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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They are taking responsibility and raising standards.” California State University, East Bay Dr. Cathy Sandeen Almost 60% of California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), students are transfers, and their needs are taken into account. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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Going Back to School Means Increasing Black/Minoritized Family Engagement Too

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When raising my son (now an adult and father), I always found parent-teacher conferences intimidating. Given the lower achievement and other negative outcomes of Black and Hispanic students in our schools often due to racial prejudice and discrimination (i.e., Imagine that. In 2022, the U.S. content, books events, topics, issues).

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

What Worked Structure The development of the FToC Summit began with our planning team, which included BIPOC teacher educators who represented diverse identity groups and educational experiences. In January 2020, we secured $3,000 to fund the FToC Summit; however, the pandemic caused the event to go virtual. link] Easton-Brooks, D.

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

Experiential Learning Depot

Holiday Food Drive Have your students organize a food drive to collect non-perishable items and deliver them to local food banks or shelters to support families in need. Students engage in every step from planning and promoting to collecting and delivering donations in this service-learning project ideas.

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Community building: Challenges and opportunities

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

They discuss innovative strategies that bridge gaps between the university and local community, enhance student engagement, and foster meaningful inclusivity across diverse cultural backgrounds. A big challenge has been to communicate our events and raise awareness.

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Welcome to the September issue of Teaching Matters: Student Engagement

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

This month’s theme focuses on student engagement. Look out for Cathy Bovill’s blog post tomorrow, which offers a brief overview of student engagement literature, and an example of an innovative student engagement inititative. Jenny Scoles Dr Jenny Scoles is the editor of Teaching Matters.

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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.