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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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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.

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Report: Adult Community College Students Make Strides

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

David Radwin The brief, " Redrawing the Starting Line: Advancing Equity in Adult Learners’ Developmental Education Outcomes ", compared transfer-level English and math course completion rates between adult community college students – those age 25 or older – and their younger, traditional-age student peers.

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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Reid, Jr., is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier to student development. Going forward, he anticipates leveraging data and research to inform policy-making about schools and support families from marginalized backgrounds.

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Flipped Classrooms: A Next Generation Nursing Case Study

The Scholarly Teacher

The authors concluded that the flipped classroom approach could have an impact on student learning if the students are invested in this approach; one student reported that they excelled because they were ready and motivated to learn. Flipped classrooms promote autonomy to help students develop their self-concept.

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Establishing Belonging for Creative Scholars and Teachers

The Scholarly Teacher

Scholarly activity, creative activity, and professional learning enable faculty to remain current in their areas of specialization, serve as role models for students, develop a strong recruitment base, and support the university’s core value of “ faculty excellence in teaching and all forms of scholarship.”

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Women's Liberal Arts College Allows Students to Travel Globally as Part of First-Year Course

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

One such course, “Decolonizing Conservation,” takes students to Alaska, Graml said, where they study ecology and conservation while keeping in mind the colonialist perspectives involved. The course questions normative understandings of conservation that have ignored or overlooked information that Indigenous peoples contribute, Graml said.