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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

The Scholarly Teacher

Not surprising, the students in my graduate-level course were wrestling with understanding the content of this complex student development theory. Likely, anyone who has taught college or graduate-level students has faced a similar situation, particularly when attempting to synthesize complex and difficult topics.

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Molloy University Awarded $3.5M Grant to Promote Minorities in STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“The multifaceted goal of the grant is to support underrepresented minority students in STEM,” said Lentini. LSAMP is expected to use a comprehensive approach to STEM learning ecosystem to impact STEM student development and retention. This is important and valuable for the communities and populations we serve.

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Learning Assistantships

The Scholarly Teacher

For community college students, the primary opportunity for engagement is in the classroom, as they typically attend part-time with fewer extracurricular opportunities than their four-year counterparts. LAs can increase their own content knowledge and intellectual competence (Gomez Johnson et al., 2021; Close et al., under review).

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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. While his dissertation is still in development, it will examine what segregation means through an interdisciplinary lens.

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

The Scholarly Teacher

Located in primarily low-income areas and minority communities, this site has been the focus of many student projects to address health equity and environmental justice. Students revised the EPA letter that is mailed to residents explaining the potential soil contamination and the option to test their soil. High-impact practices.

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A Step-by-Step Guide for Teaching a Comprehensive High School Climate Change Unit

Experiential Learning Depot

Each resource encourages self-directed exploration, keeping students actively engaged. In this section, students learn about wind patterns, ocean currents, and how energy is transferred across the planet. Students learn about these concepts from a hands-on, design thinking approach.

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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. While his dissertation is still in development, it will examine what segregation means through an interdisciplinary lens.