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Bridge Program Supports Nursing Student Development, Retention

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Bridge Program Supports Nursing Student Development, Retention Ashley Mowreader Wed, 04/30/2025 - 03:00 AM A pre-orientation initiative helps pre-nursing students prepare for college and their overall persistence at the University of WisconsinOshkosh. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader

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Black and Indian: Reconciling Dual Identities in Higher Education Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For we community college leaders, this involves helping students develop ties to our campuses, to the physical and psychological spaces we create that engender a sense of safety and “home,” which in turn enables development of a sense of belonging and, ultimately, success.

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A Legacy of Leadership

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

After attending Murray State University in Kentucky, Bumphus began his career in higher education as a director of residence halls at his alma mater, where he discovered his passion for student development.

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Why Students of Color Should Study Foreign Languages

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Beginning with the first contact with a foreign language, students develop a new perception of reality. A man has a leg and a foot, as does a dog or a cat; not so to the Spanish speaker who uses a completely different word for the leg of a man (pierna) and that of an animal (pata), the word for an animal’s leg including also the foot.

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Southwest Wisconsin Technical College Wins 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

College leaders are working to raise their graduation rate to an ambitious 70% through multiple strategies, including ensuring every student develops a career-aligned success plan with appropriate support to complete their program. The college isn't resting on its laurels.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

Particularly during post-COVID 19 shutdowns with smaller class sizes, both partners recognized the critical need to support student development and saw intentionally structured learning assistantships in undergraduate mathematics courses as a productive path forward. 2023; Chickering & Reisser, 1993). References Chen, X.,

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Not All Opinions Deserve a Microphone in the Classroom

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Helping students develop critical thinking skills, media literacy, and historical context are central to my practice. Doing so would be a disservice to me, to the students, and to the integrity of education itself. In my classroom, we engage with complexity. But we do not waste time debating whether oppression is real.