Community College Review

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Learn about the steps you need to take to successfully transfer from a community college to a 4-year institution.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

By: Rachel Barreca and Kait Taylor-Asquini. SUMMARY. In response to the impact of COVID-19 on incoming students’ transition to Ryerson University, a dedicated cross-departmental project team was convened to create an online preparatory program. In just two months, while still performing their regular job functions in the new online environment, the Get Ryerson Ready team researched, developed, designed, and launched a robust, innovative, multi-disciplinary, and award-winning transition curriculu

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Niche - First-Generation Collect Students

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Navigating the college landscape is tough, even tougher if you're a first-gen student. But with ample support from her partner and advisors, Keyoni is on her way to transferring from a two-year to four-year college and earning her law degree.

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Niche - First-Generation Collect Students

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

As first-generation college student, Isabel Dueñas-Ponce is not only encountering many of the typical FGCS challenges, such as finding a balance between school and home life, she's pushing past a medical issue to pursue her dream of becoming a nurse.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Niche - First-Generation Collect Students

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Ivy League schools are historically considered to be only available to the wealthy. Not true. First-gen and low-income student Heidi Temple shares her experience getting admitted to Princeton and what life has been like her first year there.

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