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Building Connections and Shaping Futures by Fostering Cohort Success

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Our professional science masters (PSM) in biotechnology degree is designed for working professionals, offering primarily online and evening courses that emphasize applied learning and professional development. How do you cultivate connection, retention, and career development among busy, online STEM students?

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The 2024 Insight Into Diversity Inspiring Programs in STEM Award

Insight Into Diversity

Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Native Explorers Program Governor Bill Anoatubby of the Chickasaw Nation on the left has supported the Native Explorers Program for 15 years. The full list of 2024 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award winners can be found here.

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What it Means to Sit at the Intersection of Blackness, Queerness

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

During her approximately 24 years at EIU, she also served as director of academic services for its athletics department; instructor in its African American studies department; and academic and retention adviser for its Office of Inclusion and Academic Engagement. And from 2002 to 2006, she served as academic adviser for Temple University.

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Effective Learning with Pre-Laboratory Videos: A Practical Teaching Strategy 

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Crafting an effective teaching experience parallels the art of carpentry as both require a diverse and well-equipped toolbox. Research indicates that such captions improve comprehension, retention, and attention (Gernsbacher, 2015). 2022; Ouyang et al., The next step is editing.

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100+ colleges got an “A” for scholarship transparency. Is yours among them?

University Business

Some 107 schools (17%) received A’s while 83 got F’s because they share “only minimal guidance on merit aid, leaving applicants in the dark about possible scholarships until they receive their award letter,” the report said. No “meaningful” information on award amounts or selection criteria is provided.

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Effective Learning with Pre-Laboratory Videos: A Practical Teaching Strategy 

Faculty Focus

Crafting an effective teaching experience parallels the art of carpentry as both require a diverse and well-equipped toolbox. Research indicates that such captions improve comprehension, retention, and attention (Gernsbacher, 2015). 2022; Ouyang et al., The next step is editing.

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Assignments with Significance

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Some level of familiarity engenders a sense of mastery in the face of new challenges that in turn nurtures engagement and retention. Students view the work as simply a hurdle to be crossed, and once submitted and assessed, worthy of nothing more than being discarded. What a waste! 2010; Bransford et al., Significance.