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

Faculty Focus

2014; Agarwal, 2019). Teachers College Press. Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for college instructors. The post Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. Cook-Sather, A., Bovill, C., & Felten, P.

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Hoke’s Notes – The Plight of Small Colleges

Edu Alliance Journal

However, one other area is especially close to my heart: the plight of small colleges. The Plight of Small Colleges If youve followed my journey, you know that I earned my undergraduate degree from Urbana University, a small private college in Urbana, Ohioa city with a current population of 11,161.

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Certificate Programs Surge as Bachelor's and Associate Degrees Decline, Report Finds

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It is certificate programs, not associate or bachelor's degrees, that are drawing students into colleges today. The Undergraduate Degree Earners report compiles national, state, and regional trend data on demographics, fields of study, and credential patterns dating back to 2014-15. a decade earlier.

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Creating Active Virtual Learning Communities in Asynchronous Online College Courses: Why it Matters and Ideas to Try 

Faculty Focus

In a recent study, twenty-four percent of undergraduate students reported seriously considering dropping out of college (Sallie Mae & Ipsos 2024). This technique has been utilized with students from 4th grade up to the college level with great success. 1 (2014): 107-129. Why Bother? 19 (2015): 8521-8539. IEEE, 2018.

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AI-Powered Teaching: Practical Tools for Community College Faculty

Faculty Focus

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. A case study from a California community college illustrates these principles in action. How can it enhance teaching without diminishing faculty agency?

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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?

Higher Ed Data Stories

However, critics of test optional like to trot out this study from 2014 , suggesting test-optional policies do not increase diversity. It's only at those colleges and universities that are selective, and that can shape their class, that test optional policies really have a dramatic affect. I said I didn't know."

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