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Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

In just two months, while still performing their regular job functions in the new online environment, the Get Ryerson Ready team researched, developed, designed, and launched a robust, innovative, multi-disciplinary, and award-winning transition curriculum to support the success and well-being of the incoming class of 2020. Writing Ready.

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Backlash as a university says its library will be 'all digital'

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“What we heard was that they need and want access to library resources where they are, whether on or off campus.” By the end of the week, Grewal issued another statement titled, “Apology and Clarification on Athletics and Libraries.”

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The Power of Relationships in Undergraduate Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Hire undergraduates to serve as peer mentors, learning assistants, study group leaders, and classroom consultants (to conduct classroom observations and make recommendations). Place more students in first-year seminars, learning communities (including learning-living communities), freshman interest groups, and honors and research cohorts.