In this week’s episode you will hear

Introduction : YCBK PLUS is finally here and Lynda Doepker is here to explain to listeners how it works!

• Lynda gives an update on how you can leave a message on our website by using https://www.speakpipe.com/YCBK
• Mark shares 8 new Higher Ed Updates
• Mark interviews Vern Granger, Director of Admissions at the University of Connecticut and Chairman of the Board at NACAC

Preview Part 1

• Vern Granger gives his backstory
• How is U Conn different from the other Flagship schools in New England
• Vern talks about the role sports plays in playing a close community
• Vern talks about why U Conn has such a high retention rate
• Vern talks about U Conn’s “time to completion rate”
• Vern talks about U Conn’s student “indebted rate”
• What brought Vern to U Conn
• Vern shares the role of technology at U Conn
• Vern discusses the role of diversity, equity an inclusion at U Conn
• Vern lets us know what factors other than the transcript that matter in the U Conn admissions process
• Vern discusses how students are admitted at U Conn

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