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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Brown, is to advance Latino student success in higher education by promoting Latino student achievement, conducting analysis to inform educational policies and advancing institutional practices. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Small College America – Profile: Whitman College

Edu Alliance Journal

The curriculum, deeply rooted in the traditional liberal arts, continues to evolve, notably introducing two new majors in Fall 2023: Brain, Behavior & Cognition (Neuroscience) and Ethics & Society, reflecting increasing student interest in neuroscience and applied ethics.

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Online Transition Programming in the Time of COVID

Supporting Student Success

By focusing on the student experience and the other facets of well-being, including the connection between regular activity and academic performance, we welcomed more students to online classes, programs, and spaces offered by Athletics & Recreation. Writing Ready. Planning for 2021. Kait Taylor-Asquini (she/her), B.A.,

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Mini-series: Biodiversity and the University: Health, wellbeing and natural capital

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

We also have a duty to protect and conserve biodiversity as a public body under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004. The biodiversity strategy will consider relationships and interactions, fostering these through community and resilience programmes that align with our Adaptation Framework.

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Sustainability actions students take and want their colleges to take

Confessions of a Community College Dean

When he co-founded the organization in 2004, it had 35 member campuses—which grew quickly to 200 and peaked in 2012 at about 1,200. Still, according to the Forrester Consulting report, one in five campus sustainability leader survey respondents plans to reduce energy consumption across the entire institution by at least 50 percent.

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