Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2024

“This enrollment achievement reflects the growing recognition of the critical role that community colleges play in providing accessible, affordable, and high-quality education to students from all walks of life,” said Jimmy H. Baker, chancellor of the Alabama Community College System.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

After the COVID-19 pandemic forced an emergency switch to online learning, students have embraced the modality for its flexibility and convenience. In a recent report by Bay View Analytics , 94% of community college students gave their online courses a passing grade, and 58% expressed a desire for more.

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Purdue University Global

OCTOBER 14, 2022

I’m Michele Paulsen, lead tutor of the Math Center, and I’m here with tutor Melinda Hall to discuss strategies for success in online learning. Melinda, it seems like more and more students are enrolling in online courses (Peck et al., Yet the dropout rates for online learners have been higher than in traditional classrooms.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2023

“An active approach to proctoring an online exam entails computer-mediated monitoring of the exam by a dedicated proctor who has remote real-time access and control over a student’s computer while monitoring the exam with a video stream.

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Good Tutors Finder

JUNE 10, 2022

How to Best Support Students Struggling with Online Learning. Some students have taken to online learning like fish to water. While you can’t solve every online learning challenge, there are ways that you can support and help your students struggling with online learning to be more successful.

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IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

MAY 15, 2023

The recent updates to the Scorecard include improvements to data quality, comprehensiveness, and ease of data access and use. This information empowers students to find the college pathway that best aligns with their goals, and to better understand student success and borrower repayment outcomes.

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Ready Education

JANUARY 17, 2023

The global pandemic forced all of us to find new ways to connect and collaborate online, but it especially highlighted technology needs across Higher Education. Higher Ed tech leaders were hard pressed to find engaging ways for students and faculty to connect with each other and build community virtually too.

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EAB

JUNE 1, 2023

These laws collectively expanded eligibility for expungement and streamlined record sealing processes for eligible convictions ( learn more here ). Additionally, online learning inhibits community building, which is particularly important for this demographic. Luckily, there are several efforts underway to streamline access.

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The Advisor That Cares

JUNE 10, 2023

When I began the ADL Program , I was advising for a few online graduate Master of Education programs (including this one). It was not that they did not have access to the information that was provided, published, and available; instead, it was a lack of inquisitivism that prevented them from even beginning the search for understanding.

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The University Innovation Alliance

APRIL 20, 2023

With student access to easy answers, we reduced summer melt by about 30+%. Last year, we wanted to know our students' perceptions about online and remote learning at VCU. We found that our first-year, first-generation students, Pell-eligible students had less favorable experiences with online learning.

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Ready Education

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

From online learning platforms to student information systems, universities and schools heavily rely on information technology systems to enhance the learning experience and streamline administrative processes. The digital transformation in education is impacting the whole industry.

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The University Innovation Alliance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

And we did low-residency, working online, then once a month coming to Brattleboro. And then when we saw the growth of online learning and the for-profits rush into the vacuum, because most not-for-profits were looking down their nose at it, I thought, 'No, we are ceding this important part of serving Americans.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, this actually squandered a flourishing landscape for incarcerated students to access higher education. The RAND Institute has conducted studies that estimate that there is a 28% lower chance of recidivism for students who access higher education. Who just hasn't accessed higher education, doesn't necessarily have that experience.

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EAB

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Harvard alumni also have free access to select workshops and online learning opportunities (current opportunities include digital health or managing happiness workshops). Additionally, Harvard University alumni are allowed to apply for a Library Borrowing Card at no charge, giving alumni on-site access to the library.

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Civitas Learning

JUNE 11, 2024

Subscribe: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Youtube Music | Full Transcript With the massive shift to online degree programs in recent years, earning a credential has become more feasible for many students. While colleges and universities are optimistic about the future of online learning, certain challenges remain.

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Close the Gap Foundation

MARCH 15, 2022

The 50 refurbished MacBook laptops donated by Airbnb brings technology to students who otherwise may not have access to reliable devices, and directly influences the outcome for those participating in Close the Gap Foundation's Social Impact Fellowship for the upcoming summer cohort. I was seven years old, and it was my first computer.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

It is worth noting that the Get Ryerson Ready team created this program while they all grappled with the personal and professional ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic and diligently ensured that their day-to-day work also shifted to the new online environment. What We Did. What We Observed. In Conclusion.

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Patter by Pat Thomson

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Siemens wrote about small worlds as part of developing a theory of learning that he called connectivism – a notion that you will know well if you are working in online learning or distance education. There’s a limited free service on CP or you can pay for unlimited access. Siemens calls these nodes.). Stay with me.

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Believe in Students

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

A rising challenge for students nationwide is access to basic needs. Food and housing insecurity, as well as limited access to technology, transportation, dependent care, and other foundational services — these are barriers students must overcome before they can be successful at our institutions. Others struggle with food insecurity.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The UCCS OSCQR process is a three-step process that incorporates a faculty self-review of the online course, collaboration with an FRC instructional designer, and a review by an additional UCCS reviewer. Learn more about the program and future cohorts. Interested in the Rising Higher Education Leaders Fellowship?

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The University Innovation Alliance

MAY 4, 2023

via Stephen Wolfram Writings, 2/124/23) Bios of Guest and Co-Hosts Guest: Drew Magliozzi , CEO, Mainstay Andrew Magliozzi is a social entrepreneur, educator, and web developer, aspiring to help people learn and live better lives with the help of technology and human instruction.

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The Advisor That Cares

AUGUST 26, 2023

Through the lens of a COVA approach to learning that incorporates how educational technology encourages student choice, ownership, and voice while presenting authentic learning opportunities, technology and digital learning tools must contribute to creating significant learning environments (CSLE) instead of technology for technology’s sake.

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The Advisor That Cares

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

This is a crucial component of my innovation and an excellent spot to highlight how creating a learning environment that supports the advising relationship could help students and employees gain this sense of belonging and significance. #3

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The Advisor That Cares

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Identify and share 2-3 online publications of interest in your field. Publications can include online magazines, newsletters, state technology publications/articles. Hyperlink your selections so that others may easily access your selections.

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The University Innovation Alliance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Making Higher Education Work for All Students A Conversation With Becky Takeda-Tinker, President, Colorado State University Global bridget Thu, 09/14/2023 - 06:00 Higher Ed Leadership Remote Learning Weekly Wisdom Online learning became a critical component for many institutions during COVID.

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John Hopkins University Student Well-Being Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Free premium access to this award-winning meditation and sleep app is available to all Hopkins affiliates. Go to calm.com/jhu to register for free access; do not download directly from the App Store or Google Play. Free access to Mental Telehealth , powered by TimelyMD, for degree-seeking students and trainees.

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EAB

JULY 25, 2023

I don't like online learning, whatever it might be. The either inability to access services, services only existing from 9:00 to 5:00, us not having tech ready solutions, to Lindsay's point, and I was just updating my Domino's app prior to the podcast. There were a number of different things they asked about.

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