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Study: Number of Universities Requiring Physical Education Courses Decreasing

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

schools, establishing a definition of PE as an activity or academic course pertaining to health, wellness, sports, or physical activity, including “conceptual” PE courses emphasizing health behavior strategies for lifelong physical activity lifestyles. Alexandra Szarabajko, chair of exercise science at Columbia College – examined 331 U.S.

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AI: A Brilliant but Biased Tool for Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When ChatGPT, the large language model (LLM) AI that can generate long, detailed answers to complicated questions, was first made accessible to the public in November 2022, it changed the landscape of education forever. “As As you can imagine, people were and still are apprehensive. Provost Dr. Janice L.

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Districts are still struggling with low reading proficiency. These barriers are probably why.

EAB

Few prep programs, if any, include a curriculum conferring scientifically-based reading instruction methods or the five components of literacy. To support districts and teachers, we provide unrestricted access to our science of reading implementation resources.

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Silent Sufferers: Combating Loneliness in College Students Requires Campus-wide Collaboration

Timely MD

Transform Your Campus With Virtual Care College students who feel supported, connected and have access to mental health care they need are more likely to graduate and experience better mental health outcomes while on campus and in the future. Kerr said they were struck by these findings.

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Digital Engagement – How Technology Enhances the Student Experience

Eric Stoller on Academic Advising

From the days of old when punch cards held reams of research to the present day when information is stored in data-rich, mobile accessible clouds, the student experience is directly connected to an institution’s technology. It’s essentially a built-in experiential digital literacy program. Social Media. Mobile Messaging via Bots.

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Completion Grants: Innovative Financial Aid for Today's Students

The University Innovation Alliance

Sharon Perry Fantini , Vice Provost for Equity Access and Opportunity at Iowa State University. • Mr. Erwin suggested removing the barriers to innovation in financial aid by broadening our definition of resources: "It's not just money to distribute, but the capacity to build those systems to interact with students.

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How Racial and Ethnic Identity Influence Your College Journey

EAB

And so today, I'm super excited to be joined by another advocate for college access, Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania. The most popular one right now is on financial literacy. The students today have so much more access, and it's not just because of the Internet. Dr. Peterson, welcome to the program.