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Q&A: UNCF's Ed Smith-Lewis on the UNITE Convening and HBCU Transformation

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One of our most defining initiatives started in 2016: the Career Pathways Initiative (CPI), a $50 million investment by the Lilly Endowment. CPI wasn't just about connecting students to jobs; it was about reimagining how career readiness is embedded into the entire academic experience at HBCUs. Students are no different.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

For community college students, the primary opportunity for engagement is in the classroom, as they typically attend part-time with fewer extracurricular opportunities than their four-year counterparts. 2016) and enhance their communication skills (Goff & Lahme, 2003). Education and identity. 2021; Close et al.,

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The path to higher education success has many obstacles and barriers for Latinos across the U.S. The mission of Excelencia in Education, founded in 2004 by Dr. Deborah A. Over the last five years, there has been an 11% increase in the four-year graduation rate for Latinx students. Santiago and Sarita E.

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Persistence Rebounds to Pre-COVID Levels, But Not for Everyone

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

of the students entering college in fall 2021 continued their studies in fall 2022, an increase of nearly one point from the previous year, and equaling the average rate for freshmen from 2016-2018. “It But she warned that higher education was still experiencing the effects of the pandemic.

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Choice Meets Academic Emotions

The Scholarly Teacher

Thus, education is a process that can change a student (Quinlan, 2016). Choice and Emotion in Practice Twenty-nine Providence College students from two sections of a music appreciation class participated in a recent study conducted by the author (with IRB approval, including informed consent). How higher education feels.

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4 Online Teaching Strategies To Promote Collaboration and Community

The Scholarly Teacher

Online learners, much like in-person learners, need an environment that fosters relationships, social interaction, and activities focused on the goals and objectives of the course (Buck, 2016; Frey, 2015). Farrell and Brunton (2020) uncovered themes essential to online student engagement. Understanding students, adapting.

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Dear Dan, We Need More Frankensteins: The Value of the SAAL Blog for HESA Student Learning

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Perhaps more importantly (or more frightening), at least five cohorts of University of Connecticut (UConn) Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) master’s students know your monsters, too. I use these posts to scaffold readings in the syllabus by helping to make concepts tangible for students. Jossey-Bass.