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Campus Free Expression, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Can — and Must — Coexist

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They come to college after years of pandemic-related interruptions to their lives and education. College campuses, particularly residential ones, represent rare places where people live, learn, work, and develop community together despite divergent perspectives. Dr. Lori S.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Pass this on to your students and prioritize their mental and emotional wellbeing rather than trying to instill a strict work ethic. You will change many lives including your own when you separate work from your identity.” There tends to be a pretty toxic work environment; people are underpaid, overstressed, and overworked.”

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Pass this on to your students and prioritize their mental and emotional wellbeing rather than trying to instill a strict work ethic. You will change many lives including your own when you separate work from your identity.” There tends to be a pretty toxic work environment; people are underpaid, overstressed, and overworked.”

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Decolonizing Higher Education Syllabi: Beyond the Aesthetics of the Syllabus

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In short, the syllabus helps to create a structured and organized learning environment, facilitating effective communication and expectations between instructors and students. This involves (re)evaluating and (re)shaping multiple aspects of education to create a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable learning environment. Dr. tavis d.

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Creating Classroom Camaraderie to Promote Learning: 3 Strategies

The Scholarly Teacher

Key Statement : Intentionally developing a welcoming classroom environment increases student engagement and cultivates meaningful classroom relationships. In my 30 years of teaching, I consistently find that engaging students and promoting a true learning environment by using these three guidelines develops classroom camaraderie.

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Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

To give just one notable example, Facebook’s tendency to play fast and loose with user data privacy indicates a need for more ethics education among tech executives. Similarly, good engineering seeks to improve the human condition, like the LEED-certified building methods that minimize negative impacts on the environment.

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Developing Young Assessment Professionals: A Year-long Professional Development Series for Assessment Graduate Assistants

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

This series also serves as a way to enhance graduate student sense of belonging, promote ethical assessment practices, and provide a broader perspective on assessment within the division. By fostering an environment of openness and shared values, participants build connections that will sustain throughout the series.