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4 Strategies to Warm Teaching While Maintaining High Expectations

The Scholarly Teacher

Syllabus : Using a warmer, friendlier tone and supportive statements in the syllabus shows students that you have high expectations, but also that you care about their progress. There are many ways for students to be an effective class member without making them fight for the floor to comment. course structure work? Gurung, R.

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Our LGBTQ students’ lives and well-being are at risk—here are 5 things campus leaders can do to help

EAB

Ninety percent of respondents reported hearing, with some frequency, slurs or intentionally harmful comments in virtual, hybrid, and in-person learning environments. Nearly 60% of students from those same surveys said they had heard such comments directly from teachers or administrators. My experience was no different.

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DEI Blog – The Pervasiveness of Sizeism

College for Creative Study

This intersectional endeavor finds all bodies beautiful, “…regardless of size, shape, skin tone, gender or physical abilities,” says Dr. Albers, PsyD at Cleveland Clinic.5 4 The body positivity movement is another effort to address weight stigma.

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Fundraising During Uncertain Times: What Not to Do

EAB

Don’t be afraid to keep asking During times of disruption, Chief Advancement Officers have commented on the great uncertainty – and even discomfort – of their gift officers when it comes to continuing cultivation and solicitation conversations.

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Analysis of Students’ Transition Back to Face-to-Face Instruction

The Scholarly Teacher

Students in the packaging/engineering class had an increased appreciation of more in-person lab work; students in the mathematics class appreciated the ability to ask questions and get immediate feedback; and students in the business class appreciated richer discussions, with facial expressions and tone of voice impacting those discussions.

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Let Your Audience Guide You to Yield Success

Campus Sonar

Create an accepted student hashtag, class pendants, fun branded vinyl stickers, or a simple RT with a personalized comment as ways to amplify and spread the word about your campus. The best thing you can do right now is listen to your audience and let them guide your strategy and set the tone. Ready to take the next step?

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The Presidential Twitter Evolution

Confessions of a Community College Dean

They commented on what was going on around them and did not censor the way they typically wrote. As much as we communicators pride ourselves on being able to capture voice and accurately reflect tone, the personal nature associated with social media means users expect to hear the real person coming through their screen.

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