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Tag: Distance Learning
Students
College Teaching During the COVID-19 Outbreak
As COVID-19 has spread across the United States, various sectors of American life have had to take precautions in order to minimize the outbreak. College and university closures stand as a prime example of these precautions, as institutions of higher education have sent students home and turned to online learning to finish out the term. In the process, many students have been drastically impacted, including some more than others. It’s important that, now more than ever, we, as instructors, are mindful of these circumstances and use care in our courses.
April 30, 2020
Latinx
Webinar Discusses How Institutions Are Supporting Latinx Students During The Pandemic
Since its establishment 15 years ago, Excelencia in Education has looked at how colleges and universities across the country are intentionally serving and supporting Latinx students. Now, rather than looking at the need to increase enrollment and retention among Latinx students, the focus has shifted into how schools can best support them during the time of a pandemic.
April 29, 2020
Students
The Biggest Takeaways About My Students Amid COVID-19 Transition
Often the focus is to hear about what students have learned from their professors in their classes. Nowadays, I find myself in a reverse role, as I have found myself learning from my students since this COVID-19 transition.
April 27, 2020
Students
Uncharted Waters: The Top 5 Tips for Transitioning to Remote Learning
This week may mark your first time remote teaching. Maybe your institution remains on spring break, and your transition is next week. Or perhaps you’ve been embroiled in our new normal for a few weeks now. No matter what phase of a COVID-19 environment you are in, as professors all across the world engage in remote teaching, having a plan in place is the best strategy.
March 26, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
The President’s Diversity Values Stink
While there is no vaccine for COVID-19 we do have a vaccine for the ignorance of xenophobia. It’s called knowledge. President Trump can use a little of that right now, instead of shooting from the lip as he did numerous times on live television last week.
March 24, 2020
Community Colleges
Community Colleges Prepare for Coronavirus, Distance Learning
With the coronavirus (COVID-19) declared a pandemic Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO), office spaces are temporarily switching to telecommuting, professional sports leagues are suspending their seasons and national conferences are being cancelled within the United States.
March 15, 2020
HBCUs
Edward Waters College to Offer First Online Degree Program
Edward Waters College (EWC) is on track to launch a new online degree in business administration following recent approval of the program by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges. EWC’s first-of-its-kind online program aims to meet the needs of adult learners and other students by providing a virtual opportunity for them […]
April 25, 2019
Community Colleges
Mitchell: U.S. College System Underperforming
The United States has some of the best colleges and universities in the world but is underperforming as a system, Education Undersecretary Ted Mitchell said at the Education Writers Association (EWA) national seminar in Boston on Monday.
May 2, 2016
Latinx
ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON
ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON has been appointed director of the UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. She is the R. Pete Vanderveen Chair in Therapeutic Discovery and Development in the School of Pharmacy and a professor of biomedical engineering in the Viterbi School of Engineering at the University of Southern California. Brinton earned a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Arizona.
April 20, 2016
Sports
CTE Students in Arkansas Found to Have Edge
A study shows that students who took more career and technical education courses were slightly more likely to finish high school, attend a two-year college and earn more money.
April 14, 2016
Leadership & Policy
DAVID KANG
DAVID KANG has been appointed vice chancellor for infrastructure and safety at the University of Colorado Boulder. He was director of project management in the White House Military Office. Kang earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, San Diego and a master’s from the University of California, Berkeley
April 4, 2016
Faculty & Staff
Study: Higher Ed Would Pay Steep Price for Unionized Adjuncts
As adjuncts throughout the nation continue to organize themselves into collective bargaining units and push for more resources, two university professors have publicly questioned whether it’s wise for institutions to cave in to their demands.
March 31, 2016
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