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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This includes low expectations from teachers or counselors about a student's ability to succeed in advanced classes, funding constraints for offering such classes, inadequate support for faculty development, and exclusionary policies like pre-requisites or grade cutoffs. Fair assessment is essential to achieving true education equity.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.

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The Power of Authentic Assessment in the Age of AI

Faculty Focus

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.

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Veteran Healers

Insight Into Diversity

Erin Patel, PsyD This history has led to a variety of important specialties and clinical disciplines across medicine, says Erin Patel, PsyD, executive director of health professions education for the Office of Academic Affiliations at the VA. Together, the VA and AAMC advocate for advanced veteran care programs. VA Hospital.

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Lightboards as a Learning Tool in Adult Asynchronous Online Learning

Faculty Focus

History Timeline Instructor draws a timeline while adding hand-drawn pictures and text to mark specific points on the timeline with verbal explanation. the potential of Lightboard videos for student achievement and engagement in learning. Music Augmented Sixth Chords Instructor pre-draws or overlays a five-line, four space music staff.

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Lightboards as a Learning Tool in Adult Asynchronous Online Learning

Faculty Focus

History Timeline Instructor draws a timeline while adding hand-drawn pictures and text to mark specific points on the timeline with verbal explanation. the potential of Lightboard videos for student achievement and engagement in learning. Music Augmented Sixth Chords Instructor pre-draws or overlays a five-line, four space music staff.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

The other $100 million will be used to establish the Center for the Inclusive Digital Transformation of Africa, a hub for a network of at African universities across the continent that will receive funding for faculty development, cutting-edge technology and engineering programs, and other initiatives.