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Laura McCarthy
MEMBER
ORGANIZATIONUniversity of Hartford
PROFESSIONDirector of the Academic Success Center
COUNTRYUnited States

I am a 3rd year doctoral student in Educational Leadership. I work fulltime at a community college

RESEARCH INTERESTS
synchronous online education, community college, best practice in improving student success rates
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