article thumbnail

The #RealCollege Curriculum Masterclass Prepares Faculty and Staff to Holistically Support Student Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab To help mitigate this, Believe in Students developed The #RealCollege Curriculum masterclass, a four-course curriculum sponsored by the ECMC Foundation, Gates Foundation, Imaginable Futures, and Michelson 20MM.

Faculty 321
article thumbnail

Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

Taken together, open access admission policies and challenges to student engagement in the community college context present a unique opportunity for utilizing student workers as learning assistants. LAs were recruited by both personal invitation from the college faculty as well as traditional means through campuswide job postings.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Report: Caring Campus Program Tied to Increased Connection for Students and Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Caring Campus, a program to have faculty contribute to fostering a culture of caring for students at schools, is related to observable benefits, according to a recent report by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University. But students were not the only party to benefit from the program, the report noted.

Faculty 264
article thumbnail

A Scholarship of the Underserved to Inspire Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“Four white peers questioned the student’s belonging to Penn, requested directions from him about the whereabouts of fried chicken, and referred to him as an n-word,” says McMickens, noting that the column inspired a silent student-organized, anti-racism demonstration comprising some 200 students, faculty members, and administrators.

article thumbnail

How Semester at Sea Improves Student Outcomes and Boosts Institutional Success: Changing Higher Ed podcast 243 with host Dr.s Drumm McNaughton and guest Scott Marshall

The Change Leader, Inc.

Faculty Development: Learn how faculty participation strengthens institutional outcomes and academic communities. Living-Learning Success: Discover how shipboard education creates unique opportunities for student development.

article thumbnail

$2.59M Grant Supports Nurse Training to Support Underserved Patients

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Students develop competency in leading therapeutic groups, implementing crisis and case management, prescribing psychotropic medications, and conducting psychotherapy. The programs are designed to meet the national competencies for PMHNP set forth by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties.

article thumbnail

Establishing Belonging for Creative Scholars and Teachers

The Scholarly Teacher

The nature of scholarly and creative activity carried out by the faculty in these areas is also diverse. Appalachian State recently created a position dedicated to faculty mentoring and career support. Example of a product-in-process created by a faculty member during the Creatives Retreat. 2018; Miller, 2022; Rautkorpi, 2007).

Faculty 264