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How Being a Mother and Academic Helped Me Fix Higher Education’s Transfer Crisis

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A 2023 report by the Community College Research Center found that only 16% of community college students earned a bachelors program within six years and just 10% of low-income students did. On average, students lose a fifth of their credits when transferring to a four-year college, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

The Scholarly Teacher

2019; Smith, 2013). Although substantial research has been conducted on the topic of effective teaching (Campbell et al., Although substantial research has been conducted on the topic of effective teaching (Campbell et al., 2001; Lang, 2021; Thomas, 2009).The The characteristics of quality teaching are often ambiguous.

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Report Shows Increases in Retention and Persistence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center noted that more than 76% of students who started college in the fall of 2022 returned for their second year. for incoming students who began fall 2013 to 55% for those who began fall 2022. The rate of college freshmen returning for a second year is at a decade high.

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Similarly, the report cited research that showed that the median earnings of full-time workers with an undergrad degree in English and any graduate degree was $65,851, approximately $5,000 lower than that of all majors with a graduate degree, $70,917. in philosophy.

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Employers Seek ‘Success Skills’ Among Potential Employees: Report

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SREB recently released its "The Skills Employers Demand: An Analysis of the Research" report to aid educators and policymakers as they work to integrate soft, employability skills into secondary and postsecondary education. The report summarizes a decade of studies, between 2013 and 2023, and analyzes job postings in 16 SREB states.

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Strategies for Engaging Colleagues Resistant To Adapting Their Approach To Teaching

The Scholarly Teacher

This principle of MI underlies its "spirit," which is fundamentally about compassion and acceptance (Miller & Rollnick, 2013). There is comfort in the status quo, and resistance to change can be viewed as a natural defense mechanism against potential discomfort. If it is the former, we foster an environment where change can occur.

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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

Keywords: Service-learning, public health, graduate education, community needs, student engagement, research, high-impact practices Introduction High-impact practices (HIPs) such as global learning, service-learning, research, and collaborative projects provide educational benefits by engaging students in a way that elevates their learning.