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Hard Truths That Higher Education Has Evaded for Too Long

Inside Higher Ed

Anyone who cares deeply about American higher education needs to come to grips with a series of hard and unpleasant truths: That this country’s system of postsecondary education relegates the students with the greatest needs to the most underresourced institutions.

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While all students fell prey to remote learning loss, this group was hit the hardest

University Business

Higher ed leaders have been warned about the deep learning setbacks K12 students experienced during the pandemic, which trickled down all the way to the elementary level. ” The post While all students fell prey to remote learning loss, this group was hit the hardest appeared first on University Business.

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Why It’s Imperative that Africa Study Abroad Opportunities Thrive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

That’s because he studied abroad with our School for International Training program in Kenya as a college student over 30 years ago. Through a service-learning summer program in Ghana, I gained knowledge about West African history, culture and sustainable design. State Department’s annual Open Doors report showed only 2.4% of all U.S.

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

Faculty Focus

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) stand out for recognizing that every student deserves access to quality education and are also centers for research and innovation (TEConomy, 2022). In 2021, it started to provide VR resources for the campus community through the Center for Advancement of Learning (CAL).

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Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). As soon as the material is assessed, it is no longer significant, and what has been learned quickly drops out of memory (Zull, 2002). Mind, Brain & Education , 4(1), 28-33.

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A Multipronged Approach to Harnessing Virtual Reality to Advance the HBCU Mission

Faculty Focus

Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) stand out for recognizing that every student deserves access to quality education and are also centers for research and innovation (TEConomy, 2022). In 2021, it started to provide VR resources for the campus community through the Center for Advancement of Learning (CAL).

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(Re)imagining AI for Educators: How to Improve Learner-Centered Classrooms with Futuristic Possibilities 

Faculty Focus

From designing custom art images to creating “Soundful: AI Music Generator” songs and videos to interacting with historical figures through “Hello History” fun chats, AI has the capability to boost education and deep learning. We want to get it right and learn together. Good fortune came.

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