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How to write more supportive, inclusive syllabi (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

This is often used as an opportunity to present the syllabus as a “contract” and to make course policies and penalties clear to students. But what if the syllabus were seen as a critical tool for student engagement and success and used as an opportunity to set the tone for a positive learning environment?

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Looking back at the UC graduate worker strike (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The significant improvement in wages and benefits for teaching assistants, graduate student researchers and postdoctoral scholars are milestone changes, marking an important victory for organized labor. New contracts take time to implement. The contract is a landmark, but the celebrations are muted all around. and South Africa.

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Doctoral Borderlands: an exploration of doctoral education and its possible futures

SRHE

The marketisation of higher education (HE) has seen a growing number of HE staff being employed on short term hourly paid contracts, which has also triggered much of the recent University and College Union (UCU) Four Fights Campaign in the UK. We suggest their teaching should be shaped by a professional development programme. Harry Rolf.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Joshua Reda There are also students who don’t have stable or consistent homes who want a place to reside while pursuing their education. Post-pandemic, we have more individual students coming to us than actual school contracts.” During the school year, there are some academic achievement scholarships.