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Collegiate Commentary: Five communities created by staff-student projects

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

As universities are under an increasing level of regulation and accountability in relation to student success and retention, we see commitments towards partnership working as a form of best practice (see: Office for Students Student Engagement Strategy ).

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Student-Staff Partnership: Gakuen-sai (Campus Festival)

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Student committees lead this biggest annual event on campus, and groups of students from societies or classes participate in it by organising concerts, food stalls, exhibitions, poster presentations, demonstrations or performances. This is the cultural event of the students, by the students, for the students.

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10 Steps to Increase Study Abroad Participation

Study Aborad Association

Student engagement is important and helps build a community for travelers at the school. Those who studied abroad in the prior semesters can share their stories and photos to other students looking to participate in upcoming programs. You can view our most popular presentation and easily sign up for your workshop here.

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Looking back at the UC graduate worker strike (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Nostalgia doesn’t help us live in the present, though. The faculty says we recognize our graduate students as early-career colleagues. But the structure of the university and financial support for graduate students say something else. Change is hard. 16, 2022.

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Boost Higher Ed Enrollment and Graduation Rates – The Power of Student Support and Belonging: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 148 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Elliot Felix

The Change Leader, Inc.

Take a multifaceted approach by creating identity and affinity centers for underserved communities such as LGBTQ+, first-gen, student veterans, and parents. Also important are common spaces like student unions, libraries, and their events and programs, like student support organizations, and peer-to-peer relationships and service delivery.

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2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

The Change Leader, Inc.

He astutely noted that the divisiveness present in the broader political landscape of the country directly influenced and posed challenges within the realm of higher education. This discrepancy presents unique challenges in curriculum development and teaching methodologies. The student union wanted to hire me to fix this for them.

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Do we really empower sabbatical offices to be the voice of students?

SRHE

Rather we focus on one of the primary figureheads of student voice within universities the sabbatical officer and consider how they are empowered to represent the voice of their peers to their university. Sabbatical officers are elected by the student body to represent their interests to the wider university community.