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Survey: Faculty and Staff Observe Increasing Demand for Mental Health Support Among Online Learners

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

More than 80% of college faculty and staff members have noticed increasing demand among online learners for mental health services this past school year, according to a new survey from the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) and teletherapy company Uwill. It's not why they chose the online education in the first place.”

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Report: Outdated Funding Law Hampers Community College Student Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Technology that didn't exist when the law was draftedcomputers, the internet, online learning platformsnow consumes significant portions of college budgets. million community college students, these changes could mean better access to the comprehensive support systems many need to succeed. For California's 2.2

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Access Must be Front Burner for Community Colleges

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, community colleges across the country saw a decline in enrollment for myriad reasons — financial, family, illness, lack of internet or inability to adapt to online learning. As in-person and hybrid learning resume, enrollment numbers have not returned to pre-COVID levels.

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National University Students Given Access to Work-Based Learning Via Online Platform

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For the past three years, students at National University (NU) have been given the chance to bolster their in-classroom learning with integrated real-world work experience via a partnership between NU and work-based learning platform Riipen. Riipen’s employer pool is made up of more than 35,000 industry partners.

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Cal State Fullerton Faculty Study Academic Honesty Methods for Online Exams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Two Cal State Fullerton (CSUF) business faculty are studying ways to maintain academic honesty in test-taking in a post-COVID world that utilizes remote and online exams. Their research observed that active proctoring made academic dishonesty less likely and is also more effective as a potential deterrent.

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Universities Need to Prioritize Educational Investments to Reverse the Great Resignation Trend Among Professors

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Much like everyone else, professors faced severe burnout during the pandemic amid constant adjustments to COVID protocols that required rapidly transitioning from in-person teaching to online learning. Meanwhile, the American Association of University Professors’ annual faculty salary survey report shows a 0.6

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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Expansion and diversity in higher education (1980s-1990s) During the 1980s and 1990s, higher education in the United States underwent transformative changes marked by a significant expansion in access and a growing emphasis on diversity.

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