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Starting with Voice: Building Conversations that Last from Induction to Graduation

Why embedding the student voice from the outset is key to a more connected, resilient university experience

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Amanda Geary Pate PhD
May 12, 2025
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In higher education, we speak often about ‘engagement’.

But too often, this word becomes a catch-all for a variety of interventions delivered ‘to’ students, rather than developed ‘with’ them.

What if, instead, we started the learning journey not with a welcome pack or an orientation video, but with a conversation?

And how wou…

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