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George Washington University Adjunct Faculty to Potentially Receive Raise and Base Salary Increase

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Per that agreement, GW part-time faculty may see their first contractual raise in four years and an increase in base salaries – from $4,467 to $5,000. The collective bargaining agreement (CBA) could give a 10% raise to all regular, or tenure-eligible, part-time faculty starting Spring 2023.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Among the issues addressed are reading academic text and managing assignments, which can be especially challenging when the students are still developing their command of English. Approximately 80% of the students who access EAP are Latino.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They are taking responsibility and raising standards.” The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

Research shows that having BIPOC teachers benefits BIPOC students, providing numerous positive protective factors (Burciaga & Kohli, 2018; Easton-Brooks, 2019; Morales et al., In January 2020, we secured $3,000 to fund the FToC Summit; however, the pandemic caused the event to go virtual. 2022; Wright et al., link] Morales, A.

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Research co-creation may be the key to impact

SRHE

Previous research by the Centre discovered that pressures within schools dampen students’ expressed curiosity in questions about the nature of reality and human personhood and limit the development of their epistemic insight into how science, religion and the wider humanities relate. by Finley Lawson. My answer is impact.

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Dougherty Family College’s Investment in Student Success Pays Off

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They have access to financial aid counselors, college persistence counselors, and a life coach, and are placed into paid internships after they finish a professional development course. DFC’s approach is in line with recent research showing that student success requires a comprehensive approach. But he raised some concerns.

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Research ethics committees should rethink risk

SRHE

There are good reasons why institutional human research ethics committees (RECs) or research ethics boards (REBs) are needed in higher education institutions – namely, to ensure research participants are treated in accordance with a set of agreed standards and principles. by Jacqueline Stevenson, Tom Power and Alison Fox.