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10 Key Strategies to Improve Student Retention in Higher Education

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AIM, pictured at the bottom, is an accessible Student Information System designed to facilitate communication between students and faculty, streamline the process of requesting accommodations, and centralize the management of their information. To boost retention, make sure students know how you support their learning.

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Top Summer Programmes: Simons Summer Research Program

Ivy Central

Participants attend seminars, workshops, and social events that provide opportunities to network with other students, faculty, and researchers. The focus for the 7 weeks that the program runs, is hands on work based in a lab, often working alongside graduate students and faculty members.

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Harvard University vs Harvard College: Are They Different?

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Because of the many schools that Harvard University houses, its no surprise that the graduate population is higher than the number of undergraduates, with 9,579 undergrads and 21,263 graduate students. Graduate students can also engage in interdisciplinary programs, combining fields such as law and public health.

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USC Graduate Student Workers Vote to Unionize

BestColleges

Graduate student workers at USC have voted to form a union. Graduate student workers at the University of Southern California (USC) have voted to unionize. By an incredible 93% margin, a vote of 1599 Yes to 122 No, USC Graduate Student Workers have voted resoundingly in favor of forming our union, GSWOC-UAW!

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Public Vs Private

Ivy Central

Size Most public universities are large, having students from 20,000 and above. Some of them such as the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign have over 30,000 students. of the US population aged 25 and above had graduated from college or any higher education institution in 2020 as opposed to 7.7%

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University of Michigan Graduate Students Strike As Labor Dispute Heads to Court

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Graduate student employees at the University of Michigan (U-M) went on strike at the end of March, demanding better wages, healthcare benefits, and working environments. The graduate student union at U-M started their strike last Wednesday with a rally on the Diag, U-M's central open space, according to a press release.

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Meet Sophia, Your Robot Commencement Speaker

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She spoke on stage with the president of the Rhode Island School of Design at its 2018 graduation. Sophia won't be delivering a standard commencement address at D'Youville but instead engaging in conversation with graduate student John Rizk, president of the Student Government Association.

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