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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. “The Santiago and Sarita E.

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Mini-series: Belonging in the new biology curriculum

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Beyond just lacking opportunities for integration, many students lack the cultural capital vital to belonging (Nora 2004). Journal of Institutional Research. The trips are designed to be fun, of interest to students (e.g. collecting real biological data) and tied to low stakes assessment to foster engagement from the outset.

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Research ethics committees should rethink risk

SRHE

There has been growing concern over the last twenty years, however, that some RECs have become such powerful regulatory bodies that they have almost complete control over what institutional research is conducted, as well as how and where it is undertaken.