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Not All Opinions Deserve a Microphone in the Classroom

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some are simply wrong, and the classroom should not be a place to entertain false information for the sake of balance. Helping students develop critical thinking skills, media literacy, and historical context are central to my practice. not all perspectives are equally valid. Not all ideas deserve equal time.

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The #RealCollege Curriculum Masterclass Prepares Faculty and Staff to Holistically Support Student Needs

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Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab To help mitigate this, Believe in Students developed The #RealCollege Curriculum masterclass, a four-course curriculum sponsored by the ECMC Foundation, Gates Foundation, Imaginable Futures, and Michelson 20MM.

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Report: Adult Community College Students Make Strides

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David Radwin The brief, " Redrawing the Starting Line: Advancing Equity in Adult Learners’ Developmental Education Outcomes ", compared transfer-level English and math course completion rates between adult community college students – those age 25 or older – and their younger, traditional-age student peers.

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Impacting Policy and Creating Greater Equity

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Currently a doctoral student at the University of Texas at Austin, Michael Reid, Jr., is intent on utilizing research to examine poverty as a barrier to student development. Going forward, he anticipates leveraging data and research to inform policy-making about schools and support families from marginalized backgrounds.

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Women's Liberal Arts College Allows Students to Travel Globally as Part of First-Year Course

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One such course, “Decolonizing Conservation,” takes students to Alaska, Graml said, where they study ecology and conservation while keeping in mind the colonialist perspectives involved. The course questions normative understandings of conservation that have ignored or overlooked information that Indigenous peoples contribute, Graml said.

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University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

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The participating students in the program took a computational thinking assessment which informed what version of a computer science curriculum they are receiving.

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Driving Global Economic Success Through Diversity and Prosperity in STEM Education

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For generations, STEM education has remained an integral approach to learning and development, helping students develop the critical thinking tools that are vital to an ever-evolving world. For more information, contact solongojin@yahoo.com.