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Interview 230: John Pollard on “Understanding Franke Honors College”


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  • Friends, you are going to see why Honors colleges and public John explains how Franke is distinctive from other Honors colleges
  • John talks about the Honors Village
  • John talks about a very unique dual degree program that Franke offers
  • Dr. Pollard tells us about two very unique minors that Franke offers
  • John talks about early assurance programs that Franke has with their med school and with their vet school
  • John tells us about the unique peer-to-peer mentoring program called Path, which 400 students participate in
  • John tells us about some more unique programs that will be rolled out over the next few years
  • John talks about how Franke handles Gen Ed courses in
  • John talks about how Franke uniquely gets students involved in research
  • John talks about unique scholarships for Franke and unique study abroad offerings
  • John talks about the 25-million-dollar gift that Bill Franke gave to help Franke
  • John tells how The University of Arizona is different from Arizona State University
  • John tells us how Franke is different from Barrett, which is Arizona State’s Honors College
  • John talks about the admission criteria for getting into Franke
  • John talks about the three different pathways to get into Franke
  • John continues talking about the admissions criteria at Franke
  • John talks about how they evaluate a student and how an application is read at Franke
  • John talks about how you can reach out to Franke for assistance when completing your application
  • John talks about what his pet peeve is that students do when applying
  • John goes on the hot seat in the lightning round

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