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Why It’s Imperative that Africa Study Abroad Opportunities Thrive

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dynamic innovation and leadership is happening all over the continent, in public health, climate and sustainability, history and culture and urban development; there’s much for American students to learn. Through a service-learning summer program in Ghana, I gained knowledge about West African history, culture and sustainable design.

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Your prior learning on Coursera may help you complete your bachelor’s degree at UNT

Coursera blog

Seamlessly transfer up to 84 credit hours —including prior learning on Coursera— to complete your degree faster The B.A.A.S. program at UNT accepts traditional common core credits earned from community colleges (American history, political science, English, etc.) or other universities. But what makes the B.A.A.S The UNT B.A.A.S

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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. Students want to explore subject areas and find meaning.

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How to Combat the High Schoolization of the University

Inside Higher Ed

If a moral education strikes most faculty as inappropriate at liberal, secular institutions, are there pedagogies that we might use but don’t, to test student knowledge at a deep level or prompt their intellectual, social and moral growth? Deep learning is inherently a difficult and demanding process.

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Curiosity, Belonging, Call to Action: Reflections from Semester at Sea

The PIE News

Semester at Sea has a storied history that began with its maiden voyage in 1963. Students In an interview with The PIE, SAS/ISE CEO Scott Marshall reflected upon the program’s impact on students as “the optimal type of experience that transforms how young adults see the world – a truly deep learning experience.”

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Hard Truths That Higher Education Has Evaded for Too Long

Inside Higher Ed

Let’s take the steps that will make equity and deep learning more than empty promises. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. So, let’s acknowledge the disquieting truths about higher education, face up to them and do more than claim that our campuses are doing God’s work.

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How About We Put Learning at the Center?

Inside Higher Ed

Malesic interprets students in his theology class telling him on the first day that “they knew they would get an A because they already had 12 years of Catholic school” as an example of knowingness that blocks learning. ” I have to say, I would not necessarily attribute either of these responses to “knowingness.”