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The Community Essay for the Common App Supplements

Great College Advice

How do you write the community essay for the Common App? A common supplementary question asks you to consider and write about a community to which you belong. Birdwatching can be fun, I find, so I belong to the “community of birdwatchers.” I belong to a club or two, so I’m a member or those communities.

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

Great College Advice

College campus visits are a ritual. As the summer winds down, my team and I have been busy debriefing our students and their parents about whatever summertime college campus visits they have done in the past month or two. But mostly these are just superficial, once-over-lightly overviews of college life. A requirement.

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Navigating the journey of living away from home

Hope College Network

Especially as a first-year student, it can feel overwhelming and cause you to miss living at home. However, it’s helpful to know that you are not alone, and that there are ways to help ease the anxious feelings of living away from home. One way to do so is by seeing this stage of your life as a learning opportunity.

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The only bad data you can have is the data you don't do anything about

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Ellissa Brooks Nelson (she, her, hers) Divisional Director, Student Affairs Research & Assessment University of North Carolina at Charlotte In her current role: ~2 years Also serves as: SAAL’s Vice President of Profession Advancement Tell me about your journey into student affairs assessment. How did you get here?

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How to Credential Durable Skills

Parchment

In this episode, we speak with Rob Buelow of Vector Solutions to discuss how universities can better engage students and employers by focusing on “durable skills” that better describe the value of the college experience. Rob, how are you? How are you? mission alignment and student success.

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Tailoring Student Services to Create Career-Ready Graduates: Changing Higher Education Podcast 153 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Kevin Grubb

The Change Leader, Inc.

16 May · Episode 155 Tailoring Student Services to Create Career-Ready Graduates 36 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Hear how Villanova University is creating career-ready graduates with approximately 94% of students being accepted into internships. This culture is also instilled at the faculty level.

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How Fly-Ins Impact Diversity in the Michigan Ross BBA Program

EAB

You can join the conversation on social media using #EABOfficeHours. EAB’s Jonathan April is joined by Kimberly Williams from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan to talk about creative ways to attract out-of-state students from underserved populations. Welcome to the Office Hours with EAB podcast. music] 0:00:53.3