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Does Volunteer Work Matter for College Admissions?

Great College Advice

Families and students often ask us, “does volunteer work matter for college admissions?” Does volunteer work matter for college admissions? College admissions officers like both of these things. How many volunteer hours do you need for college admission? Or are colleges looking for something else?

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Admissions Counselor on the Mission of a Liberal Arts College

Great College Advice

Finally, liberal arts students are required to take a certain number of elective courses, for which there are very few constraints, intellectually or administratively. Mark Montgomery Educational consultant VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: I’m here on the campus of Bowdoin College, a small liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine.

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NYU pauses admissions in music ed, surprising students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: When New York University announced last month that it would suspend admissions to its undergraduate music education program, students were shocked. Besides, the department had changed the curriculum before without stopping admissions. Students wrote a letter to MPAP administrators asking for the decision to be reversed.

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4 Reasons College Campus Visits Are a Waste of Time & Money

Great College Advice

In our conversations, here are some of the things that families tell us that we wish the admissions offices around the country should hear. Every once in a while an admissions officer is able to channel something fresh. And it seems that admissions directors don’t really want to. ” The canned presentations.

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The Benefits of Women and Minority Leadership in Higher Ed: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 146 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Elissa Sangster

The Change Leader, Inc.

Meanwhile, the number of female faculty, senior faculty, and administrators constantly fails to reflect the steady rise of female students over the past 25 years. Many websites provide tips on how to make a gender-neutral job description, and various organizations provide advice or consulting. Learn more at changinghighered.com.

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How Post University’s Career Readiness Model Can Help Not-For-Profit Universities and Graduates: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 172 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Camille Dumont

The Change Leader, Inc.

On the academic side, students now have conversations with admissions and advising as soon as they are accepted to determine what major or career they might be interested in. I was a healthcare administrator. I majored in Business Administration. Learn more at changinghighered.com. Drumm McNaughton 00:31 Thank you, David.

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Coronavirus COVID-19 Webinar: What higher education leaders need to know right now

Higher Ed Connects: News

Here at the Center for Higher Education Leadership , we are dedicated to providing a space for community, sharing of resources, providing vital content and disseminating information that higher ed administrators need to know, along with mentoring, online courses and webinars. Next, Bryan Alexander addressed the webinar attendees.