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Here are 5 keys for student success beyond high school

University Business

Recent history shows us that a concerted nationwide effort can improve students’ outcomes, such as the gains made in high school graduation rates over the past 20 years. Research shows that students who receive postsecondary advising are more likely to enroll in and to complete a postsecondary education.

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Bradford DeLong’s ‘Slouching Towards Utopia’

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century by Bradford DeLong. Living through our current human-caused climate emergency while continuing to muddle our way through a global pandemic, it is sometimes difficult to believe in progress. Published in September 2022.

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It's a Demographic Shift, Not a Cliff

Campus Sonar

The world is not ending; this isn’t going to deplete the value of higher education; and even if there are less “traditional college students,” there will still be humans who need and want postsecondary education. It directly opposes all written equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) statements and values.

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70 Years After Brown v. Board of Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

civil rights history was made with the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Board was a “noble cause,” but America just didn't have the “fortitude and endurance" to make sure it actually manifested, said Dr. Stefan Bradley, the Charles Hamilton Houston '15 Professor of Black Studies and History at Amherst College. Dr. Ivory A.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Whole-brain Teaching Strategies for the Diverse College Classroom

Faculty Focus

Emotions were considered “an additional variable” indicating “irrational aspects” of the human brain not relevant to cognitive functions of the brain (Zhao & Song, 2022, p. As educators, we can harness this ability and encourage more effective learning. Retrieved from Huberman Lab: [link] MacDonald, K. Meacham, M.

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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

Inside Higher Ed

This is the upshot of a new analysis in Nature Human Behavior that challenges the persistent idea that faculty diversity amounts to a “pipeline” problem. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the researchers found that the racial diversity of U.S. population in terms of race by 2050.

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