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Tag: Curriculum
News Roundup
AAUP Condemns Political Attempts to Restrict Critical Race Theory
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) condemned “in the strongest possible terms” all political attempts to remove critical race theory (CRT) from classrooms in a statement Wednesday. Although CRT has been present in academic and legal systems since the 1980s, the past year has seen heated, politically-charged debate over whether to incorporate the discipline […]
August 4, 2021
COVID-19
Connecting Today’s Course Activities to Tomorrow’s Career Possibilities is Key to Student Re-Engagement
To say that education and learning has been significantly disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic would be an understatement. Students have had to adjust to a new form of being educated while instructors were learning new methods on the fly. It was a patchwork process at best, but it caused a reexamination of existing practices.
May 17, 2021
Latest News
Institutions Make Curricular Changes in Response To Black Lives Matter Flashpoint
After the death of George Floyd last summer and the increase in protests against anti-Black violence, institutions began announcing plans to address racial inequity and systemic racism on campus. As part of this effort, many colleges and universities across the country have focused on finding ways to incorporate principles of the Black Lives Matter movement and anti-racism into the curriculum.
February 19, 2021
African-American
Capital Community College Receives Grant for Black Church History Project
Capital Community College received a $149,426 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to create a curriculum, exhibit and lecture series about the history of the Talcott Street Church, the first Black house of worship in Hartford, Ct., the Hartford Courant reported. CCC humanities department chair Dr. Jeffrey Partridge – who is leading […]
January 5, 2021
Opinion
Transitioning to Online Learning
The spring of 2020 will not be the semester that goes down in history as an example of higher education at its best. In mid-March, the novel coronavirus forced colleges and universities to pivot from in-person course delivery and traditional on-campus experiences and thrust them into a modality of remote instruction.
August 5, 2020
Health
The Integrated Liberal Arts Approach: The Curricular Vaccine Higher Education Needs Now More Than Ever
Perhaps the COVID-19 pandemic that we are all battling on a global scale will serve as a great reminder that we need an integrated multidisciplinary lens to create better models, predictions, and policies to understand, prevent and contain the pandemic.
May 19, 2020
Students
Left Out? Can the Completion Movement Reach Students with Intellectual Disabilities
Discouraged by data showing that nearly 42 percent of college students failed to earn degrees within six years, policymakers, institutional leaders, and practitioners are turning their attention to closing completion gaps that impact nearly every facet of higher education.
February 3, 2020
News Roundup
Sweet Briar College Will Invest Recent $3 Million Gift in Curriculum
Sweet Briar College (SBC), an all-women’s school in Virginia, received donations totaling $3 million which it plans to put toward its “leadership core curriculum.” SBC’s leadership core curriculum consists of ten courses intended to help students develop the skills required for democratic and collaborative research. The program is designed to improve its students’ abilities in […]
December 3, 2019
Home
Halloween, a Season for Racist Costumes
The season for trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns and watching horror movies has arrived. Halloween will inevitably mean trouble on college campuses as many students will choose to dress in culturally offensive costumes at parties over the new two weeks
October 18, 2019
African-American
Only Half of U.S. Students Taking ‘College-Ready’ Courses
Only about half of all U.S. high school students actually take the sequence of courses they need to be considered ready for college and careers, according to a new report being released today by the Education Trust.
April 4, 2016
Asian American Pacific Islander
Raising Consciousness for the Future of Higher Education
It is very possible to complete a program in higher education without engaging in a conversation around race, which is troubling.
December 9, 2015
Students
Arhin Resuscitates Fayetteville State Nursing Program
When Afua O. Arhin arrived at Fayetteville State to take over the nursing program in 2010, the program had been suspended due to low pass rates.
June 9, 2015
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