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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). “We

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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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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

Faculty Focus

2008; 2006; Collins and Foote, 2005; Laakkonen and Nevgi, 2014). Designing effective pre-courses Pre-courses can be utilized in a variety of disciplines such as biology, engineering, psychology, economics, anatomy, and physiology, etc. References Collins, Henry, and David Foote. Managing Stress in Veterinary Students.” Reisbig, Mark B.

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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). The use of one or more learning style instrument should be given to students so instructors can better develop learning activities. Aldmoor, A., & AlAmri, S. Technologies with Education 4.0. Lambeth, J.

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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

Faculty Focus

2008; 2006; Collins and Foote, 2005; Laakkonen and Nevgi, 2014). Designing effective pre-courses Pre-courses can be utilized in a variety of disciplines such as biology, engineering, psychology, economics, anatomy, and physiology, etc. References Collins, Henry, and David Foote. Managing Stress in Veterinary Students.” Reisbig, Mark B.

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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). The use of one or more learning style instrument should be given to students so instructors can better develop learning activities. Aldmoor, A., & AlAmri, S. Technologies with Education 4.0. Lambeth, J.

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Netherlands: call for higher education funding rethink in ongoing international debate

The PIE News

times as many as the 2005/06 figure. International students’ contribution to Dutch society and its knowledge economy, especially in growth sectors in technology, have also been emphasised often. Figures currently indicate that international students represent 15% of total student numbers at Dutch universities.