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Ungrading: Social Work Education Honoring the Whole Student

The Scholarly Teacher

In the National Association of Social Work’s Code of Ethics (2021) the six core values include service, the importance of human relationships, social justice, dignity and worth of the person, integrity, and competence. Ungrading respects and encourages individuality. Language is a powerful tool to begin the cultural shift.

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For the Common Good

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As researchers, practitioners, and healthcare workers reflect on the events of the last two and a half years, programs related to public health have become a priority at many colleges and universities. Health inequity is the social justice issue of our time.”

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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. Check the tool being used for what is done with any data put in. Act ethically.

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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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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. The faculty devoted more time to research and interacted less with their undergraduates.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is currently a professor of higher education and community college leadership and director of the Office for Community College Research and Leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as well as executive director of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges. HBCUs In March, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, U.S.

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