Catherine Cronin

AUGUST 24, 2022

At the start of this summer, I gave a keynote at the annual AMICAL Conference titled ‘Critical digital literacies: Developing agency and sustaining hope in troubled times’ Yesterday, AMICAL kindly posted the videos from the conference, so I am sharing links to the keynote and to the conference here. AMICAL Conference 2022.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Dr. Nicholas Bell Further entrenching this racialized injustice is more recent research that inappropriately uses achievement covariates in statistical models to make universal problematic claims that Black and Latinx students are underrepresented in special education. Gallaudet University Press. Beacon Press. Shifrer, D.,

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Civitas Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2023

DeVry University has developed the DeVry Care Formula to ensure its students succeed from day one to graduation and beyond. Include clickable links in messages to facilitate students’ ability to take action. Providing CARE and support when and where it is needed as learners work to achieve their education and career goals.

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EAB

JANUARY 30, 2023

Blogs Creating a data-informed campus: part 3 Using data to facilitate institutional effectiveness The conversation around data-informed decision making in higher education continues to accelerate. Institutional research offices can develop effective partnerships and collaborations across the institution to facilitate data use.

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COE

AUGUST 13, 2023

Developed first by team members in Southern California and later expanded to Boston, the curriculum has helped students at the University of San Diego, California State University San Marcos, Boston College, and the University of Massachusetts Boston.

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EAB

DECEMBER 27, 2023

As a former university CMO, I always come away from this convening of higher ed marketers energized about the future of marketing and what it means to engage evolving adult learner audiences in the coming year. Here’s a snapshot of the key trends that emerged in 2023—and how those may shape our work in 2024.

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Timely MD

JUNE 4, 2024

According to an Active Minds and TimelyCare survey of nearly 1,100 college and university students in February 2024, college students who report feeling lonely are more than four times more likely to experience psychological distress. Colleges and universities can work to improve the protective factors to reduce loneliness for LGBQ+ students.

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EAB

MAY 1, 2023

The University of Alaska Anchorage did this by hosting a “DFW Intensive” to show department level DFW rates compared to the same departments at peer institutions. You might say: Let’s explore options that facilitate self-service analytics. Case in point Share the data, good and bad, in an open forum like a faculty meeting or training.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

To this end, we provide P-12 educators; college/university faculty, administrators, and staff; and other education stakeholders a blueprint to collaboratively work with Black males through a culturally responsive lens. Advising and coaching represent foundational practices colleges and universities use to support student success.

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COE

JUNE 30, 2023

Ruben Canedo , co-chair of the University of California Systemwide Basic Needs Committee, has been instrumental in addressing food and housing insecurity among college students. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program at the University of California, Berkeley. Brett participated in the Upward Bound program at Boston College.

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COE

MAY 8, 2023

Among those affected was the University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI). Through its myriad membership services, the Council works with colleges, universities, and agencies that host federal TRIO programs that help more than 800,000 low-income students and students with disabilities each year receive college access and retention services.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Media literacy can help the community collectively gain a better understanding of healthy and unhealthy relationships. Reaching out to a resource like the Counseling Center , JHSAP , or University Health Services can help you reframe your thinking and facilitate healthier behaviors. . Be mindful of the media you consume.

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COE

MARCH 10, 2023

If approved by Congress, this funding increase would allow Federal TRIO programs to move closer towards its goal of providing 1 million students with individualized support services, academic tutoring and individual counseling, financial literacy, and other needed resources to be successful in their academic careers.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 6, 2025

These gaps can lead to lower literacy rates, higher school dropout rates, and even increased levels as children progress through the education system without the foundational skills they need to thrive. Passing a policy to create universal full-day prekindergarten for all 3- and 4-year olds is also a critical workforce issue.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 5, 2025

If higher education institutions aim to provide access to personal development opportunities, social capital and self-empowerment tools beyond credentialing, institutional strategic planning will need to incorporate a focus on awareness, social equity, justice, diversity, mental health, human development, community-building and financial literacy.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 13, 2025

Mike Hoa Nguyen As a visiting professor at the University of Connecticut Hartford, Dr. Qazi Arka Rahman leads a Critical Refugee Studies course that encourages students to see refugees as more than simply victims, objects of rescue, problems, and crises. The department administers grants for AANAPISIs and MSIs.

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