Are you using e-textbooks for class?  If so, you already know they are a less expensive option for students.  Currently, the Lewis University Bookstore (Follett) uses a digital textbook service called CafeScribe.  Digital textbooks can be purchased just like regular texts, but often at a savings of up to 60%.  They can also still be
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Four ways to earn credit through Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) is the process of earning college credit from learning you’ve developed in your work, training, volunteer experiences, self-directed learning projects, and personal life. Credit is not granted for experience but for the college-level learning that is documented. At Lewis University, up to
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I recently attended a retirement party for a well-respected business man. Over the years I have had the benefit of talking with him about his business which I found extremely valuable. I have used these conversations to test if what I am teaching, and the content of our business curriculum, is real world information. I
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In a recent study published by the Center for Post-secondary Education and Employment, it appears that students who graduate from for-profit institutions do not fare as well as graduates from non-profits like Lewis University. The graduates of for-profits had: higher loan default rates experienced more unemployment lower average salaries The for-profit sector in our region
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  When JTHS Infant Childcare Director Deborah Clark learned that Joliet Central freshman KiJuan Sullivan was named Student of the Month for English, it was a moment of celebration, pride and emotion. Because the moments leading up to KiJuan’s accomplishment tell a story of perseverance. They tell a story of a teenage mother who beat
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Lewis University Police Department A Brief History January 2012   In November of 2010, the Lewis University Board of Trustees voted to commission a police department under the Illinois Private College Campus Police Act to replace its long standing civilian campus security department. This decision was made after thoughtful analysis which considered several emerging trends
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  Over 2700 working adults in the Chicagoland have completed their degree through the degree completion programs at Lewis University. With all of our scheduling options, it should be clear that you can go fast or go slow as fits your needs. Tweet

The Center for Health and Counseling encourages students (adult or traditional) to utilize our website as a reference of services. Tweet

Over the past seven years the faculty and staff of the Adult, Degree Completion programs at Lewis University have partnered closely with the community colleges in our region. Over this timeframe close collaboration has resulted in a number of transfer guides, faculty partnership, and marketing events between Lewis and the College of DuPage, Joliet Junior
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