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Black Men’s Mental Health Addressed During Black Men’s Research Institute Symposium

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Taken place at the Atlanta University Center’s Woodruff’s Library, the “Changing the Paradigm” symposium began its two-day conference with a discussion on mental health. The Black Men’s Research Institute (BMRI) at Morehouse College hosted its first Spring Symposium addressing health issues for African American men. Dr. Walter M.

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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. 2017, October 20).

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16 Fun College Orientation Activities & Icebreakers to Encourage Student Engagement in 2022!

Campus Groups

16 Fun College Orientation Ideas to Encourage Student Engagement in 2022 For many students, college orientation can be their first experience on their own. A scavenger hunt doubles as a fun way to team up with new classmates and to help students get acquainted navigating their new home. The obstacle?

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4 Online Teaching Strategies To Promote Collaboration and Community

The Scholarly Teacher

Farrell and Brunton (2020) uncovered themes essential to online student engagement. They found that the peer community created through online forums, social interactions, and collaborative activities were significant factors in students feeling supported and encouraged, leading to their overall course and content engagement.

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Queens College debuts virtual neurodiversity hub

Confessions of a Community College Dean

How will students engage? When it comes to studying, it has helped me understand the value in utilizing mixed modes of learning for different subjects.” ” She recalls staying in the library past the point of exhaustion as an undergraduate but says now she knows to take breaks “and shift my focus.”

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The Role of Technology in Enhancing the Effectiveness of the CBCS in Higher Education

Creatrix Campus

This blog explores the pivotal role of technology in enhancing the effectiveness of the CBCS in higher education, highlighting its potential to revolutionize curriculum delivery, assessment methods, and student engagement. Rather than relying on traditional grading systems, CBCS utilizes credits to assess academic progress.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. There is flexibility for which projects the students engage with, Barrios says.