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Report: Latinos Essential to Growing STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And as business owners, Latinos made up 50% of net new small businesses from 2007–2017. Undergraduates are most concerned with scholarship opportunities, financial literacy, and paying for their education,” survey conductors reported about the financial needs of Latino students. Additionally, their purchasing power of $3.4

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Inquiring Minds Want to Know…About Social, Cognitive, and Teacher Presence Online

The Scholarly Teacher

Growth mindset leads to greater effort and persistence in learners which helps them reach higher levels of achievement (Dweck & Molden, 2017). A meta-analysis of blended learning and technology use in higher education: From the general to the applied. Journal of Computing in Higher Education , 26 (1), 87-122. link] Deci, E.

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Are institutions leveraging their alumni to their full potential? Here’s how they can

University Business

The engagement dinner has since expanded students’ internship and career pipeline since 2017. Bolster continuing education opportunities The most important partnership may be between the alma mater and alumni. Colleges and universities today are trying to explore new modes of education through lifelong learning models.

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Here are 3 ways the international student landscape is changing

University Business

higher education fights to keep its revenue afloat, recruitment strategies used by other countries to attract their own robust cohorts of international students pose a challenge. received the most Chinese students of any country , anchored by a 41% increase from the 2017-18 academic year to the 2021-22 academic year. As the U.S.

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This program dedicated to boosting first-gen success rates is tripling down

University Business

First-generation college students are among higher education’s most prominent yet precarious student demographics. Among those from low-income households, about 90% do not graduate within six years, according to EAB , an education consulting firm. How do I even figure out where I want to go?' .”

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Microcredentials confuse employers, colleges and learners

Confessions of a Community College Dean

By one count, the United States is home to more than one million unique educational credentials, which represents a more than threefold increase since 2018. “We could reverse [that trend] by giving them educational products that will get them reconnected, that will value their prior learning, that will get them to that degree.”

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Enhancing the student learning experience via social media

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Both Sarah and I were intrigued by how students learn when using social media, and we decided to review the evidence to see if it was beneficial or not, and, if it was, how we could incorporate it effectively into nursing education. A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: protocol.

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