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Single Parents Breaking Barriers Through Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2019, we proudly launched the Single Parent Scholarship initiative, which provides financial assistance and support services to single parents who aspire to earn a college degree. This scholarship has proven instrumental in dismantling barriers and creating avenues for single parents to realize their academic and career pursuits.

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Championing Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Sophia Rahming As a result of her work, class withdrawals and the number of students failing and having to repeat courses — particularly in STEM-related courses — have dramatically declined since she took the helm of the program in 2019. from FSU in 2019 — hasn’t had trouble recruiting diverse students from all backgrounds to sign up as LAs.

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Prospective students “actively researching” sustainability strategies

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International students seeking options in the UK and the US are continuing to place teaching and reputation at top of mind, while those looking to Canada are interested in tuition fees, scholarships and post-study work visas and career services are important in Australia, new research shows.

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The current state of learning in HESA graduate preparation programs: Curricular developments from the last decade.

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For example, the ACPA/NASPA Competencies document aims to “set out the scope and content of professional competencies required of student affairs educators in order for them to succeed within the current higher educational environment as well as projected future environments” (2015, p. and globally…” (p.

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Five Things to Do During the Grumpy Time of the Semester

Faculty Focus

Raimondi, 2019). Although we generally tend to view the classroom as the oasis away from other personal and professional challenges and responsibilities we may be facing (Saucier, 2019), the classroom itself may be more challenging during the grumpy time. having a more inclusive, safe environment for learning) but also ourselves (e.g.,

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Using Content Disclosures in Our Courses 

Faculty Focus

In higher education, a content disclosure (also referred to as a content notice or trigger warning) is an “explicit statement that alerts a group of learners that certain content explored or discussed in a learning environment may contain potentially distressing material” (see Bryce et al., 2022 for a review). Boysen, 2017). Boysen, G.

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Integrating Guest Speakers and Panelists in Online Courses 

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More importantly, the available evidence suggests that outside perspectives are viewed overwhelmingly positively by students because it adds to their learning by providing insight into the real-world application of course material and/or provides real-world evaluative perspectives (Bruff, 2019; Jablon-Roberts & McCracken, 2022).

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