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Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom Starts with Culture First, Then Asks Questions

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is also a columnist for the New York Times, an award-winning author, and a 2020 MacArthur Fellow. She is also a columnist for the New York Times, an award-winning author, and a 2020 MacArthur Fellow. However, her strategy is simple ; she starts with culture. McMillan Cottom received her Ph.D.

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What to do when you are deferred from your first choice college

Great College Advice

You spent time ensuring your activities list was awesome. You proofread the application a million times. As educational planners, we help our students have a Plan B (and C and D) in place, just in case Plan A does not materialize. You wrote an awesome essay. You applied Early Decision or Early Action.

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Why Hope College?

Hope College Network

If you ask a Hope student why they chose to come here, you’ll hear different answers every time. Small Hope has a little over 3000 students. This size doesn’t make it feel too small, but it’s great for making close connections with both students and faculty alike. Christian Faith permeates the culture on campus.

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How to Increase Scientific Literacy

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” In other words, that which isn’t science is a trivial and inconsequential waste of time. Bored out of his mind by box checking introductory courses in the humanities, my correspondent wrote: “To many STEM students the truly “Great Books” were written by Physicists and Mathematicians.” Retractions.

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A Word From Our President

Hope College Network

As a graduate from Hope, President Scogin knows what it is like to be a student here. Young Scogin was involved on campus, participating in Student Congress and Nykerk, and living in the same residential halls we live in. ” The uniqueness to Hope College rests in the accessibility and authenticity of its faculty.

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Dominican University VP builds hope for first-gen students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Fostering student success takes institutional leadership and collaboration. Barrington Price, Dominican University’s vice president of student success and engagement, knows this well—because he was a struggling first-generation college student himself. Many work full-time. Success is hardly a given.

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Notes from a Community College Humanities Conference

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Confessions of a Community College Dean I lost track of the number of times on Friday I heard someone use the word “refreshing.” ” The context was the “Bringing Community Back to Community Colleges” conference held at Bergen Community College last week. It comes from all sides. It was affirming.