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Black History Month 2024: African Americans and the Arts 

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 4 minutes The national theme for Black History Month 2024 is “ African Americans and the Arts.” Black History Month 2024 is a time to recognize and highlight the achievements of Black artists and creators, and the role they played in U.S. history and in shaping our country today. ” – Carter G.

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Black History Month: The Role of Higher Education in Black Activism

Insight Into Diversity

Throughout its history, higher education in the U.S. Although Black History Month was federally designated in 1986, similar weekly and monthly celebrations had already existed for more than 50 years. For example, the famous 1960 Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins were organized by four North Carolina A&T University students.

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Teaching Courses that Provoke Student Anxiety

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 22, 2019© Magna Publications. For more articles like this, check out The Teaching Professor subscription! Do you teach one of those courses that promotes lots of student anxiety? Those of us concerned about student anxiety in our courses have history on our side.

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Teaching Courses that Provoke Student Anxiety

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 22, 2019© Magna Publications. For more articles like this, check out The Teaching Professor subscription! Do you teach one of those courses that promotes lots of student anxiety? Those of us concerned about student anxiety in our courses have history on our side.

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Scholar-Activist Elevates the Histories, Identities of Queer Latinx

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

dissertation, titled “A Jotería Identity and Belonging: Pláticas of Co-Creation with Queer and Trans Latinx Graduate Students in Higher Education,” not only describes his research as a prolific scholar and noted activist, but it also represents some of his own intriguing journey. “I Sergio Gonzalez’s Ph.D.

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Tracking the Draft: An Academic Integrity Policy for Cheating with AI 

Faculty Focus

At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. After a conversation with a colleague, I began looking at how it might be possible to see the drafting process students use as they create their compositions.

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Tracking the Draft: An Academic Integrity Policy for Cheating with AI 

Faculty Focus

At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. After a conversation with a colleague, I began looking at how it might be possible to see the drafting process students use as they create their compositions.

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