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History in the Making: Orange Bowl Features First-Ever Matchup of African American Head Coaches in College Football Playoff Semifinal

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For the first time in college football history, the upcoming Orange Bowl semifinal guarantees that an African American head coach will advance to the National Marcus Freeman Championship game, as Penn State's James Franklin faces Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman. Franklin has previously expressed his aspirations regarding this milestone.

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Compton College Addresses Student Homelessness and Basic Needs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When you think about our history, were the first community college in the state of California whose accreditation was revoked, and to go from that in 2006 to be where were at now and to be on the cutting edge, that tells you that transformation can happen, but transformation can happen in communities where we look like the students.

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Can Art History Be Taught Without Someone Becoming Angry?

Inside Higher Ed

In art history classes, more than one exasperated student has screamed at me, “It’s just a chair. ” All these responses and more have made me consider the question, “Can art be experienced or art history taught without someone becoming angry?” A chair isn’t art!” And vice versa.

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Bringing Authentic Humor into the Classroom

Faculty Focus

Though students should never be the butt of a joke, barbed or personalized humor does occur in college courses (Wanzer, Frymier, Wojtaszczyk, & Smith, 2006). 2006) categorize three types of inappropriate humor: offensive humor, humor that disparages a student, and humor that disparages the “other.” Wanzer et al. link] Wanzer, M.

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Bringing Authentic Humor into the Classroom

Faculty Focus

Though students should never be the butt of a joke, barbed or personalized humor does occur in college courses (Wanzer, Frymier, Wojtaszczyk, & Smith, 2006). 2006) categorize three types of inappropriate humor: offensive humor, humor that disparages a student, and humor that disparages the “other.” Wanzer et al. link] Wanzer, M.

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Guide, Don’t Hide: Maximizing Course Assignments with ChatGPT Integration

Faculty Focus

And while it is just the latest in a seven decades-old history of AI and Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) that can generate content like text, images, music, etc., 2] will make history as the first AI mainstage presenter. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) 2006, Orlando, FL. and Scharber.

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NIH Grant to Study Infertility, Health Among Women of Mexican Heritage

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Among the studies that have been conducted, there are key limitations, such as short follow-ups, small sample sizes and a lack of detailed information on infertility histories, diagnoses and treatments. More than 115,000 women enrolled in the Mexican Teachers’ Cohort study in 2006 and are still providing data 18 years later.

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