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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

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For example, during group problem-solving, ask students to identify and reflect on common mistakes, transforming failure into an opportunity for growth (Dweck, 2006). Recognizing diverse participation and communication styles builds inclusivity and reduces the pressure to perform in a single, narrow way (Gay, 2018; Dweck, 2006).

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The Appreciative Close: A Strategy for Creating a Classroom Community

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Part of the value of this reminder is to help students recognize that our goal for the course is not limited to academic learning but that we bring our whole selves into the classroom and our way of relating to each other should be a fully human one rather than merely instructional discourse. Vashon Island, WA: Island Press. Goodman, D. &

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Leading with Purpose: AABHE’s President Charts Path for Black Excellence

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She is also a professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance. Founded in 2006, AABHE empowers Black educators, administrators, and scholars through leadership development, networking opportunities, and advocacy for inclusive policies.

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Beyond the Classroom: Establishing Partnerships for Real-World Learning and Student Success

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Although the ideas presented in this article stem from a continuous topic of exploration in higher education, (see Beard & Wilson, 2006; Cantor, 1995; Finely & Bowen, 2021; Tormey, 2022 for further research), this article summarizes our learning and interpretations when creating experiential learning opportunities for our students.

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Rethinking the Financial Challenge of English Universities

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They introduced fees, first as a small proportion of the actual cost in 2006, and then to cover the entire cost in 2012 (at least for Business degrees, Humanities and the Social Sciences). The challenge was how to pay for it. Obviously, this will not be possible on the existing cost structures or business models of higher education.

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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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A Tribute to Dr. James A. Banks — The Father of Multicultural Education: In These Troubling Anti-EDI Times

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Further, · “individuals who know the world only from their own cultural perspectives are denied important parts of the human experience and are culturally and ethnically encapsulated” (p.1). That was 2006; now, look at the state of affairs in 2024. 1. This is a major misguided perception of those who oppose EDI. Dr. Donna Y.

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