Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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According to university officials, the Center for Early Literacy and Responsible AI will focus on "harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to transform early literacy instruction for culturally and linguistically diverse learners in kindergarten through second-grade classrooms across the nation." The Center will be led by Dr. X.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

in Miami, and a doctorate in instructional technology and distance education from Nova Southeastern University. Gillian McKnight-Tutein Gillian McKnight-Tutein has been appointed chief educational equity officer for the Colorado Department of Higher Education.

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JANUARY 19, 2023

Corequisite instruction allows students to take a college-level and credit-bearing course while also receiving supplemental support to ensure their success. Past studies have found that corequisite instruction improves retention, completion, and graduation rates for students regardless of their socio-economic background.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

He served as an instructional design specialist at the University of North Dakota and Virginia Tech. in instructional design and technology from Virginia Tech. Kizito Mukuni Kizito Mukuni has been appointed director of online education at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. Mukuni holds a Ph.D.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

Kathleen Clark, who has led the program since its inception, said children participate in phonological awareness and structured literacy instruction that targets their reading needs. They participate in an additional hour of instruction in which literacy is integrated with another area, most often hands-on, inquiry science.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

The world is rapidly changing, and so is the educational landscape, said panelist Marcus Penny, a STEM instructional coach for Boston Public Schools. Individuals do not need to be limited to the public school system and to traditional avenues of education in order to attain their education.

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MAY 1, 2024

He holds a bachelor’s degree in applied mathematics, a master’s in mathematics curriculum and instruction, and a master’s in applied mathematics, all from Prairie View A&M University, as well as an M.B.A. in mathematics curriculum and instruction from Texas A&M University. from Texas Southern University and a Ph.D.

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JUNE 21, 2024

Lourido-Habib holds a bachelor’s degree in interior design from California State University, Fresno, in instructional technology from National University, and a Doctorate in Education from California State University, Fresno. She serves as the president of Porterville College in California.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

The California State University (CSU) announced it will provide all instructional faculty, librarians, counselors, and coaches with a 5% general salary increase. Our overriding responsibility is to manage a systemwide budget in a fiscally sustainable manner,” Freedman continued. “We

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 19, 2024

A Pepperdine University professor has been working on a pilot instructional program to give high school students a head start when it comes to understanding math. Roberson, who teaches statistics in Pepperdine’s political science program, served as one of the initiative’s teachers, instructing students on algebra.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Kristina Whalen Whalen is currently vice president of academic services at Las Positas College and vice president of the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Association.

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MARCH 6, 2024

Thus, it would seem more than appropriate, at minimum, to assess and examine our current practices, including who performs one of our most essential functions [instruction]. In higher education, being adept in the usage of educational technology has not generally been a prerequisite for the instructional workforce.

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APRIL 18, 2024

Practices like starting programs quarterly or even monthly and reducing the number of days students must come to campus for hands-on or clinical instruction can better accommodate students’ schedules. Finally, finances are the number one reason why students drop out of college.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

Dr. Jerry Fliger Fliger is currently vice president for instruction at College of the Mainland. Jerry Fliger has been appointed president of Bakersfield College. Previously, he has served as dean of arts and sciences at Alvin Community College and associate dean at Florida State College at Jacksonville. “Dr.

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JULY 3, 2024

Dixon holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Ohio University, a master’s in curriculum and instruction from Mount Vernon Nazarene University, and a doctorate in curriculum and instruction from Ohio University. She serves as an associate professor of education.

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APRIL 20, 2023

The bill will not affect course instruction, faculty research, student organizations, guest speakers, data collection or admissions.

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JULY 9, 2024

Dr. Kristin Redfield, an instructional coordinator for English at Forsyth Tech with 25 years of teaching experience, is co-director of the Piedmont Hub. Redfield said this helps keep the instruction relevant to the faculty in attendance, who can know right away what they’re learning works in North Carolina classrooms.

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DECEMBER 3, 2022

For close to a year, I have been strategizing and working with Randy Raymond, a software engineer at Google, to make access to computer science education the new “Space Race” and create models that schools can scale to deliver instruction to students.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

Robnett The study – published in the journal PLOS ONE – looked at anonymous chat summaries from Fall 2020 of 230 students in two introductory biology lecture courses with synchronous remote video instruction.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

ED is also requiring GCU to notify potential students of average degree costs and instruct students on the complaint process. "We give the cost of the entire program to students up front at all three levels — bachelor's, master's and doctoral — when all you're required to do is provide the first year for first-year freshmen.”

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MAY 7, 2023

won a 2023 Bellwether Award for its submission, Hudson Scholars, in the award category of Instructional Programs and Services. These community colleges represent the gold standard in innovative, transformative instructional models worthy of replication,” states Dr. Rose Martinez, director of the Bellwether College Consortium.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

It indicates that, after controlling for student preparedness, institutional financial health, instructional spending, and other institutional factors, the graduation rate for Black students at HBCUs is 10 percentage points higher than those at non-HBCUs.

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JULY 16, 2024

The program includes 320 clock hours of classroom instruction and hands-on, real-world simulated lab hours. Brooks and NFL Hall of Famer Ray Lewis co-founded the foundation whose Energy Professional Training Program curriculum covers basic concepts of Solar Photovoltaic systems and their components. Dr. Daria J.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Davis-Ganao said she had been wanting to incorporate online instruction for almost a decade, but it wasn’t until COVID that she finally had the opportunity to push her department into the option. NCCU partnered with Webex by Cisco, an online conferencing software that offers high-tech ways to implement instruction, like digital whiteboards.

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AUGUST 26, 2024

Curbeam holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Bowie State University, a master’s in organizational communications from Towson University, a master’s in instructional system development from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and an Ed.D. She previously served as interim vice president of IT and CIO.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Some schools have different start and end dates and further instructions for the waiver. The majority of Georgia schools will have their application fees automatically waived for the entirety of November, including Clark Atlanta University, Piedmont University, and Wesleyan College.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

How am I supposed to incorporate DEI into my classroom instruction?” The free speech group Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) – which sued Florida last year over the “ Stop WOKE Act ” – is assisting the plaintiffs. I’m a professor of chemistry. Reedley College professor Bill Blanken said in a statement.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Qua’Aisa Williams, associate director for instructional design, First Scholars Initiatives, at the Center for First-generation Student Success “A physical space really communicates to all the people in the environment that there is a value [in] that population,” said Dr. Qua’Aisa Williams, associate director for instructional design, First Scholars (..)

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

He committed himself to teaching himself the lessons and sought external resources for further instruction. He understood that there would be other classes in the future where independent learning and supplementing class instruction would be necessary for mastery.

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

Page received a bachelor’s degree in advertising and marketing from Michigan State University, a master’s in instructional design and technology from Governors State University, and a doctorate in community college leadership from Northern Illinois University. Natalie Page Natalie Page has been named chief diversity officer at St.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Cronin holds a doctorate in education with an emphasis on curriculum and instruction from the University of Sarasota; an M.S. in reading from Barry University; and a bachelor’s degree in French from the University of Miami.

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APRIL 18, 2024

He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and interdisciplinary studies from Kentucky State University and a master’s in strategic leadership instruction from U.S. Demarcus Hopson Demarcus Hopson has been named associate vice president for enrollment management and student access at Georgetown College in Kentucky.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Meridith Randall GWC Academic Senate President Damien Jordan, an associate professor of counseling, says Randall built trust among the faculty while serving as vice president of instruction, which readily translated when she became interim president. Randall says faculty training in online teaching is a priority this year.

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APRIL 26, 2023

We’re looking forward to his leadership, his work with the entire community and his ability to lead this instruction for the success of his students, faculty and staff,” said Robert Gilbert, chair of the HCC board of trustees. Timmons holds a doctorate in higher education administration from Bowling Green State University.

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APRIL 9, 2023

Benton-Johnson holds a bachelor’s degree in biology and a master’s in curriculum and instruction, both from Tennessee State University, as well as a doctorate in higher education leadership from Argosy University Sarasota.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Akuta earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science technology from Savannah State University, a master’s in information technology from Middle Georgia State University, and an education specialist degree in instructional technology from the University of West Georgia.

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MARCH 22, 2023

How can faculty with demonstrated instruction to 21st Century students improve our classrooms? How can an institution discern when opportunity, activity, and integration to readdress the mono-cultural instructional histories of its faculty is needed?

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