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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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Expanding Federal Work Study to Create a More Diverse Teacher Pipeline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Halima Monds was a first-year student at Spelman College when she joined SpelREADS , a program that pairs undergraduate tutors with students in Atlanta Public Schools to help boost their reading ability. Unfortunately, these kinds of intensive tutoring models can be challenging for school districts to implement.

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Pima Community College Receives Nearly $1.5 Million to Support Low-Income and First-Generation Students with STEM

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The program aims to offer academic tutoring and mentorship; high school and college course selection assistance; financial aid application help; guidance on secondary school reentry, alternative education programs, and college entry; and financial literacy education.

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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. IHEP: How can institutions build data literacy among faculty and staff to ensure that predictive models are used responsibly?

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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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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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The Federal Work-Study Program

College Planners of America

Examples are reading tutors for young children, literacy tutors for adults, and mathematics tutors at local public high schools. If the latter, the work performed must be in the public interest. At least 7% of a college’s FWS jobs must provide off-campus assistance to the community.