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

The Scholarly Teacher

Ford, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Jillian Saraney, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Key Statement: Service-learning projects designed by students can meet community needs while elevating student learning, engagement, and success by integrating high-impact practices (HIPs) and HIP elements. Photo by Robert Lathrop.

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Supporting LGBTQ+ Students as they Work to Achieve Professional and Economic Mobility

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The increase, the Trevor Project suggests , stems from not only from the negative impact of COVID-19, but other risk factors like barriers to mental health care and a wave of new state policies affecting LGBTQ+ rights. During July 2022 alone, ten anti-gay laws went into effect , all of them relating to education.

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Stress is a key deterrent to enrolling in higher education

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Nearly two-thirds of people who have never enrolled in higher education cite emotional stress as a key deterrent, a new report from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation finds. It is the fourth most commonly cited reason after the cost of higher education (81 percent), inflation (77 percent) and work conflicts (69 percent).

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I (Ford) was reading a commentary on the top number of “issues” facing education/ educators and became even more outraged and indignant on terminology used to describe children who live in poverty, Blacks, and other minoritized students. Counseling & mental health.

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K-12 Education: Design Strategies for Successful Magnet Schools

Clark Nesxen

Magnet schools emerged on the K-12 scene as early as the 1960s to establish a public education option that met multiple goals: attracting a diverse student body from across a school district, supporting students with specific interests, and offering equitable opportunities resulting in high levels of academic success.

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Anchors Away: Building Community, Mindfulness, Equity, and Reflection

The Scholarly Teacher

For example, in a chemistry course, a weekly big question is, “What is stoichiometry and how do I know when to use it?” Starter Questions (Community Building) What and Why: Starter questions were utilized to create a sense of belonging and a trusting space for sharing. Anecdotal evidence shows that participants enjoyed Faculty Forward.

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Which mental health strategies should be embraced—or avoided? Check the data

University Business

Colleges need to leverage data-driven mental health services to cut through the noise and effectively treat their students, wages a new report by the American Council on Education (ACE). ACE utilized a comprehensive review of campus interventions strategies from various academic fields and journals to make its recommendations.