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Honoring Excellence in Urban Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jhaneil Thompson After graduating from high school, Thompson enrolled in a community college and when it was time for her to continue her education at a four-year-institution, it was Florida A&M University (FAMU) that welcomed her right from the start, even before she officially enrolled in fall of 2019.

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An Inclusive Approach to Increasing Access to Student Mental Health Services

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As is evidenced by a recent Healthy Minds Study survey, using this method has dramatically increased the percentage of students at MCCC who know where to turn for help with their mental health increasing 23% between our 2019 and 2023 surveys. Our partnership with TimelyCare is another extension of this integrated model.

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Seal of Excelencia 2024

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Latinx participation in the Metro College Success Program learning community increased by 25% between 2019 and 2024. “Additionally, ‘Siguientes Pasos’ workshops support Spanish-speaking students and families with the transition to San Francisco State.” In that same time period, the retention of full-time Latinx students increased 3.9%.

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The Workload Fairy Tale

Cal Newport

Iceland helped spark this movement with a series of government-sponsored trials which unfolded between 2015 and 2019. Not everyone dropped an entire workday, but most participants reduced their schedule from forty hours to at most thirty-six hours a week of work. So why is everyone always so busy?

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New Video Series Showcases Research on Black Males Navigating and Succeeding in STEM

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Burt is also a 2019 Diverse Emerging Scholar. “We This topic is on the agenda to be explored at the upcoming International Colloquium on Black Males in Education, scheduled to take place next month in Pittsburgh. We aim to provide a growing and well-informed community of support for these hardworking students.”

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Addressing How Student Parents Are Underserved

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Data in “The Almanac” indicates that just 1% enrolled in 2019-20 lived on campus. Other things that can benefit student parents, explained Jez, are flexible course schedules and broader childcare options. Jez noted that some students desire to live on campus, but there is rarely family housing.

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Universities Need to Prioritize Educational Investments to Reverse the Great Resignation Trend Among Professors

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percent dip in overall faculty head counts between fall 2019 and fall 2021. institutions down 70% from 2019 to 2020. For students, variable class offerings in both modality and timing, along with online resources they can access on their own schedule, is vital to helping them succeed in the classroom and earn their degree.

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