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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. A liberal arts education is the ultimate preprofessional education; it can prepare you for any career. I did whatever jobs came my way.

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Eight ways to boost student engagement with advisers

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The recent Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse Student Voice survey of two- and four-year college students about academic life revealed gaps in core advising functions. This doesn’t mean students don’t benefit from advising, however. That said, many institutions don’t mandate meetings with advisers.

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Move beyond student-deficiency mentality in math (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The math faculty created a Math for Liberal Arts course that requires no developmental math, and faculty members redesigned the Statistics and College Algebra courses to require only one semester of developmental math as a prerequisite. Math for Liberal Arts is a college-level course designed for non-STEM students to appreciate math.

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Career Services

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean. For example, and I am not making this up, one of the instructors told me that she had to advise her male students on how to pick a suit that didn’t look cheap. What they don’t know is that the skills developed in liberal arts classes can make the difference.

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New book links teaching critical thinking to student success

Inside Higher Ed

Newman, whose book will be published March 7, is former dean of academic advising at Stanford University and John M. Virtually all institutions—certainly all liberal arts schools—have language in their mission statements about turning out critical thinkers and lifelong learners.   and Elizabeth W.

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Summer Sessions Are Integral to Student Success in Higher Education

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We then offer them the opportunity not to overload in the spring, offering them a free class in the summer instead,” says Debra Boucher , Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Consider reaching out to lapsed enrollees via emails and phone calls tailored to each individual.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two years in, Canton is preparing a proposal that outlines the reasons for making African American studies a department, and the benefit it would bring to the university, to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences in which it is situated, and to the community. The college’s dean, Dr. David E.