Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (N.C. A&T) has launched its new Center of Excellence for Social Justice. The center – helmed by N.C. A&T Henry E. Frye Distinguished Professor Dr. Jelani M. Favors – will focus on fostering educational opportunities for students and faculty and innovating for social, economic, and racial justice.
Student Loan Planner
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Long-term disability insurance can protect your paycheck if you can’t work due to a disabling injury or illness. But what happens if your disability only causes limitations to your ability to work, rather than causing a total disability? It depends on whether you have a residual disability rider or not. If your disability policy includes […] The post The Basics of a Residual Disability Insurance Rider, Explained appeared first on Student Loan Planner.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Artificial intelligence, if created and implemented responsibly, can help increase diverse, equitable, and inclusive recruitment and retention, DEI specialist Shayne Halls said during a University of Phoenix webinar Thursday. Shayne Halls Halls, president and CEO of Manifested Dreams , a company that connects organizations to AI services, spoke about the various ways AI can improve tasks and projects previously assigned to humans, removing human biases and time-intensive processes along the way.
Timely MD
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Around 80% of college students highlight increasing mental health concerns on their campuses. As campus counseling centers face heightened demand for mental healthcare, provider shortages leave some students without the support they need. Suicide awareness and prevention then become paramount to bridge that gap. Could the key to this problem be fostering a sense of belonging among students?
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.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
There is little doubt that education will prove crucial to the economic development of Nigeria, a country where 63% of residents live with some form of deprivation. However, exactly what needs to be done for the educational system to reach its full potential is far less certain. On Friday, professors, executives, and non-profit leaders gathered at the Harvard Club of New York for a series of discussions on how education can help Nigeria achieve its economic goals.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Karin Scarpinato Karin Scarpinato has been appointed vice president for research at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. Scarpinato serves as senior associate vice president for research at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. She holds a bachelor’s degree in biology, botany, and zoology, a master’s in biology and genetics, and a Ph.D. in biology and molecular genetics, all from Georg-August University in Göettingen, Germany.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
As colleges and universities nationwide welcome a new cohort of students, the beginning of a new academic year generates a sense of anticipation. However, it is necessary to recognize the fight against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and affirmative action, which continues to dominate and has taken center stage on the educational landscape. As part of the ongoing battle, Texas Gov.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Time-sensitive requests during off hours. Explanations with too much personal information. These are a few of the ways many college students communicate with their instructors over email, much to the dismay and frustration of many educators. "I would have never sent 85% of the emails that I and other professors receive from students in terms of just misspellings, not articulating what the issue is, and the angry rant email,” says Dr.
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