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New Report Highlights Hidden Costs and Privacy Risks of Digital Courseware for Higher Education Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report also noted that data privacy practices in higher education lack transparency and added that students and instructors receive little information on how personal data is collected, stored, or shared, and companies often fail to clearly explain their data policies.

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Focusing on Mental Health Challenges Facing Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If we can find a way to start understanding that at the very beginning when students come to the campus for the first time…we can connect them to resources or inform them of resources…so they feel cared for, noticed and that someone believes in them.” We’ll provide psychological information. Garcia, executive director of CCCSE. “If

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Arrest of Dreamers Highlights Plight of Undocumented Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

News reports have indicated that she was targeted by ICE after information about the traffic stop was sent by the deputy to a communication group related to drug enforcement. He was unaware the information would be used in other ways. Goncalves has been in the U.S. since 2012.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chris Manriquez Chris Manriquez is returning to Cal State Fullerton, his alma mater, to serve as the university’s vice president for information technology and chief information officer as of Aug. Previously, Manriquez served as associate vice president for information technology and academic technology at Cal State Fullerton.

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Applying Principles From Neuroscience to Foster Learning—Four Strategies

The Scholarly Teacher

David Pleins , Assistant Director, Walker Center for Teaching and Learning, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Key Statement: Foreign language vocabulary acquisition (and the learning of information more generally) need not be a painful enterprise! Spaced retrieval involves an initial encounter with the material (e.g.,

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Maryland Teachers Receive Tuition-Free National Board Certification

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I firmly believe perception informs pedagogy. Beyond professional and financial advancement, pursuing National Board Certification helps educators become better teachers and more insightful people, said Dr. Damara Hightower Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of the EPI Center at Voorhees.

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Study: Financial Barriers Block Path to Higher Education for Majority of Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

However, when informed about these alternatives, support jumped significantly. The research highlighted significant shifts in how prospective students gather information about educational opportunities. Among college graduates, 79% saw value in non-degree programs, along with 67% of current students and 58% of those who never enrolled.