Dean College Blog

Read on to learn more about Dean's transition to online learning.

Despite the widespread use of the word “unprecedented” to describe our experience with the current global health crisis, Dean College students are using the power of history to understand how humans in general—and Dean students of the past more specifically—have responded to pandemics like this before. Read on to learn more.

For most, high school days are filled with fairly flexible deadlines, supportive adults looking out for you and keeping you on track, and a routine daily schedule. But in college, it may seem like you’re on your own. Read on for useful executive functioning strategies for college students.

National Poetry Month, a month-long celebration of poetry, takes place in April. It was organized in 1996 by the Academy of American Poets to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States. This April we spotlight one of Dean College’s own poets, Associate Professor of English, Jo-Ann Reid. Read on to learn more.

It’s time! You knew this day would eventually come. Your high school student is in the 11th grade and is starting to research colleges. Read on to learn how to choose a college with the right autism program.

Students thriving on the autism spectrum often encounter some issues that lead to the need for additional support while in college. This makes finding colleges for autistic students that much more important. Read on to learn how to select the perfect college for your child.

Plenty of high school students with dyslexia go on to attend college and build successful careers. So, while the learning disability may make some aspects of college life a bit more challenging, it has nothing to do with intelligence or the overall ability to learn in a lecture or lab setting. Read on for some helpful steps to selecting a college where your dyslexic child can thrive.

Paramedics play a truly vital role in society. They speedily respond to emergency calls, do everything possible stabilize patients, and then attempt to keep them in that state until they arrive safely at the hospital for further treatment. Because of this, becoming a paramedic requires specialized training that’s quite different than that of other workers in the healthcare industry. Read on to learn more about paramedic training at Dean College.

Paramedics must undergo quite a bit of training, both in and out of the classroom, before they can take their certification exams and get started on the job. Read on to learn how you can train to become a paramedic.

Across the United States and the world, students in every grade level are transitioning to online learning amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Here at Dean College, our students, faculty and staff are navigating the waters of the digital college experience. We spoke to Theatre major, Elizabeth Carsley ’21 to get a student’s perspective on the transition.