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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During the 2016-2017 school year, the Brothers to Sisters Club at Compton College reserved a portion of their meetings for Real Talk. I announced at one of our professional development days the need to build student housing, and I think people were like, What is he talking about, he recalls.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Assistant professor and program coordinator Eleisha Moreno, who has worked with EAP since 2016, says this recognition from Excelencia in Education is validating. In 2016, EAP reduced the number of courses in its course sequence, increased tutoring services and added embedded tutoring. GPA and a persistence rate of 94.4%.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. Fellows have the opportunity to participate in faculty research and developmental projects, enhancing their professional development.

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Dr. Orlando Taylor: A Person to Emulate

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He considered it a personal goal to care for every person’s professional development. CASL, an initiative of the Marie Fielder Center, was created in 2016 as a joint enterprise with funding from the National Science Foundation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities’ Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP).

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Mini-series: Student leadership and professional development

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

In this final piece, I will discuss the relevance of participating in a peer group, as a leader or an attendee, with regards to professional development and graduate attributes. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2016. References Arvanitakis, J., Hornsby, editors. Universities, the Citizen Scholar and the Future of Higher Education.

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Professional Development and Professional Recognition for University Teachers: a mentor’s eye view

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Development and Recognition of Mentors Importantly, mentoring can also be seen as part of an educator’s professional development and recognition. 2016) Recognising Ourselves and Each Other in Professional Recognition. Nov 3, 2016 or in the Vet School catriona.bell@ed.ac.uk and Collins, C. Rattray, T.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2016, the NCAA created the Presidential Pledge, stating a commitment to promoting and achieving ethnic, racial, and gender equity in intercollegiate athletics. Within their terms, they not only work at a host institution (for approximately 10 months), but they get professional development from us,” says Harraway.

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