Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2023

INDIANAPOLIS—Amid the ongoing legislative battles that are being waged across the nation against a wide-range of diversity initiatives, student athletes, coaches and administrators gathered over the weekend to affirm their commitment to inclusion, vowing to push back against the onslaught. “There are no final victories,” warned Dr. Harry Edwards, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley and one of the keynote speakers who addressed the more than 600 participants

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Student Minds

APRIL 23, 2023

In this reflective blog, Emily explores how putting yourself first is essential to your wider well-being and how it impacts others too. - Emily Askew Throughout my entire life - education, relationships, work - I’ve always given everything my all, throwing myself into situations feet-first, and often blind to how deep the hole truly is. Yes, it’s instinctive and it is intrinsic to my nature to help those who need it without a second glance in the mirror to ask how it really makes me feel.

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Steve Keating

APRIL 23, 2023

Asking for help is an essential skill that can make a significant difference in your personal and professional life. Before we go any further I want to emphasize one word in that first sentence. Skill! Yes, asking for help is a skill. The most successful people are simply better at it than less successful people. One way they achieved success is by not flailing around trying to figure out problems on their own when help was readily available.

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Student Minds

APRIL 23, 2023

Rachel shares how she prepared for university and how she continues to advocate for the best support for her needs whilst studying. - Rachel Lawrence As a mentally ill student, I knew from the get-go that going to university would be no easy task. I would be leaving behind my family and friends and my newly put-in-place mental health support system.

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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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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

APRIL 23, 2023

Content preview: sexual trauma. Survivors of child sex abuse (CSA) are inundated with untrue stories of their abuse, the aftermath, and what their healing journey should look like. The truth is those stories are a bunch of hot garbage. Healing Honestly is a guide for survivors, written by a survivor, helping to break through the negative self-talk and debunk the myths that impact victims of CSA.

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The Advisor That Cares

APRIL 23, 2023

Measurement Strategy Course Spring 2023 Course Number: EDLD 5315 Course Title: Assessing Digital Learning and Instruction Contributions to learning and learning community I am giving myself a score of 97 out of 100 Crediting Core Group Members: Annababette Diemecke , Ashleigh Carter , Kristin Winzer , Patrick Rodriguez , and Valary Patterson Crediting Collective Members: [link] Key and Supporting Contributions Key Contributions This is my seventh ADL program course in my graduate school journey.

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