Department of Education Homeroom Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that pursuing a college education is not just about getting accepted and enrolling in a college. First-generation and low-income college students were burdened with the struggle to pay expensive college fees for a virtual education while being separated from on-campus resources and in-person support from students and.

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UofO First-Generation Student Support Blog

APRIL 29, 2021

Undergraduate research can be an important and rewarding aspect of the college experience and allows students to further explore an academic field and even build their application for future graduate school applications. Students can build many different and important skills through involvement in research including, communication, problem solving, teamwork, gaining a better understanding of published works, becoming familiar with the discovery process, and much more!

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Believe in Students

APRIL 27, 2021

How Colleges Are Helping Students Meet Basic Needs College Express College Express, April 26 2021 The post College Express, April 26 2021 first appeared on Believe in Students. The post College Express, April 26 2021 appeared first on Believe in Students.

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Community College Review

APRIL 24, 2021

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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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