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La Academia Familia Latina at Montana State University

Insight Into Diversity

A free, five-week certificate program begins this week at Montana State University (MSU) to expand educational literacy and opportunities for Latino residents. Participants obtain a certificate in topics related to higher education, which include applying for college, networking, financial planning, career development, and more.

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Compassion Fatigue in Nurse Educators: Understanding and Addressing Emotional Burnout in Healthcare Teaching

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Nursing is one of the most arduous careers due to job demands that can cause physical and emotional exhaustion, which greatly affect nursing educators. Burnout The role of a nursing educator is to inspire students, but the stress of academia can be daunting due to working long and exhausting hours, which can lead to burnout.

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Compassion Fatigue in Nurse Educators: Understanding and Addressing Emotional Burnout in Healthcare Teaching

Faculty Focus

Nursing is one of the most arduous careers due to job demands that can cause physical and emotional exhaustion, which greatly affect nursing educators. Burnout The role of a nursing educator is to inspire students, but the stress of academia can be daunting due to working long and exhausting hours, which can lead to burnout.

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Panelists Debate Solutions for Nigerian Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is little doubt that education will prove crucial to the economic development of Nigeria, a country where 63% of residents live with some form of deprivation. However, exactly what needs to be done for the educational system to reach its full potential is far less certain. The NHEF, founded by the John D. and Catherine T.

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Culturally-Sustaining K-12 Education: Who’s Teaching the Teachers?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is is a lot of discussion about what K-12 teachers do and don’t (mostly don’t) receive in terms of training in culturally relevant pedagogy, and it is often traced back to teacher education programs. Specifically, 44% of teachers in K-12 education reported that they very often or always feel burned out at work.

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Empowering Student Learning: Navigating Artificial Intelligence in the College Classroom 

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While being mindful of the concerns of plagiarism, equity, and access, some have argued educators must not only accept AI in the classroom but must help their students use it effectively as part of their digital literacy (Bender 2024, 9). As educators, we believe in the importance of fostering innovation and enhancing learning experiences.

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HBCU/MSI Research Summit Fosters Research, Recruitment Collaboration

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Through the November 2023 HBCU/MSI Research Summit — a joint effort between Virginia Tech’s Graduate School and the Pamplin College of Business — the university welcomed 25 visiting faculty and staff from participating institutions. Photos by A’me Dalton, courtesy of the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business.)