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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.

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Pepperdine University Professor Seeks to Give High School Students a Head Start

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Additionally, a local middle school math teacher was hired to teach geometry, and the church provided one of its tutors to assist. The initiative will also seek to grow its roster of teachers and tutors. I think Dr. Roberson’s Ahead of the Game exemplifies the idea that every child has a civil right to gain math literacy.”

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Examples of Excelencia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The focus on English skills needed in an academic setting and tailored support services through the Academic Literacy & Language (ALL) Center have proven beneficial. In 2016, EAP reduced the number of courses in its course sequence, increased tutoring services and added embedded tutoring. WSU’s CAMP was founded in 2006.

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How can colleges use predictive algorithms equitably? A conversation with Dr. Denisa Gándara

IHEP Institute for Higher Education Policy

When a model predicts that Black or Latinx students are more likely to fail, how users interpret that information depends on their racial consciousness and data literacy. For example, if faculty hold deficit assumptions about these students’ ability to succeed, they may dismiss those students as a lost cause.

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Amplifying Student Care at DeVry University with Integrated Technology

Civitas Learning

The Challenge: Enhancing Student Engagement and Scaling Proactive Support A business request to improve tutoring usage revealed that students not only consistently underutilized tutoring but also struggled to engage with DeVry’s many support services. Driving Student Awareness: Tutoring awareness increased by 500 basis points.

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6 innovative ways higher ed can embrace AI

EAB

As a part of an AI initiative launched in 2020, UF first began offering an introductory course teaching basic AI literacy and concepts to all students. Other companies like Khan Academy are also testing AI-powered tutors like Khanmigo , which will assist students in endeavors ranging from writing papers to coding applications.

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Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness

EAB

Support your students from day one by making financial literacy a mandatory part of your orientation process. Financial Literacy: Virtual and in-person training is provided to students. Ensure your campus leverages a system that enables faculty to issue alerts to the right student service offices as soon as a problem arises.