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An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Access to Student Mental Health Services

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Removing barriers for students to use mental health services is one of the most important goals of college administrations today particularly for students of color and diverse backgrounds.

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Student Success in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

To ensure equity in STEM education, colleges and universities must take proactive steps to recruit, support, retain, and graduate minority students. This article outlines actionable strategies to create inclusive and supportive environments that empower students to succeed in STEM and contribute to a diverse and innovative workforce.

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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

The Scholarly Teacher

The questions (and answers) of the quiz can also become the source of discussion and clicker-based learning at the beginning of the following lecture, integrating once again within the framework of TPS, providing students with a constructive way to make knowledge their own and instructors with another effective teaching tool to achieve that goal.

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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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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hines, I want to merge this with helping underserved communities, especially in education, closing the opportunity gap and making sure that students will have the opportunity to develop their potential and be academically successful if they have the right support systems in place,’” says Hines. “A

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

The Scholarly Teacher

Ford, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Jillian Saraney, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Key Statement: Service-learning projects designed by students can meet community needs while elevating student learning, engagement, and success by integrating high-impact practices (HIPs) and HIP elements. 2017, October 20).

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Welcome to Jan-March learning & teaching enhancement theme: In-class Perspectives to Engaging and Empowering Learners

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

In the third instalment of our series focused on engaging and empowering learners through diverse perspectives in the classroom, the authors of these blog posts share reflections on how their educational practices and personal experiences shape their approaches to student engagement.