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16 Fun College Orientation Activities & Icebreakers to Encourage Student Engagement in 2022!

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16 Fun College Orientation Ideas to Encourage Student Engagement in 2022 For many students, college orientation can be their first experience on their own. Building campus community and cultivating a sense of belonging are critical for a student’s success and retention (especially for those at risk for dropping out).

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

The Scholarly Teacher

Ford, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Jillian Saraney, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Key Statement: Service-learning projects designed by students can meet community needs while elevating student learning, engagement, and success by integrating high-impact practices (HIPs) and HIP elements.

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Faculty-Student Partnerships in Curriculum Design and Review

The Scholarly Teacher

Introduction For over a decade, Students as Partners in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, or simply Students as Partners (SaP), has gained popularity as a high-impact practice in higher education. 2022), and administrative recognition of SaP benefits and demands. link] de Bie, A., Prasad, S. Nguyen, E., &

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Six factors to improve student connections

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Keeping students engaged on campus and in the classroom can revolve around their sense of belonging. A national spring 2022 survey from the American College Health Association and the National College Health Assessment found that 53 percent of students were positive for loneliness on the UCLA Loneliness Scale.

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

This article describes a Future Teachers of Color Summit. public school teachers were White (80%), while White students accounted for only 46% of elementary and secondary school populations (NCES, 2023). 2022; Wright et al., 2022, April). Nebraska public schools snapshot: Student race/ethnicity (2021-2022).

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The increasing pressure on students after Covid-19

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by Caroline Jones and Huw Bell After the pandemic students are facing difficulties linked to health, wellbeing, finances and employment prospects; increased rents, housing shortages, zero hours contracts, the cost-of-living crisis and foodbank usage all of which can affect mental health and wellbeing.

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To fight student disengagement, real-world projects can help

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Undergraduate students are struggling to stay engaged in class—and they believe that material more directly connected to real-life issues could help solve the problem. The same proportion of undergraduates and 34 percent of graduate students also said they have trouble retaining the material they learn.

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