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The Appreciative Close: A Strategy for Creating a Classroom Community

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on September 4, 2018 © Magna Publications. Fox (2018) suggests inviting students to adopt a posture of gratitude to promote a positive learning environment. Gabriel (2018) advocates the use of “validation practices” to foster a community of learners. Accessed on May 30, 2018.

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Four Powerful Practices to Promote Student Success 

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Incorporating four simple practices through collaborative learning communities could be a game changer for teachers willing to embrace a more humane approach to teaching and learning. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes , 150, 1-15. Hagtvedt, L. Dossinger, K., Harrison, S. H., & Huang, L. Huettel, S. Adcock, R.

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From Small-Town Roots to National Honor: SC Native Receives State's Highest Award

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Service to humanity is the hallmark of philosophy, and in many ways, it shaped who I am and what I'm about in my day to day. since 2018. With a budget of approximately $1.8 billion and nearly 200 employees, he helps to leads the largest federal entity dedicated to funding educational research. Dr. Jerlando F.L.

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First Arrest Made in Southern University Hazing Death

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Wilson, a junior mechanical engineering major from Kenner, Louisiana, was also a trumpet player in Southern University's renowned "Human Jukebox" Marching Band. He indicated that students found to be involved in Wilson's death could face expulsion. This incident occurs against the backdrop of Louisiana's stringent anti-hazing laws.

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Cultivating Tomorrow’s HBCU Leaders: The H.E.L.F. Foundation Effect

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is an HBCU-centric program, and we are unapologetic about it,” says Dr. Elfred Anthony Pinkard, who served as president of Wilberforce University from 2018 until his retirement in 2023. You can’t do innovation without strong human capital,” says Felton, adding that collaboration among HBCUs is the model. Felton While H.E.L.F.

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AI in Community Colleges: Navigating a Human-Centered Future in the Shadow of AB 2370

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Note: This article used collaboration between the human author and the AI programs of ChatGPT, Copilot, and Meta AI. While AI-powered tools offer potential to enhance teaching and learning, concerns about AI replacing human instructors have sparked a complex debate. The Bill, an act to add Section 87359.2

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The importance of reasonable adjustments

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Abigail Hamer is Legal Principal at the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is the regulator for equality and human rights issues. Natasha Abrahart was 20 years old when she took her own life in April 2018.