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Ungrading: Social Work Education Honoring the Whole Student

The Scholarly Teacher

Cassandra Da Valle-Chervellera , University of the Pacific Julia VanderMolen , Grand Valley State University Ungrading and Social Work Code of Ethics As a social worker, the philosophy and style of “ungrading” teaching is particularly intriguing. Ungrading respects and encourages individuality. It’s that simple” (Blum, 2020, p.

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AI and Assessment in Student Affairs

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Prompts can request a focus on diversity or social justice, a particular student population, or even institutional and strategic goals to help ensure the generated responses have local applicability within specific places and contexts. Statistical analyses may be presented that are incorrect as well; for example, ChatGPT 3.5

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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Garrett and Erin Miller, a history professor and member of the institute’s advisory board, also sued district administrators in 2021, claiming the district retaliated against them after they held an event in 2019 where Garrett accused some faculty members of using grant funds for partisan social justice work.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security John Tien and Cardona announced grant funding available for eligible HBCUs that have received bomb threats. Department of Justice, in the first three months of the year, more than 80 anonymous bomb threats were made against HBCUs, places of worship and other faith-based academic institutions.

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The New Generation Gap

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Like the Baby Boomers, today’s traditional aged students grew up in a time of social and cultural upheaval, but unlike their predecessors, also in a time of economic disruption, mounting inequality, and intense political polarization.