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A Trauma-Informed Teaching Framework for Stewards

The Scholarly Teacher

In our research, we found promising constructs: Trauma-Informed Pedagogy , Community of Inquiry , and Trauma Stewardship. Trauma-Informed Pedagogy builds learning environments in higher education that support students’ successful course completion while acknowledging their personal experiences of trauma (Bitanihirwe & Imad, 2023).

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New Report Highlights Hidden Costs and Privacy Risks of Digital Courseware for Higher Education Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The report also noted that data privacy practices in higher education lack transparency and added that students and instructors receive little information on how personal data is collected, stored, or shared, and companies often fail to clearly explain their data policies.

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Focusing on Mental Health Challenges Facing Community College Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

If we can find a way to start understanding that at the very beginning when students come to the campus for the first time…we can connect them to resources or inform them of resources…so they feel cared for, noticed and that someone believes in them.” We’ll provide psychological information. Garcia, executive director of CCCSE. “If

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Applying Principles From Neuroscience to Foster Learning—Four Strategies

The Scholarly Teacher

David Pleins , Assistant Director, Walker Center for Teaching and Learning, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Key Statement: Foreign language vocabulary acquisition (and the learning of information more generally) need not be a painful enterprise! Spaced retrieval involves an initial encounter with the material (e.g.,

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Maryland Teachers Receive Tuition-Free National Board Certification

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I firmly believe perception informs pedagogy. Beyond professional and financial advancement, pursuing National Board Certification helps educators become better teachers and more insightful people, said Dr. Damara Hightower Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer of the EPI Center at Voorhees.

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Financial Aid Timeline for High School Seniors

Great College Advice

Obtain Your Unique FSA ID Anyone who is required to provide information on the FAFSA form needs a FSA ID which will be provided to you by filling out the required information on StudentAid.gov. inform the financial aid office about them. Be prepared to write a letter and provide documentary proof of these changes.

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What to Do If Your College Application is Deferred

Great College Advice

Some colleges do not want you to send letters; rather they want you to update information in their admissions portal for them. These updates may include checking a box that you still want your application to be reviewed in the Regular Decision round, as well as space for more information. This is not the time to be modest!