Sun.Apr 13, 2025

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Where is the Love? Compassionate Pedagogy is Needed Now More Than Ever Before

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. Erik M. Hines In the scriptures, Jesus stated, And the King will answer and say to them, Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you do it to the least to these, My brethren, you did it to Me. Jesus refers to the individuals who think they were doing the right thing, such as helping people and feeding the poor, rather than doing performative things, such as discussing what one would do to help people or implementing policies that are counterintuitive to assisting people.

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All About Goals

Steve Keating

If youre a golf fan, then odds are youve watched golf on TV or maybe even attended a tournament or two. Just imagine watching your favorite player bombing a drive down the middle of the fairway and then hitting their approach shot within a foot ofa foot of nothing because there was no hole on the green. Nothing to shoot for, no way to finish the hole, no point in playing at all.

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Spring Mindfulness Bulletin Board (Interactive with QR Codes) Updated 2025

School Counselor Blog

I am supervising a school counseling intern, Marisa, from my alma mater, Duquesne University. She put up this bulletin board using my original " Make Time for Mindfulness " design and added her own personal touches to it! I love how it turned out! She did a great job! This bulletin board really adds a springtime vibe to the school counseling office!

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Harvard Faculty, AAUP Challenge Trump Administration's $8.7 Billion Funding Threat

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In what legal experts are calling a landmark case for academic freedom, Harvard faculty and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, alleging unconstitutional attempts to control campus speech and governance through threatened funding cuts. The legal action, filed Friday, seeks to block the administration from withholding $8.7 billion in federal funding for Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals after demands that th

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Columbia Grad Student Faces Deportation After Pro-Palestinian Activism

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A Columbia University graduate student who served as a negotiator during campus protests against the Israel-Gaza war last spring has been ordered deported by a Louisiana immigration judge, in what legal experts are calling a significant test case for international students' free speech rights on American campuses. Immigration Judge Jamee E. Comans ruled Friday that Mahmoud Khalil, a 30-year-old international affairs graduate student and legal U.S. resident, can be forced out of the country as a

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