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

Faculty Focus

2014; Agarwal, 2019). Teaching with Technology: Empower and Encourage, Don’t Police and Instill Fear Technology tools like plagiarism detectors and AI checkers can erode trust if used as punitive measures. Teachers College Press. Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for college instructors.

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

Faculty Focus

Factors such as technological isolation caused by geographical distance and stakeholder digital fluency may hinder the ability of students to receive the full spectrum of support that in-person PLCs provide (Ribon et al. This technique has been utilized with students from 4th grade up to the college level with great success.

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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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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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TheDream.US Celebrates a Decade of Transforming Immigrant Students' Lives

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Gaby Pacheco TheDream.US, the nation's largest college and career success program for undocumented immigrant students, has released its 10-year impact report , highlighting remarkable achievements despite significant challenges faced by Dreamers across the United States. has enrolled 11,000 students in close to 80 Partner Colleges.

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Two More Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology Attain VETS Campus Certification

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology (TCATs) – Crossville and McMinnville – have earned VETS Campus certification, signaling commitment to efforts to help veterans succeed academically. These two recent certifications mean that 17 colleges in the College System of Tennessee are VETS campuses.

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How Colleges Leverage Data to Retain Students as the Enrollment Cliff Looms

EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

Florida International University has been at the vanguard of leveraging advanced technology to improve that performance for the better part of a decade. In 2014, the Florida Board of Governors, the governing body for all of the state’s public universities, adopted changes to the system for funding higher education.

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