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Whole-brain Teaching Strategies for the Diverse College Classroom

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Emotions were considered “an additional variable” indicating “irrational aspects” of the human brain not relevant to cognitive functions of the brain (Zhao & Song, 2022, p. As educators, we can harness this ability and encourage more effective learning. Retrieved from Huberman Lab: [link] MacDonald, K. Meacham, M.

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Whole-brain Teaching Strategies for the Diverse College Classroom

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Emotions were considered “an additional variable” indicating “irrational aspects” of the human brain not relevant to cognitive functions of the brain (Zhao & Song, 2022, p. As educators, we can harness this ability and encourage more effective learning. Retrieved from Huberman Lab: [link] MacDonald, K. Meacham, M.

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How Three Bronx Institutions are Intentionally Hispanic-Serving

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In April 2023, Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, passed a significant threshold. The school is now eligible for Title V HSI funds that can support student recruitment, education, sense of belonging, and completion. Manhattan College has been classified as an emerging HSI for years, says Roy.

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Study finds true faculty diversity is possible by 2050

Inside Higher Ed

Image: College and universities will need to diversify their faculties at about 3.5 This is the upshot of a new analysis in Nature Human Behavior that challenges the persistent idea that faculty diversity amounts to a “pipeline” problem. The rate was a bit higher among liberal arts colleges: an increase of 0.33

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Teaching Through a Lens of Compassion: Strengthening Pre-service Teachers’ Math Muscles

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Responsible Decision-Making Discuss current pedagogies, issues, and histories in mathematics education. We have learned that the humanization of this space is novel for PSTs. Empowering PSTs by facilitating our course using an SEL framework has been a positive force in the teacher education program. References.

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Field of study not key to new academic program success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The success rate for new academic programs at colleges and universities depends more on the type of institution launching them than whether a program is in the sciences or humanities, according to a new report identifying what sorts of programs fare better when it comes to growth. ” The study listed a failure rate of 39.4

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Teaching Through a Lens of Compassion: Strengthening Pre-service Teachers’ Math Muscles

Faculty Focus

Responsible Decision-Making Discuss current pedagogies, issues, and histories in mathematics education. We have learned that the humanization of this space is novel for PSTs. Empowering PSTs by facilitating our course using an SEL framework has been a positive force in the teacher education program. References.