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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I applied to non-tenure-line teaching positions, linguistics-adjacent orgs and a bunch of university admin jobs. It took a year for me to make a match, but when I saw an ad for a job as an academic adviser to language and linguistics majors at Georgetown, I immediately knew that I was going to get the job.

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How to build more flexible academic pathways for the changing college student

University Business

Students need more reassurance than ever from higher education that skills acquisition from a college or university is well worth it. In case a student wants to enroll in a degree program, their experience in the military, in apprenticeships or by other non-academic means can potentially be counted as credits in the form of prior learning.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, partners with over 62 high schools across the state, facilitating college access for Latino, rural, and other marginalized communities. Based on data gathered, we increased support services such as Ram Pantry, counseling, technology availability, and academic advising,” he continues.