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

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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. Trending: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 3 In-Article Advertisement High: 6 In-Article related stories: 9 In-Article Advertisement Low: 12

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Campus parking problems common yet not universal (infographic)

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” “The larger the campus, the more challenges we have in terms of convenience of parking,” says Joel Frater, dean of students at Rochester General College of Health Careers and a member of the council of the Society for College and University Planning. I avoid going to campus to study because of this.”

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Colleges hire directors to tackle student basic needs

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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

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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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New College Programs Support and Mentor First-Generation Students

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Lindsay Quilty, assistant dean of undergraduate programs at Whitman, emphasizes the program’s alignment with Syracuse’s existing efforts. The university already does a great deal to support first-generation students, so we’re not trying to duplicate those efforts. “Our This article was published in our January/February 2024 issue.

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Why a college president wears Chuck Taylors (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

This was especially true when I was hired as acting dean of student affairs at Compton nearly 18 years ago. Back then, I worked directly with students each day. Trending: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 6 In-Article Advertisement High: 9 In-Article related stories: 12 In-Article Advertisement Low: 15 Include DNU?:

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Universities are ousting their mental health directors

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Wright State dean of students Chris Taylor announced Rando’s termination in a one-paragraph email to the Division of Student Affairs staff on Feb. “That position will actually have a dotted line to our dean of our College of Health Education and Human Services,” she said. Yes In-Article Careers: 3