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College Board Disputes Florida Claims of Similar Language in African American Studies Course

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The College Board rejected claims that parts of the state's new, embattled history standards align with an AP African American Studies course the state banned earlier this year, USA Today reported. In response, Florida officials, including Gov. College Board is free to deny all they want," Redfern said.

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HBCU Advancement Teams: Don't Underestimate the Power of the Individual Donor

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For over 20 years, I have been an avid reader of the Giving USA Report on Philanthropic Giving, an annual report on fundraising in America produced by the Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy. According to the Giving USA Report, inflation reached 8.0%, the highest in the last 40 years. Dr. Roderick L. Smothers, Sr.

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Thirst Drives Diver to Reach New Heights

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Although the much-decorated diver already received CSCAA First Team All American honors in the 1-meter, 3-meter and platform over the course of his collegiate career, achieving his first NCAA title brought confirmation for his years of hard work. Male Sports Scholar. It’s really that we’ve been working to get better one day at a time.

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Indigenous Peoples in Higher Education: Inherited Histories and Pernicious Status Quos

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Even if they were to attend, we do not offer any courses on Kaw language, government, or history. We awarded an Osage elder and language revitalization leader (Herman Mongrain Lookout) an honorary doctorate and started a partnership with the Citizen Band Potawatomi’s to offer Potawatomi language courses.

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Planning For Active Learning Strategies

The Scholarly Teacher

Keywords: Active Learning, Planning, Course Planning, Success Active Learning: The “Why?”. In a meta-analysis of 225 studies, Freeman and his colleagues (2014) at the University of Washington found the average score on exams to be 6% higher when active learning was included in the course. course structure work? Freeman, S.,

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Using Mini-Lectures to Create Active Learning Space

The Scholarly Teacher

With these practices "built in," faculty members are able to help students to learn course content by the way lectures are configured (Harrington & Zakrajsek, 2017; Major et al., To enhance learning, start each class session with an "attention getter" tied directly to the course material for that day. Activate Prior Knowledge.

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6 Top Cities for a Fashion Internship

AIFS Abroad

Here are a few of the top cities in the world for fashion internships: New York City, USA New York City, USA Many industries call New York City their central hub, but fashion especially. They can also experience a wide variety of types of fashion — everything from evening wear, to eco-friendly designs, and of course beach wear.