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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

The Scholarly Teacher

When done right, collaborative work brings diverse students together in unity of purpose, fosters positive social interactions that are task-oriented, and promotes engagement with course content and acquisition of procedural knowledge. Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Carvalho, P.

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President’s corner: President Elizabeth Davis crunches the numbers on new molds of student support

University Business

As demanding as the work may be to address students’ developing needs and alleviate a skeptical public’s concerns, President Davis hasn’t been more eager to serve since she stepped into Furman in 2014. This generation of students is fantastic,” she says. Enter Furman Advantage.

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How Does U.S. News Rank Colleges?

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

Part of the outlet’s methodology includes using only thoroughly vetted academic data, which is why it does not give weight to aspects of student life such as athletics and social life.

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Kindness, An Innate Trait of Hope College

Hope College Network

Heard about her life, college, her friends, and in turn I shared as much as a 6th grader could share about her life. The last email I sent to Sam was in 2014, and it was the first email I had ever sent Sam without receiving a response. I went home with her email and reached out to her every week for a year.

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What to know about active learning and college student identities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Still, it’s worth underscoring that active learning has been shown to disproportionately benefit these students. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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What to know about active learning and college student identities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Still, it’s worth underscoring that active learning has been shown to disproportionately benefit these students. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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How do we enable transformative university transitions?

SRHE

Using yearly interviews with 40 home, undergraduate full-time students who started their studies in 2013/2014, my research at an English northern red brick university (NRBU) focused on how students understood, and made sense of, their experiences of student life as they moved into, through, and beyond university.