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Two Maryland Community College Faculty Unions Recognized

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

New faculty unions at Howard Community College and Frederick Community College have been certified and recognized, with full-time faculty recognized as AFT-Maryland members, Maryland Matters reported. The organizations were formed under a new law that recognizes unions if more than half the members sign authorization cards saying they’d like to join.

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EDExpress 2024–25 Modernization Part 1 Webinar

College Aid Services

As previously announced, the EDExpress for Windows 2024–25 software will have a new user interface and Federal Student Aid is providing users an opportunity to learn more about the changes with a two-part webinar series. The EDExpress 2024–25 Modernization Part 1 Webinar will be held on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 from 1–2 p.m. ET. Part… More » EDExpress 2024–25 Modernization Part 1 Webinar The post EDExpress 2024–25 Modernization Part 1 Webinar first appeared on College Aid Services.

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California Community College Professors Sue, Alleging New DEI Rules Violate First Amendment

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

California community college professors are suing state officials, alleging that new diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) rules put in place violated their First Amendment rights, The Hill reported. Reedley College The lawsuit – from six professors – argued that the DEI rules “mandate viewpoint conformity” and “force professors to endorse the government’s view on politically charged questions regarding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.

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can you have too much signposting?

Patter by Pat Thomson

Yes, yes, yes. Too much signposting is a Real Thing. Pamela Haug, a uthor of Revise, refers to signposting as traffic direction. Haug reckons that academic writers often spend too much time directing traffic and not enough time getting where they need to go. She says that too much signposting means that You’re getting in the way of your own work – by either padding it with distancing, muffling or prefatory language – or objectifying it with explicit traffic directions, forecasting, signposting,

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Two Morehouse Students Die in Car Crash

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two Morehouse University juniors were killed in a car crash on Labor Day, the school confirmed. Hugh Douglas and Christion Files Jr., friends and sophomore-year roommates, were driving when their car left the road after passing another car on a curve. The car hit a utility pole, rotated, hit another utility pole, and overturned, according to the Georgia State Patrol.

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Assess more, judge less

Counseling Today

To decrease the stigma around mental health in society, we must confront stigmatizing and biased thinking in the clinical world. The post Assess more, judge less appeared first on Counseling Today.

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Annual influenza vaccine

John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

Note: This letter originally appeared as an e-mail sent to the Hopkins community on Tuesday September 5, 2023. Dear Johns Hopkins Community: Over the summer, we have seen an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases throughout the country. While no longer a pandemic, COVID is endemic, and we expect to see cases among our university community this fall and throughout the academic year.

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For a Safe Plate, Do Not Cross-Contaminate

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach

September is Food Safety Education Month. This year the focus is preventing cross contamination. Separate meat, poultry, and seafood from other foods in the grocery cart and refrigerator. Raw chicken does not need to be washed in either water or vinegar before cooking. It is ready to cook. Washing raw poultry can splash germs around the sink and kitchen.

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Military Academies Retain Affirmative Action in Admissions?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The U.S. Supreme Court decision rejecting race conscious admissions at colleges and universities includes an exemption for military service academies. Although a challenge to the exemption is expected, the justices who struck down affirmative action in admissions noted that military academies have “potentially distinct interests” when it comes to promoting racial diversity.

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As WVU Struggles, Pols Project Hope, But Offer Little Help

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

West Virginia governor Jim Justice is confident in the future of education in his state. “We’ve had tough times — there will be more tough times — but absolutely we are rising from the ashes,” he said on August 22 nd. Jordan’s comments came as he signed a bill allocating $45 million to Marshall University to create a new cybersecurity center. That project was approved in a special legislative session that was more notable for what it did not do—send funds to West Virginia University (WVU), which

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