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Minority males benefit from consistent academic coaching

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Findings from a recent study on the role of technology-enabled academic success coaching to close equity gaps at community colleges validate the benefits of both providing such coaching and ensuring that coaches stay with their assigned students. Evans, associate director of student life for N.C.

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City College of San Francisco struggles to heat classrooms

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“I had a student last week literally ask me why nobody cares,” Finkelstein said. Being a community college student is challenging … You’re juggling work schedules and childcare schedules and arranging your life so that you can be in school. “That was heartbreaking.

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Iowa prepares students to learn

Confessions of a Community College Dean

To measure the program’s impact, Vecera and Learning at Iowa measure the number of campus presentations delivered to community members and will analyze qualitative student and adviser feedback on materials and the program’s usefulness. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?:

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Matchmaking club also trains students in tech skills

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The money for such dates comes both from corporate sponsorships and from the Harvard Undergraduate Association, the university’s student government. Other campuses offer similar enticements. And the Datamatch team at the University of Wisconsin has held free events , including swing dancing, ice skating and movie nights for its users.

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Career Q&A: UT Knoxville's vice provost for student success

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A: Many universities have positions that work closely with student success; sometimes, those positions are vice provosts of academic affairs or are aligned with student life or with enrollment management. Is this diversity newsletter?: Newsletter Order: 0 Disable left side advertisement?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Dining halls can contribute to eating disorders—and recovery

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Editorial Tags: Student life Student Health Image Source: Student Affairs Marketing/Northwestern University Image Caption: Northwestern’s dining halls no longer display calorie counts by the food they serve, though the information is still publicly available. “It truly does take a village.”

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What to know about active learning and college student identities

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” ‘Listen to Students’ Dynamic teaching can work for neurodivergent students, with some clarifications, says Liz Norell, an associate professor of political science at Chattanooga State Community College and faculty developer who identifies as neurodivergent. Is this diversity newsletter?:

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