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Being Genuine in the Classroom 

Faculty Focus

One teacher stood out to me from what he said about wanting to be genuine with his students as much as possible because that would create a more effective learning environment for them. Howard, PhD is academic chair of the English department on the Ammerman Campus at Suffolk County Community College. Wasnt he always himself?

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UCLA Alumni Couple Pledges $10 Million to Ethnic Studies Centers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This most recent gift builds on their previous contribution and aims to endow director's chairs at the three other IAC centers, as well as an academic chair at the Asian American Studies Center. As it stands now, the four centers all have directors but three are without endowed director’s chairs. Though, the Ralph J.

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Being Genuine in the Classroom 

Faculty Focus

One teacher stood out to me from what he said about wanting to be genuine with his students as much as possible because that would create a more effective learning environment for them. Howard, PhD is academic chair of the English department on the Ammerman Campus at Suffolk County Community College. Wasnt he always himself?