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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

Located in primarily low-income areas and minority communities, this site has been the focus of many student projects to address health equity and environmental justice. Students revised the EPA letter that is mailed to residents explaining the potential soil contamination and the option to test their soil. 2017, October 20).

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Practical Pedagogy Tips for Educators at Minority-Serving Institutions

The Scholarly Teacher

However, MSIs also report lower-than-national-average graduation and retention rates, reflecting continued systemic challenges (both socioeconomic and political) shaping underrepresented students’ experiences of higher education (Flores & Park, 2013). Clearly, there’s real need to better serve underserved student communities.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

This project was particularly important to me because of the impact CliftonStrengths had made in my life and how the tool was being used to support post-secondary studentsdevelopment. You may be asking what is CliftonStrengths (CS) and how does it help students? 2013, August 28). What is CliftonStrengths? References.