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My Top 5 at Hope!

Hope College Network

Last spring, the end of my freshman year, I dedicated a page in my journal to all my favorite things about Hope College. Many of these friends had very different experiences than mine– making it clear that the things I love most about Hope are not things every school offers. Our campus is stunning in every season.

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Growth-Mindset Is the Foundation for Success

The Scholarly Teacher

While learning to tap dance, like many university students, I find I am impatient to master the skills of experts, frequently dismayed by my inability to grasp what seems easy for others, and frustrated when I make mistakes. That workshop moment will shape my teaching now and into the future. However, that wasn’t my experience.

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Our LGBTQ students’ lives and well-being are at risk—here are 5 things campus leaders can do to help

EAB

Our LGBTQ students’ lives and wellbeing are at risk—here are 5 things campus leaders can do to help. In this blog, I’ll outline the imperatives for campus administrators to act on, as well as five actions you can take today. I hoped that when I moved out of my small town, I’d leave small-minded opinions behind as well.

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Kindness, An Innate Trait of Hope College

Hope College Network

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve been asked “Why Hope?”, Heard about her life, college, her friends, and in turn I shared as much as a 6th grader could share about her life. Life moved on, and although I never heard from Sam today, her impact was greater than I ever could have imagined.

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U of California abandons progress and preserves convention (letter)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Particularly for those students for whom existing pathways to opportunities have been inaccessible, the ability to receive an education from anywhere in the world, on their own schedule, can be transformative.

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Crafting a Standout Virtual Tour: A Conversation with EAB’s Creative Director of Enroll360 Virtual Tours

EAB

Blogs Crafting a Standout Virtual Tour: A Conversation with EAB’s Creative Director of Enroll360 Virtual Tours In recent years, the world of virtual tours has undergone a significant transformation. There is a new standard for the kind of information that students and families are hoping to find within a virtual tour.

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Higher ed needs more grit (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

And yet, this fall the University of Utah admitted a record class of first-year students for the third year in row. And yet, this fall the University of Utah admitted a record class of first-year students for the third year in row. But Utah’s success is more than a demographic windfall of overachieving students.