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Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

In response to the impact of COVID-19 on incoming students’ transition to Ryerson University, a dedicated cross-departmental project team was convened to create an online preparatory program. Get Ryerson Ready was student-centred, learner-focused, research- and praxis-informed, responsive, and relevant. Writing Ready.

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The Power of Relationships in Undergraduate Education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Two books that appeared in 2020 – which were mainly written pre-pandemic -- speak to an issue that campuses need to take more seriously: The centrality of interpersonal relationships to students’ learning, retention, and psychological well-being. But only 14 percent of graduates said they had experienced such a relationship.