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Raising the Bar: Leveraging Accreditation and Its Influence on Transfer and Credit Mobility

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Beyond Transfer The nation cannot achieve equity in student outcomes without intentionally addressing how current credit mobility and transfer policies and practices are denying students recognition of and credit for high-quality learning. At the moment, however, there is great room for improvement.

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Rehumanizing the Research University

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? This reminds me every day why teaching, mentorship and service matter just as much as research. Why is that?

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How Gross Inequalities in Institutional Wealth Distort the Higher Education Ecosystem and Shortchange the Vast Majority of Middle- and Lower-Income Undergraduates

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask yourself: Would the $20 million gift that Bloomberg Philanthropies gave to Princeton in 2021 to support the university’s first-generation and low-income students have a greater impact at Tougaloo College, an HBCU with a $10 million endowment? The very question—posed by educational historian Bruce A.

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10 Quality Nutrition and Health Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

You want the experience to mean something to the community, to make an impact, and to sincerely raise awareness about nutrition this National Nutrition Awareness Month. This blog post is how I can help you with that through a project-based learning approach! Or is that just me? Project-based learning is a FANTASTIC way to do that.

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New federal data show two-year enrollment trends by age

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Recently released federal higher education data show community college enrollment trends during the first two years of the pandemic differed based on the age of the students, according to a new analysis by the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College.

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A student partnership project to enhance curriculum development in medical education

Teaching Matters Online Learning

We were keen to work with students as pedagogical co-creators – developing the learning strategy and resources – and hoped that this kind of partnership would enhance the process and the outcomes of the curriculum design by introducing new and potentially different perspectives and experiences.

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20 Winter-Inspired Service-Learning Project Ideas for High School Students

Experiential Learning Depot

Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Through planning and organizing this service-learning project, students develop responsibility, compassion, and communication skills as they coordinate with residents and work in teams. A few of my students coordinated this exact service-learning project example with St.