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From Crisis to Solutions: Global Conference Charts New Course for Urban Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

HBCU students not only attended this year’s conference, but they participated in a service project and built bookshelves and delivered over 450 books to a local elementary school in Cancun that did not have a library until last week. That local community outreach in the host country of the conference, Lewis added, is critically important. “We

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Striving for Digital Equity in Education

The Scholarly Teacher

As members of the higher education community (instructors, students, and other education paraprofessionals), we work, study, and interact in a largely digital environment. The digital inequality in higher education affects both instructors and students. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10.

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

The Scholarly Teacher

Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, higher education enrollments and retention have declined overall, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels (Cassell, 2022). Community outreach with MPH and honors students in October 2019 at the Southside library, Chattanooga, TN. What do students want from higher education?

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Maine’s Colby College counters higher ed mistrust with community outreach

University Business

A major investment in surrounding Waterville has brought more than 30 new businesses and art programs, while a downtown dormitory houses students, who commit to working in area homeless shelters, the public library or schools. Read more from Public News Service.