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Student engagement and sense of mattering in a large UG course

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Celine Caquineau, a Senior Lecturer at Edinburgh Medical School, tackles the formidable challenge of enhancing student engagement within large undergraduate courses. Large courses are difficult contexts to establish effective learning communities where each student feels they belong. K., & Finney, S.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

The open access nature of community colleges and the varying levels of academic preparedness of their students require programs and courses that provide remediation and support in foundational skills for nearly two- thirds of students (Chen et al., Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12 (1). References Chen, X.,

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In addition to support services that include financial aid and academic advising, an example of supporting Latinx student success is the CSUSB Impact Internship, developed by the university’s Undocumented Student Success Center. This is a paid, on-campus internship for undocumented students at CSUSB. “By

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DEI: Informing the Implicit to Create the Explicit in Classroom Culture

The Scholarly Teacher

The diversity and multicultural nature of today’s college classroom calls for use of culturally responsive practices to improve student engagement and learning (Mohammad & Nordin, 2017). 2010; Garrison & Arbaugh, 2007; Swan et al., 2010; Swan et al., But what does this look like in the higher education classroom?

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Fostering Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“If we know someone is housing insecure, food insecure, or financially insecure, we have resources to help those students,” says Alexander, referencing AAP’s emergency response crisis team (ERCT) and noting that between 3,000 and 3,800 students engage with ERCT each quarter, over 10,000 per year.

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Letting Go of the Reins: Supporting Student Needs

The Scholarly Teacher

Stephanie Wasmanski , Wilkes University Keywords : Student Choice, Student Autonomy, Self-Determination Theory Key Statement: Supporting students’ basic psychological needs of autonomy and competence through self-selected activities and positive feedback may enhance student engagement and motivation.

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Holistic campus design strategies to combat loneliness 

University Business

Studies show that since 2010, students have experienced unprecedented rises in anxiety, isolation, and depression, and the COVID-19 pandemic only intensified these issues. A 2020 survey of students at nine U.S. public research universities found that 39% of all students screened positive for anxiety disorder.