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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

What’s Worked: Two Examples Environmental Justice Project In Chattanooga, Tennessee, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s Southside Chattanooga Lead Superfund Site extends across 8 neighborhoods just south of the university’s campus (Environmental Protection Agency [EPA], 2017. 2017, October 20). Photo by Robert Lathrop.

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How micro-internships prepare women for tech careers

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: One organization is creating space at the tech industry’s table for undergraduates by providing short-term work experiences to equip them for summer internships and beyond. Employment in science, technology, engineering and math has grown over the years, with about 24 percent of the U.S.’s

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Ten campus living-learning communities to model

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Minnesota has partnered with Can Do Canines to offer the LLC since 2017. While there’s no major requirement for FETCH LLC, one aim is to help students learn more about the service animal industry. Florida State—WIMSE This Florida State LLC comes with a healthy dose of girl power.

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CCS Welcomes New Board of Trustee Members

College for Creative Study

Davis has 30 years of experience in the financial services industry after joining Comerica in 1992 as a credit analyst. He also serves on the Oak Park Library Board of Directors. Since that time, he has held various lending and management positions of increasing responsibility and scope.

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How Virtual Reality is Transforming Higher Education Learning

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

The VR industry is already booming and will need a workforce with the understanding of the technology. VR is expected to become a $33 billion industry by 2024, growing to be an essential technological tool for day-to-day work. Therefore students may need to be prepared for the job market in which it will be used. Conclusion.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition. Providers were to ‘specialise in working with industry and employers’. Their knowledge and research drive industry and the public services to innovate, thrive and meet challenges”.

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The Impact of Crushing Student Debt on American Society: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions: Changing Higher Education Podcast 164 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest David Linton

The Change Leader, Inc.

However, in 2017, Professor Douglas Webber of Temple University roughly found that for every $1,000 in state budget cuts, students pay an extra $300 – $315 more per year in tuition and fees. There was a dorm, library, lecture hall, and an admin building. In 2017, Professor Douglas Webber of Temple University tested that hypothesis.