Purdue University Global

MARCH 28, 2025

Presented by the English and Rhetoric Department and the Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) initiative at Purdue University Global, TheWACademic Blog is a digital space where writing educators and professionals share stories, data, and research that demonstrate the power of WAC in college courses (PG WAC, 2024). The WACademic Blog.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2024

Bridging the gap in access to digital tools, skills training, and a cutting-edge curriculum is essential for empowering underrepresented groups to participate in the tech landscape. Collaborative efforts could include tutoring programs, curriculum development, and targeted interventions designed to improve student outcomes in mathematics.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 16, 2023

Teaching has always been a passion for Dr. Shana Stoddard, who is being commended for that passion through the 2023 Council on Undergraduate Research’s Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award. I knew I wanted to be in a space where both teaching was valued but also research was valued.” I’m gifted in teaching, mentoring, and encouraging.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

He serves as co-director of the Center for Teaching Excellence. in curriculum and instruction from the Pennsylvania State University. Fuentes investigates educator experiences, including the experiences of educators of color in K-12 schools and in higher education settings.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2023

With more than a decade of K-12 teaching experience, she has previously been vice president of academic affairs, dean of the School of Education, department chair, and professor at Indian River State College. Cronin holds a doctorate in education with an emphasis on curriculum and instruction from the University of Sarasota; an M.S.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 6, 2023

As associate director of the university’s Center for Advancement of Teaching, Rahming oversees FSU’s Learning Assistant Program, which has yielded impressive results in helping students excel in some of the school’s high-enrollment, lower-division courses that provide the foundation for learning in late courses. The concept is quite simple.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 12, 2024

I had an immediate epiphany: How timely Banks’ book is in these most troubling anti-EDI times (EDI - Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) I must not only continue to proactively teach my students the goals of multicultural education, but I must also remind larger audiences. What better place than Diverse: Issues In Higher Education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 30, 2024

We spend an hour with parent/family liaisons and community outreach coordinators who instruct us on the importance of reading at home to overcome vocabulary gaps or how to navigate systems at school. instruction, teaching styles, learning styles). Black families frequently arrive at school to be treated like students themselves.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 23, 2024

Then, it became a topic of conversation on campus beyond the curriculum or the field [to be] about wellbeing, safety, experiences, and the silencing of Asian Americans in a variety of ways across the country, including on campus,” he says. All of that then helped affirm that Asian Americans themselves are a very distinct population.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 30, 2024

Instead of receiving tailored educational plans and specialized instruction, Black students with disabilities were often placed in segregated special education classes or even excluded from school altogether.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 25, 2024

According to the report, the most common post-baccalaureate microcredential programs at colleges and universities are in the fields of teaching, data science and analytics, interdisciplinary programs, management, psychology, and health care. of surveyed programs using the former and 2.3% using the latter, according to Linton.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Bennett As a team, we are a recent doctoral graduate, now administrator, and a faculty member, formerly a mentor and now colleague, to the first author; we have collaborated via mentorship, co-instruction, and co-research. Many institutions are returning to in-person or maintaining high-flex instruction.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. Sul Ross State University Sul Ross State University (SRSU) is a public HSI located in Alpine, Texas, with instructional sites along the U.S.-Mexico

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Conversely, some education professionals presume that intelligence tests measure unlearned abilities — abilities independent of or less dependent on instruction and education — and they (mis)interpret low performance on intelligence tests with low cognitive ability and potential. Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 31, 2024

Engaging with students was fulfilling, but Watford says she realized teaching was not her calling. Connecting Black students with each other made them feel stronger and more determined to support each other through the curriculum. “It When she completed her Ph.D., It was a matter in many cases of asking the students, ‘What do you need?’”

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 22, 2025

After completing his doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in 2016, Henry joined the faculty at the University of Arizona, where his understanding of race in America was enriched by exposure to border state dynamics and the intersection of Black, Indigenous, and Mexican communities. Political Science, Tulane University; Ph.D.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

These stereotypes lead to teachers’ overgeneralization of all Black students, which impacts the instruction given, the school climate, and the supports that they receive or do not receive in schools. School psychologists are uniquely qualified members of school teams that support students' ability to learn and teachers' ability to teach.

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EAB

DECEMBER 19, 2023

But additional instructional time alone won’t help. There are many strategies district leaders have used to combat learning loss that focus on building more instructional time, like extending the school year and encouraging summer prep classes. What district leaders need to focus on now is the quality and efficacy of that instruction.

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Civitas Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2024

It is crucial to adequately train faculty to deliver high-quality instruction and provide them with simple strategies to connect students to resources. Providing continuous training and opportunities for faculty to expand their instructional and student support skill set is crucial for improving student outcomes. You are the experts.’”

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Timely MD

APRIL 18, 2024

Teaching is a rewarding but challenging profession, often with lower wages than other public sector jobs. Complicating matters further, many states face contentious political debates over their K-12 curriculum, affecting educators’ relationships with parents and families.

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NACAC's Admitted

APRIL 16, 2023

This would include the speed and pace of English instruction and the teaching and curriculum approach used for math instruction.) Include time teaching the additional classes as part of the instructor’s overall teaching load for the semester.

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EAB

APRIL 5, 2023

However, despite district leaders investing significant time and resources on teaching reading, they often see few lasting results. Higher Education Inadequately Prepares Teachers to Teach Reading Effectively Teacher preparation programs rarely prepare educators to teach reading. These barriers are probably why.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic required institutions to modify teaching modalities by quickly pivoting from face-to-face to virtual platforms. The framework emphasizes curriculum redesign; assessment of student learning; and student-centered instruction, initially developed by Charlotte Danielson and modified for our institution.

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NACAC's Admitted

APRIL 16, 2023

This would include the speed and pace of English instruction and the teaching and curriculum approach used for math instruction.) Include time teaching the additional classes as part of the instructor’s overall teaching load for the semester.

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Good Tutors Finder

AUGUST 21, 2024

Understanding the Curriculum International schools often follow a variety of educational systems, such as the International Baccalaureate (IB) , the British curriculum (IGCSE and A-Levels) , the American system (AP and SATs), or others. Familiarizing yourself with the curriculum is the first step in preparing for the academic year.

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The University Innovation Alliance

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

He observed, "I think an internship actually teaches you what you don't want to do," and the described how he leveraged that perspective while serving as business school dean: "I realized that the curriculum was exactly the same as it had been 25 years earlier. One, your curriculum doesn't allow us to explore possibilities.

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Good Tutors Finder

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

While schools provide a structured curriculum, some students find it beneficial to have a tutor to guide them through the MYP. Tutors can identify a student’s strengths and weaknesses, tailor their teaching methods to the student’s learning style , and create a customized learning plan.

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EAB

JANUARY 1, 2024

From enrollment trends to revenue and expenses, faculty and instructional productivity, and student success rates, the sheer variety and volume of data available as part of the portfolio assessment process can be overwhelming. Enrollment in master’s-level interdisciplinary studies programs is on the rise.

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Thrive Alliance Group

AUGUST 12, 2021

Curriculum support Technology gives us access to almost any course work that you can imagine. Consider how intergenerational projects could include interviews with the individuals who have experienced the history that we teach and study. Museums around the world have created virtual tours. Addressing SEL explicitly in the classroom.

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Good Tutors Finder

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The rigorous curriculum, demanding coursework, and high expectations can be overwhelming for students. Get Started Improved Study Skills Private tutors do more than just teach the content of IB subjects. Get Started Private tutoring offers personalized guidance, tailored instruction, and the tools necessary to succeed in the classroom.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

Hines Our co-edited book, Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Education: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising and Counseling, is one of the most comprehensive textbooks on Black males. With this in mind, we (Hines and Fletcher) compiled the collection of readings by prominent scholars, as described herein. Dr. Erik M.

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EAB

MAY 25, 2023

Dr. Louis Slimak , Associate Provost for Curriculum and Assessment at West Virginia University (WVU), has done extensive work to overhaul the WVU’s program review process—and its culture around data more broadly—since his arrival in 2016. Support the people doing this work and institutionally communicate its importance regularly.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Department of Education for a program to teach K-12 teachers about civics, history, and media literacy. Teachers who have been hired to teach history and social studies in [high-poverty schools] may not have had much coursework in history, civics and media literacy themselves or training in how to teach these subjects,” Harris said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Teaching homeplace: How teachers can cultivate Black joy through culturally responsive practices in the classroom. Ford Cultivating Black joy is critical, given censorship placed in schools, on Black bodies, and in the curriculum. This concept also argues that implementing culturally responsive teaching practices (i.e.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I want to bring us together, to experience this moment, to breathe in our collective humanity,” said Suh, an assistant professor of curriculum and instruction at Texas State University. We posit that we can no longer teach Black history without teaching Black joy,” said Ekpe.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. In fact, perceived learning difficulties may result from limited access to academic opportunities, a lack of culturally relevant teaching, low-quality teaching, and resource inequalities. Dr. Donna Y.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

So, in addition to delivering instruction that focuses on skills, technique and emerging technologies, we must also provide safe and inclusive space for students to explore visual storytelling in service to critical issues.” Akbar, who teaches in the department of arts and communication, sees it as a vital means of communicating.

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