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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

Institutions can implement the following measures to alleviate these challenges: Scholarship Programs: Expanding scholarship programs to include online students can provide crucial financial support. Virtual Support Services Support services play a crucial role in student engagement and retention.

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Tribal Colleges and Universities as Conduits for Intellectual and Political Sovereignties

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The TCURJ, established by the American Indian College Fund in 2016, serves as the only academic publication outlet for peer reviewed scholarship specifically for TCU faculty. Funding from the Henry Luce Foundation and support of the American Indian College Fund have maintained the TCURJ as an open access journal.

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Faculty learning communities: Why they’re still a great idea

University Business

Creating participation: New faculty The traditional model for FLCs concentrates efforts on teaching or a particular organizational topic; more recent models focus on widening the scope of the FLC to concentrate on new faculty hires to orient new faculty to the changes in teaching and professional expectations.

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Also, that year the program’s retention rate of Latino students was 18% higher than the college’s general retention rate. The aims of the CAMP at Washington State University (WSU) are first-year completion, second-year retention and successful graduation. It has done that with an 86% success rate for the 2022-23 academic year.

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2023 Seal of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Hawkins Jr. Hawkins, Jr.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

Institutions can implement the following measures to alleviate these challenges: Scholarship Programs: Expanding scholarship programs to include online students can provide crucial financial support. Virtual Support Services Support services play a crucial role in student engagement and retention.

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

Faculty Focus

Maynard is the director of the Teaching and Scholarship Hub at the University of Richmond. She also presents regularly on topics related to pedagogy and faculty development. He is also currently the First-Year Seminar director where he focuses on retention in the first year college experience. Katherine S.