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What We’re Learning About the Dual Enrollment Student Experience

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dual enrollment can expose students to the rigor of college-level work, provide them vital information regarding transfer, and help them feel more confident about attending college. Almost 4,500 students from 17 colleges across 11 states responded to the fall 2022 DESSE pilot administration. Dr. Linda L.

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Three reasons professors engage students with music

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Keeping students engaged in class is an age-old struggle. An assistant professor at Yale University who recently tweeted to ask other professors if they're playing music before class, and what students think, got more than 1,000 replies. Is this diversity newsletter?: Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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How to Design Online Classes for Higher Engagement and Retention

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Many student decisions likely will come down to universities offering more engaging learning experiences, something that online programs need to think about. Student engagement is an area that online education, for all its benefits and flexibility, struggles with.

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To fight student disengagement, real-world projects can help

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Jillian Kinzie, associate director for Indiana University’s Center for Postsecondary Research and the National Survey of Student Engagement, said that students have long been interested in incorporating more real-world experience into their learning, but it can pose a challenge to professors for several reasons.

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Implementing Relationship-Rich Education: Theory to Practice

The Scholarly Teacher

Students engaged with material defining the characteristics of high-performing teams, including the importance of establishing psychological safety and avoiding groupthink (Cardon, 2023). Student engagement in higher education: Theoretical perspectives and practical approaches for diverse populations. Indiana University.

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Six factors to improve student connections

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Keeping students engaged on campus and in the classroom can revolve around their sense of belonging. A national spring 2022 survey from the American College Health Association and the National College Health Assessment found that 53 percent of students were positive for loneliness on the UCLA Loneliness Scale.

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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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