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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education. million research grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

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Highlights from Higher Ed: Data-Based Decisions, High Salary Expectations, Hispanic Enrollment, and Cyber Attacks

Liaison International

“Although about 97% of students would consider lowering salary expectations, they wouldn’t work for less than, on average, $72,580 at their first job…High-paying fields, such as engineering, math, or computer science, will pay nearly the same or lower than last year.” million in 2005 to 2.4

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Probing the Value of Online Student-Student Interaction

Faculty Focus

In 2005, Marks, Sibley, and Arbaugh published a study to evaluate the impacts of all three forms of course interaction through a student survey. Chang and Smith (2008) studied student engagement in a computer science course, again through a student survey. This article has been cited 664 times. link] Marks, R.

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Probing the Value of Online Student-Student Interaction

Faculty Focus

In 2005, Marks, Sibley, and Arbaugh published a study to evaluate the impacts of all three forms of course interaction through a student survey. Chang and Smith (2008) studied student engagement in a computer science course, again through a student survey. This article has been cited 664 times. link] Marks, R.

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Building Community, Collaborative, and Cognitive Classroom Culture 

Faculty Focus

Procedia Computer Science, 172, 3-8. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (16), 4530-4535. 2016), and culturally responsive teaching is a powerful tool for creating robust learning environments (Byrd, 2016). Karunarathne, W., & Calma, A. Studies in Higher Education, 49 (1), 157-177. link] Maclellan, E.

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

Faculty Focus

Learning style instruments help students and faculty consider the depth of learning and teaching opportunities (Kolb & Kolb, 2005). Procedia Computer Science , 217 , 507-512. The use of one or more learning style instrument should be given to students so instructors can better develop learning activities. IGI Global.

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Embedding Learning Styles and Neurodiversity to Educate the Workforce of Today and Tomorrow

Faculty Focus

Learning style instruments help students and faculty consider the depth of learning and teaching opportunities (Kolb & Kolb, 2005). Procedia Computer Science , 217 , 507-512. The use of one or more learning style instrument should be given to students so instructors can better develop learning activities. IGI Global.