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

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2014; Agarwal, 2019). Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al., Cook-Sather, A., Bovill, C., & Felten, P. Random House.

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Nandi Mehta - Soccer

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A member of the womens soccer team, she was named co-captain in 2014 and 2015. Mehta was a 2013 and 2014 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and a Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society inductee. Shes also pursuing a Kellogg School of Management Undergraduate certificate in managerial analytics.

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Dr. Harold L. Martin Sr. Honored with Peter McPherson Lifetime Achievement Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2014, it became the nation’s largest historically Black college and university (HBCU). APLU officials said that under Martin’s leadership, North Carolina A&T continued to grow its student enrollment, increasing from 10,613 to 13,885 students in 2023.

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Do test-optional policies increase diversity?

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However, critics of test optional like to trot out this study from 2014 , suggesting test-optional policies do not increase diversity. As Mark Twain allegedly said, "I was gratified to be able to give an answer right away. I said I didn't know."

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Maximizing Student Engagement During Live Online Seminars

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So, educators must continue to shift their thinking and go back to the basics to deliver their online course content in a way that creates a direct relationship with their students (Meyer, 2014). After working for a Fortune 500 company in advertising for over two decades, he began his higher education teaching career 15 years ago.He

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Saint Louis University’s Clock Tower Accords: Transforming Protest into Change

Insight Into Diversity

In the fall of 2014, Saint Louis University (SLU) became a focal point of the national conversation on racial injustice and police violence. On October 12, 2014, demonstrators marched onto SLU’s campus and established a six-day encampment at the university’s iconic clock tower. who were both shot by police in the suburbs of St.

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Western Connecticut State University’s Strategic Enrollment Success: Leveraging TargetX and Othot for Growth

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By April 2014, events management was integrated with a one-way connection from the schools Student Information System (SIS), followed by application management with bidirectional communication. From Fall 2014 to Fall 2015, WCSU saw a 40% increase in first-year applications.