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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

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The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

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The Slow but Steady Rise of Women in Higher Education Leadership

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W Kim Lee and Dr. Carolyn Stefanco hen the American Council on Education launched its Moving the Needle initiative over a decade ago to raise awareness about gender parity in higher education or lack thereof only 23% of college presidents or chancellors were women. in the majority white college town in the Mountain region.

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Rolita Flores Ezeonu

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ezeonu previously served as where Vice President of Instruction at Green River College from July 2018 through February 2025. Ezeonuserved as Highline's Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs from April 2017 to June 2018.Prior Ezeonuserved as Highline's Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs from April 2017 to June 2018.Prior

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The Appreciative Close: A Strategy for Creating a Classroom Community

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This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 4, 2018 © Magna Publications. Creating this kind of environment in the classroom is supported by a growing range of literature within and beyond education. 2017) argue for whole person education as a way to help students bring their lives into the classroom.

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College Completion Rates Edging Upward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

of learners who began college in fall 2018, which is the most recent cohort tracked, earned a credential within six years. An unsurprising data point in the report is that full-time students from the fall 2018 cohort completed at a rate of 67.2% point gap in 2018. compared to part-time students, who completed at 33.7%

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5 High-Presence Teaching Tactics for Active Online Learning

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Making use of small group (5-8 students) vs. whole class (30 students) discussions has the opportunity to close the geographically-isolating quality of online education. Meymaris earned her MS in Mathematics with an emphasis on Educational Technology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Retrieved from [link] Ben-Eliyahu, A.,

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Why Character Education Should Be Taught

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A Challenge for Educators. The point of this blog is to argue for more character education, and it should start at the youngest age. It might be that sustained character education could reduce instances of wanton bad behavior. At Our educational challenges are also apparent when we look at international scores.

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