Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Dr. Harold L. Martin, Sr., Chancellor Emeritus at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, was honored with the Peter McPherson Lifetime Achievement Award last week at the annual meeting of the Association of Public & Land-Grant Universities (APLU) in Orlando, Florida. The APLU award recognizes an individual whose career has been dedicated to the service and leadership of public and land-grant universities.

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Steve Keating

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Most people in leadership positions claim to know the value of recognizing their teams. But a solid majority of them provide little to no recognition to their people. That’s because they are so busy doing the urgent things of management that they have no time to do the important things of leadership. Like recognizing their people, for instance. I should tell you that when mentoring people who say they are leaders, I am highly critical of those who say they don’t have time to recognize their peop

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Community College Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

This article explores the significant impact of mentoring programs in community colleges. It discusses how these programs pair experienced students with newcomers, fostering academic success, personal growth, and career readiness. The piece highlights various mentoring models and their benefits for both mentors and mentees.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Johnny C. Taylor Jr., the president of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), is reportedly on President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s short list to become U.S. Secretary of Labor. Taylor has led SHRM—the world’s largest HR professional society devoted to human resource management—since 2017. SHRM boasts more than 300,000 members and has a global footprint in more than 165 countries.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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