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Nurturing student learning and motivation through the application of cognitive science

Deans for Impact

Nicole McNeil remembers the moment well: she had just begun a tutoring relationship with a student in a local elementary school, when a teacher mistook McNeil for a social worker. And by the next school year, he had made accelerated progress in math beyond grade-level. That directly aligns with the Deans for Impact goal here, right?

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From tutor to teacher: how Illinois’s state tutoring program is building local pathways into teaching

Deans for Impact

In a brightly-lit corner of the library at Rochelle Middle School, aspiring math teacher Angie Saldana smiles encouragingly as she guides her tutee to compare different fractions using “greater than,” “less than,” and “equal to” signs. All my siblings [and I] have gone through this school,” says the NIU junior and teacher-candidate. “I

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Struggling Schools Should Look to Merge Much Earlier, Say Experts

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But experts believe that some institutions could be saved if their leaders were more open to a different option: merging with other schools before their circumstances grow desperate. There are several reasons that schools that may be in trouble don’t look to merge, said Azziz and Dr. Guilbert C. People didn’t even want to discuss it.

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LbSD podcast, episode two: Fostering equity through cognitive science

Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact · Fostering equity through cognitive science (LbSD podcast, episode two). Subscribe: Learning by Scientific Design is a podcast series by Deans for Impact that explores how an understanding of cognitive science, or the science of how students learn, can lead to more rigorous, equitable and inclusive teaching.

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LbSD podcast, episode one: Teaching with a scientific understanding of how students learn

Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact · Teaching with a scientific understanding of how students learn. Subscribe: Learning by Scientific Design is a podcast series by Deans for Impact that explores how an understanding of cognitive science, or the science of how students learn, can lead to more rigorous, equitable and inclusive teaching. Contact us.

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Learning from European business schools’ international recruitment approaches

The PIE News

One could argue business schools are the original international education providers, in addition to viewing international trade as the most lucrative of business endeavours. The survey also identified that students have a dual approach when searching for potential business schools.

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Summer Sessions Are Integral to Student Success in Higher Education

MindMax

This changing landscape presents significant opportunities for schools to increase revenue, grow enrollments, and boost persistence and graduation rates. Opportunistic Era In the late 20th century, schools’ summer programming efforts were primarily driven by the question, “What can we do with all these available facilities?”