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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I recall me and Joshua going into classrooms to say, hey, utilize your voice, because the school cant address a problem if theres no need for it. Their next step was to identify Compton College students who identified as homeless. We took it upon ourselves, says Louden. Compton is the model for that.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

Taken together, open access admission policies and challenges to student engagement in the community college context present a unique opportunity for utilizing student workers as learning assistants. Learning assistantships also offer a range of benefits for the near peer tutors themselves. Kisker, C. M., & Brawer, F. Pollock, S.,

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Feedback or Feedforward? It’s All About the Timing

The Scholarly Teacher

Feedback allows students to identify strengths and areas of growth, gain understanding of complex professional methods, and develop a repertoire of strategies to enhance their performance (Nicol & Macfarlane-Dick, 2006). Are you currently utilizing a feedback or feedforward approach? References Carroll, D. Hattie, J., &

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

2006) referred to this as the ‘revolving door’ problem, finding that one in every two minority hires was a replacement for a previous minority who had left the institution. Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. Moreno at al.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In all matters, culturally responsive strategies are utilized that foster trusting relationships and a sense of belonging. WSU’s CAMP was founded in 2006. It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Approximately 80% of the students who access EAP are Latino. This recognition] means a lot.”

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

’ My CliftonStrengths (Developer, Communication, Maximizer, Arranger, Positivity) have greatly assisted me in finding my ideal career calling by utilizing my talents to assist students in exploring their career aspirations, using positive, organized and optimistic views. Liana Acri (she/her), M.Ed., References. Random House.

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Creating a data-informed campus: part 3

EAB

In this third and final post, I turn our discussion to the utility of the analytics function and how it can achieve real institutional impact. In the first blog post in this series , I discussed the necessity of a sufficient technology infrastructure to facilitate curation, access, and retrieval of data. link] McLendon, M., De Lourdes.