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Fat On Campus: Mitigating Anti-Fat Bias in the Classroom

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We write today centering the needs and experiences of fat students who sometimes struggle to find fit and space within academia. Fat students, an often hyper(in)visible population, find themselves having experiences that range from uncomfortable to violent within their classrooms and learning environments.

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What are Learning Outcomes?

Creatrix Campus

Emphasizing clarity and measurability, learning outcomes propel education beyond mere content delivery, focusing on the demonstrable and applicable aspects of learning. Affective Learning Outcomes Affective outcomes involve the development of attitudes, values, and emotional intelligence.

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The Danger of Nostalgia

Inside Higher Ed

Nostalgia, by definition, is a personal response to the past, and confusing the personal for the universal has the potential to do great damage. ” It has been well documented that many who intersect with academia have not found it to be particularly fun but instead have found it arbitrary, hostile and punishing.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

Interdisciplinary learning allows students to acquire integrated perspectives and solution-focused strategies, leading to deeper assimilation of knowledge, the development of metacognitive skills, and critical thinking (Ivanitskaya et al., It is an effective approach that prepares students for lifelong learning and future success.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

Faculty Focus

Interdisciplinary learning allows students to acquire integrated perspectives and solution-focused strategies, leading to deeper assimilation of knowledge, the development of metacognitive skills, and critical thinking (Ivanitskaya et al., It is an effective approach that prepares students for lifelong learning and future success.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is not just a matter of visibility or the fairness of representation…but it’s also about the diversity of experiences that people bring both into academia and into the professional world,” says project director Dr. Volker Janssen. Also, advanced degrees are increasingly important for lifetime career advancement.”

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Generative AI and the Near Future of Work: An EdTech Example

eLiterate

That’s true in the craft of copier repair and definitely true in the craft of software engineering. I can tell you from direct experience that interoperability standards-making is much the same. For this reason, I argued, fancy machine learning tricks aren’t going to give us shortcuts. We can not observe it directly.