for a remarkable range of campus functions, involving student conduct, student emergency services, and student activities.

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West Coast campuses hit by heat wave

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A powerful heat wave that began a week ago is forcing colleges and universities across the West Coast to take extra safety precautions, such as providing additional air-conditioned places to study on campus and advising students on how to recognize heat exhaustion. ” Helping Communities Cool Down.

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Nine insights from an integration process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Additionally, Clark hired seven other former Becker staff members intimately connected with BSDT operations to support student services, co-curricular and summer programming, academic advising and tutoring, and to manage facilities and specialized information technology resources.

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The Five Things You Should be Doing to Prepare for AI’s First Full Year at College

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A theater course at a small liberal arts college. A comprehensive task force should include: IT, faculty, instructional designers, student support services (especially your campus accessibility office), faculty development, student affairs (especially your conduct office if your campus has one), general counsel, and, students.

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Survey: Campus facilities' impact on student success

Inside Higher Ed

Environments that are conducive to learning and community building help keep students enrolled. That goes for buildings and their surroundings, says Frater, dean of student services at Rochester General College of Health Careers. “When there’s proper upkeep of our lawns, the aesthetic value rises.”