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Recoding for Learning: Reading Comprehension Strategies for Online Discussions

The Scholarly Teacher

Maria I Ortiz , University of Cincinnati. Key Statement: This article focuses on innovative, engaging, and effective recoding for learning strategies to aid critical thinking for students discussing and interpreting second language texts within an online classroom experience. Keywords : bichronous, critical thinking, literature Introduction “Learning is a social process, and student participation and involvement in the process is essential” (p. 55) both in-person and, more relevant to today’s te

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Why Studying Abroad in Athens Belongs on Your Bucket List

AIFS Abroad

Last Updated on September 20, 2022 by Cat Rogliano. As Europe’s oldest capital city, Athens has quite a story to tell. Studying abroad in Athens gives you the opportunity to surround yourself with neoclassical architecture, ancient ruins and ravishingly beautiful Mediterranean scenery. Spend a semester, summer or January term having your very own Greek odyssey!

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Faces of PUC: Beldina Opiyo 

PUC

Beldina Opiyo is a pre-nursing student from San Pablo, CA. She originally wanted to be a doctor, but now wants to be a neonatal nurse or a child therapist to help kids flourish. She chose to attend PUC because she wanted to grow intellectually and spiritually, and felt PUC would guide her through her journey. […].

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3 Res Life Quick Tips for Making Your Presentation Slides More Accessible

Roompact

Roompact’s “Res Life Quick Tips” series highlights ideas and suggestions you can utilize in your residence life and education practice. Take a look through our past quick tips. During staff training, conferences, and at other points of the year, you may be called upon to develop presentation slides and present on various topics. Making sure.

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Life Design: Connecting students to their future

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Dr Sharon Maguire, a Careers & Employability Manager at The University of Edinburgh, proposes the “creative, iterative, human-centered, problem-solving methodology” of Life Design as an answer to urgent questions of student employability, curriculum transformation, and the future of work. This post is part of the Learning & Teaching Enhancement Series: Careers and Employability.

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Google Search Trends in Higher Education

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

How to Use Search Terms to Boost Alternative Education Programs. The only constant society has experienced in the last couple of years is change. Education? Changing. Workplaces? Changing. Our culture as a whole? Changing. With all these shifts, there’s good news and bad news for the higher education market. The Bad News: Enrollments are dropping. According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, total higher-ed enrollments fell to 16.2 million this spring , a 4.1% decline from la

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NACADA 2022 Annual Conference – Meet Your Planning Committee Series – Volunteer Co-Chairs

NACADA

Dear Colleagues, On the next segment of our Meet Your Planning Committee Series, we have two of our annual conference planning committee members who are our Volunteer Co-Chairs. Meet Tiffany Valle from Kwantlen Polytechnic University and Thomas McGraw from the University of California – Riverside. Both co-chairs will discuss their role as volunteer co-chairs and how you can get involved.

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Why not HE? The reasons those from under-represented backgrounds decide against university

SRHE

by Neil Raven. Efforts to widen higher education access have tended to focus on the provision of information and supportto those from under-represented backgrounds. This is perfectly understandable given the deep inequalities in HE progression rates that persist. However, such a focus can mean that insufficient attention is given to the student voice, and to listening to what they have to say.

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Broadcasting research on the UNCOVER podcast

Teaching Matters Online Learning

In this post, Nadege Atkins, member of the Usher Network for COVID-19 Evidence Reviews and project leader of its podcast initiative, discusses the production of UNCOVER’s first-ever podcast series, funded by the Student Partnership Agreement. The podcast aims to introduce listeners to UNCOVER, and to serve as a learning resource for student researchers.

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Strategies for Transitioning Up in Student Housing

Roompact

As semester schools begin settling into the start of the fall semester, and quarter schools prepare for opening their halls and campuses, we may find ourselves struggling through a bit of transition into new roles, new communities, new supervisors, and new institutions. This cyclical transition finds many new professionals beginning their first full-time position, and.

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The Changing Face of Collegiate Athletics – NCAA, Knight Commission, and Title IXChanging Higher Ed Podcast 121 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amy Privette Perko

The Change Leader, Inc.

The Changing Face of Collegiate Athletics – NCAA, Knight Commission, and Title IX – Changing Higher Ed Podcast 121 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amy Privette Perko In this episode of Changing Higher Ed podcast, Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Amy Privette Perko discuss what’s happening with collegiate athletics and the key decisions […] The changing face of Collegiate Athletics prompts value-based decisions for college presidents and boards.

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Be A Sustainable Student

PUC

Are you aware of the impact you make on the environment? With climate change and other environmental issues, we should do every little bit we can to be green. If you think you have to make drastic changes in your life, think again. Here are some ways you can be a sustainable college student.

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Cultural awareness is theme of the Ridgewater virtual fall diversity series

Ridgewater College

To build an intercultural mindset and community, Ridgewater College will host a virtual speaker series that will highlight German heritage and American racial history, as well as celebrate and honor the experiences of people of color, indigenous people, and immigrants of the United States. Ridgewater is committed to opposing racism, bigotry, and all forms of exclusion and unjust bias based on personal identity.

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Why is a Summer Internship Important for Undergraduates and Graduates? 

AIFS Abroad

Last Updated on September 20, 2022 by Cat Rogliano. Whether you’re an undergraduate or graduate student, setting aside the time for an internship during the summer is crucial. Without an internship, only 43.5% of students got a job offer according to College Recruiter in 2019. And if you want to make sure you really stand out in a sea of resumes, consider an international internship.

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National Hazing Prevention Week 2022

Missouri State

September is National Hazing Prevention Month. Here at Missouri State, we are committed to creating and providing a hazing free community. Hazing is a serious issue and impacts college campuses nationwide. We know that 55% of college students involved in clubs, teams, and student organizations experience hazing (Allan and Madden, 2008). National research has shown that hazing is most likely to happen within sorority and fraternity life organizations, athletic teams, and other student organizatio

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National Hazing Prevention week

The Student Affairs Blog

Dear students, This week begins the start of National Hazing Prevention week. I write to reinforce to all Rams that hazing is antithetical to VCU’s values and has no place within our university community. Since my message in May 2022, a team of student affairs professionals, along with dedicated volunteers across the university, have been working diligently to provide new training addressing hazing prevention and bystander intervention for those interested in joining, new members of, and current

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Fall Back Careers for Humanities Majors

Gray Associates

Humanities majors continue to take a bit of a beating in the press. Nevertheless, we decided to delve deeper into what humanities majors do after they graduate from college. What we found was a little surprising. The post Fall Back Careers for Humanities Majors appeared first on Gray Associates | Program Evaluation.

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