Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

JUNE 15, 2019

This can be done by exploring several factors that impact classroom diversity and ways to improve instruction, which include: Understanding Culturally Responsive Practices. It is important for higher education leaders to have a willingness to identify possible biases, engage in reflective practice, and implement equitable classroom practices.

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The Scholarly Teacher

APRIL 24, 2024

Harvard’s bell curve design transformed over the decades into an A–F grading method most American teachers in kindergarten through higher education still use today. The Social Work Code of Ethics and Ungrading in the Classroom How can the social work code of ethics and ungrading support each other?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 29, 2023

These underprepared graduates end up in our college classrooms. Black students continue to be overrepresented among those who are the first in their families to seek higher education and, thus, are often the first ones to navigate professional environments like academia and corporate America in their Black bodies. Dr. Donna Y.

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APRIL 5, 2024

Natalie Galucia The study, Age as a Factor in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiatives in Higher Education , was conducted between February 2022 and January 2023 and published in the Journal of Gerontological Social Wor k. As people are living and working longer, the need for on-going education and training grows.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2024

The cohort joins the national higher education reform network of more than 300 community colleges nationwide. The ATD Network is expected to actively engage in the cohort as a community of practice, sharing strategies and learning as they seek to serve rural communities in innovative, evidence-based ways.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 15, 2023

To meet this challenge, I researched ways to increase critical thinking among my nursing students, as a student myself in an EdD program on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. “An This assumption speaks to the core of many students in higher education. Photo by National Cancer Institute Empirical Literature Al-Samarraie et al.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Paul LeBlanc During his tenure as SNHU’s fifth president, the school grew from 2,500 students to the largest nonprofit higher ed provider in the U.S., with more than 225,000 learners. He also for a time served as senior policy adviser to Under Secretary Ted Mitchell at the Obama-era Department of Education.

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MARCH 5, 2024

She presented her audience with four strategies on how to build quality relationships in classrooms and workplaces. If a person's cultural practices are in conflict with the classroom or the workplace, they're the ones who must make the adjustments between home, school, and work,” McCall said.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2023

In an effort to address basic needs insecurity among students, the New Jersey Office of the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE) launched a free online tool to connect college students to basic needs resources.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 15, 2024

Civil Rights Groups Push Back Against Wave of Anti-DEI Bills Ryan Quinn Fri, 03/15/2024 - 03:00 AM So far this year, at least five state legislatures have passed bills seeking to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education. This year’s batch may seep more into the classroom. Byline(s) Ryan Quinn

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The classroom is also an unsafe place for Black students, with 29% noting racist experiences from white faculty–the highest percentage of all racial/ethnic groups. These students report experiences with racism from white faculty in the classroom (20%) as well as through verbal attacks on campus more broadly (27%).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Fat students, an often hyper(in)visible population, find themselves having experiences that range from uncomfortable to violent within their classrooms and learning environments. However, the reality is that issues of fatness are not currently rendered as justice issues within the world broadly, or higher education specifically.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 18, 2024

To better serve today’s students, postsecondary institutions must acknowledge their lived experiences and the multiple responsibilities their students carry outside the classroom. One size doesn’t fit all in higher education. Julie Peller is the executive director of Higher Learning Advocates.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

To address these issues, it is imperative to focus on building a thriving workforce through higher education. Higher education institutions can focus on improving the quality of training provided to teachers, equipping them with the necessary skills to engage in complex language interactions with children.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 23, 2023

It quoted from a 2007 AAUP report on freedom in the classroom, stating that “ideas that are germane to a subject under discussion in a classroom cannot be censored because a student with particular religious or political beliefs might be offended.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Intrinsic motivation is bolstered by enabling student agency in the classroom. 27). Freedom to Grow We hope that using ungraded evaluation structures in a classroom might influence students’ sense of their own agency for learning, thereby deepening students’ engagement, sense of mastery, and autonomy.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 29, 2023

Francis Key Statement: DEI: Creating a Classroom Culture Keywords: Diversity, Instructional Practices, Classroom Culture Introduction Inclusive classrooms and equitable instructional practices have been a subject of discussion for several years, particularly within higher learning institutions.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Paul Hernandez, senior advisor to the president and CEO at Achieving the Dream (ATD), a partner network of over 300 community colleges working to equitize higher education. The methodology connects students’ real lives to the classroom, engaging them in personal conversation and critical thinking about hypothetical scenarios.

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JULY 20, 2023

The study – funded by the Health Resources and Service Administration – showed the presence of systemic barriers to higher education for minority students, such as financial burdens and lack of early exposure to public health sciences.

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The Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 27, 2023

An Ohio higher education bill currently making its way through the state legislature could prohibit Ohio higher education instructors from teaching climate science without also including false or misleading counterpoints, Ohio Capital Journal reported.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The way higher education institutions think about learning spaces has changed dramatically in the past few years. Lisa Stephens (State University of New York and University at Buffalo) and Joe Way (UCLA) have been helping their institutions design these types of flexible learning spaces, and they’ve teamed up…

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 22, 2023

We need to make space for innovation and for different types of learning – not just inside of classrooms but also through internships, experiential engagements, and job placements with businesses, organizations and community groups with whom we have deep relationships,” Kinloch said. “We

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Demographic changes have led to an increasing number of Latinx students attending higher education. Creating role models According to the American Council on Education, a nonprofit member organization in higher education working to impact public policy, roughly 74% of full-time faculty in the U.S. The 2021 Latinx population in the U.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 22, 2023

The academy is supposed to enhance student and constituent out-of-classroom experiences. How can faculty with demonstrated instruction to 21st Century students improve our classrooms? Classroom discourse should aid in managing the multiple stages of student identity development while promoting the conception of a global society.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2024

UNT and LaGuardia’s student centered, data-driven approaches are helping their students succeed in the classroom and beyond, offering considerable returns on their educational investment. Students at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. Kenneth Adams, president of LaGuardia Community College.

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DECEMBER 12, 2022

“Our proposal reflects our commitment to student success through thorough and innovative preparation for the contemporary workplace of many of our graduates, higher education itself. Our students will achieve proficiency as instructors and have demonstrated those skills in the classroom.”.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

For colleges and universities to close these equity gaps, they must address the core of the student experience: the time that students spend in the classroom. Dr. Denise Bartell For institutions to truly transform students’ experiences in the classroom, they must support the faculty experience as well.

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 4, 2023

When the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated trends toward remote instruction, asynchronous learning and more, classrooms were inundated with new technologies that were intended to help. As everyone in higher education now knows, we’re not going back to pre-pandemic days.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 9, 2023

Robin Bell and Dr. Tanden Brekke both work in higher education and teach in the area of social justice and equity. This article highlights the value of metacognition and reflecting on one’s teaching practice to create an inclusive participatory classroom. They recognize that a critical issue in doing this work is avoiding burnout.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Young PEN America The report, " America’s Censored Classrooms 2023 " lists 110 new educational gag orders introduced in 2023. Policy attempts to restrict what can be taught in schools continue to increase in the nation’s state legislatures in 2023, according to a new PEN America report. Dr. Jeremy C.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

My hope is to continue to transform lives through higher education.” Teachers instruct children in small groups, so children receive more one-on-one attention than is possible in a typical classroom setting. “We It means a great deal to me and my family to be able to give back to take the university to the next level.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 15, 2024

Without Higher Education Emergency Relief (HEER) funding, experts say many community college programs would have closed, faculty and staff laid off, and more students forced to stop out on their pathways towards accreditation. A good higher education system.’ There was a lot of positive government support for community colleges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Suh and Owen are studying ways to create transgender inclusive spaces in higher education, building community and amplifying joy through balance, radical inclusion, and radical love. Suh and Owen shared their research on the second day of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference in Las Vegas.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

AUGUST 16, 2022

In this post, Cristina Adriana Alexandru shares findings from a systematic review of virtual classroom software tools. Cristina and colleagues, Kun Zhao and Aurora Constantin, presented at the Learning and Teaching Conference 2022. This post is part of our Learning and Teaching Conference Hot Topic.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 28, 2023

Timothy Alvarez’s life is a living example of the importance of mentors in higher education. Dr. Timothy Alvarez From earning an associate degree to serving as president of a community college, Alvarez understands the value of higher education and the need to create pathways and support systems. As he prepares to retire Aug.

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MAY 17, 2023

And professors will be evaluated on whether or not they create an “atmosphere free of political, racial, gender, and religious bias” in classrooms. This move comes as other states also attempt to hinder diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts in higher ed, such as Florida Gov.

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