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Using virtual reality (VR) to transport students to new places in the classroom

Teaching Matters Online Learning

By engaging first-hand with VR, students are able to appreciate and articulate the subtle differences between being merely engaged and feeling genuinely transported, thus making these complex VR concepts more tangible and understandable.

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Creating Safe Spaces: Future Teachers of Color Summit

The Scholarly Teacher

While not ideal, it meant we did not have to fund transportation and food and had more funds to compensate presenters. For planning purposes, we utilized our personal and professional networks to secure presenters, and our pre-service BIPOC leaders in our student-led Teacher Education Diversity Organization (TEDO) were session facilitators.

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Community Colleges Increase Housing Options

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Joshua Reda There are also students who don’t have stable or consistent homes who want a place to reside while pursuing their education. The students don’t just get the housing, they get individualized counseling, transportation, and other supports that are comprehensive,” says CCC Chancellor Juan Salgado.

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Investing in Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lee College, which received $5 million from Scott, put its money toward renovating its student center, an endeavor that involved the creation of a new Student Resource and Advocacy Center, says Kelli Forde Spiers, Lee’s executive director of student engagement and belonging.

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New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises

EAB

Podcast New Student Engagement Data Reveals Surprises Episode 152. They also offer advice to community college leaders on ways to make measurable improvements in student retention and enrollment. EAB · New Student Engagement Data Reveal Surprises Transcript [music] 0:00:13.0 May 23, 2023.

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Six reasons why HyFlex shouldn't become the norm (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Technical issues can arise, as well as problems of roommates or family members making too much background noise for students to unmute themselves and participate. Reason 3: HyFlex Limits Student Engagement and Community Building Effective teaching requires active learning, community building and student-to-student interactions.

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10 Ways Declining Balance Accounts Can Benefit Your Campus

University Business

Snack shop, vending, textbooks, concert tickets, parking, transportation, the list goes on-and-on with all the ways students can use their campus card. Consideration can be made to various types of declining balance “buckets” such as taxable, non-taxable items, and decision tree options created for when student funds are depleted.