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Investing in Care to Combat Declining Enrollment in Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A shrinking student population means fewer trained workers entering key industries, bringing about economic decline as the demographic cliff continues to grow. The number of traditional college-age students is steadily declining, with fewer high school graduates enrolling in higher education.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

The open access nature of community colleges and the varying levels of academic preparedness of their students require programs and courses that provide remediation and support in foundational skills for nearly two- thirds of students (Chen et al., Department of Education. Education and identity. References Chen, X.,

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

The Scholarly Teacher

Kari Henry Hulett , Northeastern State University Maria Gray , Northeastern State University Key Statement: Faculty can intentionally design courses using the Community of Inquiry Framework to achieve greater student engagement and learning outcomes. Garrison et al. Image by , Unsplash.

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Incorporating Virtual Instructional Strategies that Increase Student Engagement

The Scholarly Teacher

Although we hope that all of our students will attend and participate during synchronous sessions, we suggest having options for times when they cannot be present. It is all too easy to forget that our students may have families (who may fall sick) and competing work obligations (Corbera, Anguelovski, Honey-Roses, & Ruiz-Mallen, 2020).

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Report: Students Studying Abroad Makes Rebound

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The number of students engaging in international education is rising, perhaps even more so than before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data from Institute of International Education (IIE). Department of State-sponsored Open Doors 2023 Report on International Educational Exchange – released Nov.

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Feedback: Maximizing Its Impact

The Scholarly Teacher

Introduction Instructors possess the power to support student's growth mindset and sense of competence while also improving student achievement by adjusting how they give feedback to students (Akpinar & Özalp, 2023; Hattie & Timperley, 2007). 2020; Wachter, 2022). Image courtesy of Unsplash.

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