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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

CANCUN—What started off in 2014 as a simple idea, has blossomed into a major convening, drawing more than 700 educators from K-12 school districts and colleges and universities together to strategize and share best practices on how to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing urban schools around the globe. Dr. Chance W.

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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

The Scholarly Teacher

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Two birds with one stone.

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Marie Hardin

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Bellisario College of Communications at Pennsylvania State University since 2014 and has been a member of the Penn State faculty since 2003, was announced as the 10th president of Quinnipiac University in Connecticut. Hardins research has focused on issues of diversity, ethics and professionalism in sports journalism.

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Usha R. Rodrigues, University of Georgia School of Law

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law in 2014. Her teaching and research focus oncorporate law,business ethics, corporations and securities regulation. Rodrigues became dean of the University of Georgia School of Law on January 1, 2025.

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Renowned UC Berkeley Sociology Professor Killed in Oakland Hit-and-Run

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His research took him across the globe, from copper mines in Zambia to machine shops in Chicago and Hungary, and industrial facilities in post-Soviet Russia. His innovative approach to sociological research and dedication to understanding working-class experiences earned him international recognition.

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Applying Principles From Neuroscience to Foster Learning—Four Strategies

The Scholarly Teacher

Iconic Gestures: The Finger Some research suggests that retrieval practice, such as speaking new vocabulary out loud, might be much more powerful when combined with physical “iconic gestures” when seeking to teach and learn new words and information (García-Gámez et al., 2014; Schacter et al., Language Teaching Research , 0 (0).

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Which Colleges Always Lose Money?

Robert Kelchen

I looked at the operating margins (revenues minus expenses) private nonprofit colleges and public universities for the past ten years (Fiscal Years 2014 through 2023).