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By now you know that college courses are academically challenging, certainly harder than classes in high school. You are expected not just to absorb material, but to analyze and synthesize it, consider multiple perspectives, evaluate conflicting evidence, and then to apply what you’ve learned in new contexts. In this session, you will learn all the basics of how to think like a college student, improve your grades, and learn the skills that employers consistently say they look for.

This event is aimed at current undergraduates at Dartmouth.

Louis E. Newman is the former Dean of Academic Advising and Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Stanford University. At Stanford his responsibilities included overseeing the undergraduate advising program, new student orientation programs, a summer bridge program, and the university's academic progress review system. During his time at Stanford, he expanded the advising program, promoted a holistic approach to academic advising, and advocated for liberal education.He is also the John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus, at Carleton College, where he taught for thirty-three years. During his tenure at Carleton, he also served as an Associate Dean of the College and as Director of the Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching.He is a scholar of Jewish ethics who has published several books in that field. His most recent book is Thinking Critically in College: The Essential Handbook for Student Success (Radius Book Group, 2023), which guides students through the transition from high school to college-level academic work. 

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