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Discounted tuition by major devalues the humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Before we start down this slippery slope, let’s consider what we can do to address the assumptions and change the crisis narrative surrounding the humanities. Discounting tuition for the humanities reinforces already unsustainable and inequitable practices. Rising student loan debt and tuition need to be addressed.

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. granting universities in the humanities decreased by 16.8 percent between 2011 and 2021. is growing.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Associate Engineering Program at Wright College (EPW) Part of the City Colleges of Chicago, Wright College is home to an engineering cohort program that has grown from nine students at its inception to 550 today. Espiritu says EPW creates a sense of belonging in the engineering program and in the profession.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. Chapter 3: Ford, D.Y. Chapter 17: Ash, B.

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From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

hooks (1990) calls this unique love and protection ‘homeplace,’ a space that provides a sanctuary that supports the wholeness and humanizing of those who collectively create and exist in said space. link] Many scholars have documented the critical importance of youth having access to spaces of joy and homeplaces in which they learn to matter.

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Teaching Excellence Through Mindful Reflection 

Faculty Focus

Effective and reflective educators systematically gather, document, and assess all occurrences during a lesson, transitioning from mere experience to comprehension. Simonson conducts research in exercise and environmental physiology as well as in the scholarship of teaching and learning. Danielson, Charlotte. Kolb, David A.

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(Podcast) #23-How Technology Could Impact the Future of International Education? Part II- With Hanna Lee

ACPA

Some applicants who really want to study abroad in the US or like to be eligible for higher scholarships might fake their GPA or English proficiency scores. If the information is stored in blockchain, admissions officers will not have to worry about the validity of the documents as students cannot fake them. So okay, I will stop here.