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Augustana College in Rock Island will welcome new students to campus on move-in day Friday, Sept. 1. The Class of 2027 is among the largest and most diverse in the college’s 163-year history, with 800 first-year, transfer and exchange students from 30 states and 35 countries, according to a Tuesday college release. Augie received an […]

Augusta University will increase its mentorship offerings for incoming students this fall with the help of several hundred undergraduate and graduate student mentors. Mentorship in higher education has long been a high-impact practice in retention and producing student success, but formal programs are lacking. A 2021 Student Voice survey from Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse found that only one in five students who have a mentor were paired through a formal mentorship program. Among students w...