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The Ultimate Guide to Starting College

Student Research Foundation

Starting college can be stressful for many students. For many students, the first two years of college can be a huge adjustment period! General education classes, also known as “gen ed” classes, are required courses that give students a well-rounded education by exposing them to the arts, humanities, social, and natural sciences.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. You may be asking what is CliftonStrengths (CS) and how does it help students? By: Liana Acri.

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What Statistics Tell Us About Changing College Majors

Student Research Foundation

Switching majors is common for many college students. Usually, students pick their original major in something that they have a strong interest in. While changing majors may seem daunting, it can give students a push to stay in college rather than drop out. Or, are you curious about the majors students switch most often?

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Funding at Risk: How AANAPISI Programs Transform Student Lives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Mike Hoa Nguyen As a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut Hartford, Dr. Qazi Arka Rahman leads a Critical Refugee Studies course that encourages students to see refugees as more than simply victims, objects of rescue, problems, and crises. He published his fi ndings in a 2024 study for The Review of Higher Education.

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