[ad_1] During her last semester in the University of Texas at Austin’s master’s of social work program, Beth Wagner worked three jobs: 27 hours a week as a mental health counselor for employees of Goodwill of Central Texas and a total of 25 hours a week as a teaching assistant for two UT Austin courses. …
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[ad_1] When asked about professors’ choices of course materials in a Student Voice survey, students are much more likely than not to say the content reflects diversity. Some 42 percent of the 3,004 two- and four-year college respondents say their professors choose diverse instructional materials representing a variety of perspectives and voices. Just 11 percent of the …
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[ad_1] The New College of Florida announced that it will begin accepting the Classic Learning Test (CLT) as an alternative to the SAT and ACT for students applying for admission for the fall 2024 term, pending a bill becoming law. New College is the first public college in Florida to accept the CLT. It will …
[ad_1] The day began as a usual teaching day. It was only the second week of the new semester and the fourth day of class, but I had already fallen into a rhythm. At promptly 7:40 a.m., I left my office and walked across campus and up the stairs to the third floor of the …
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[ad_1] The head coach of the West Virginia University men’s basketball team used an antigay slur, twice, during a radio interview. The coach, Bob Huggins, apologized Monday, and the university said it was reviewing the matter. According to ESPN, the slur came during a discussion of his prior work at the University of Cincinnati. He …
[ad_1] Last month, Texas lieutenant governor Dan Patrick called the State Senate’s passage of four higher education bills “the strongest pushback on woke policies in higher education nationwide.” One of these bills was Senate Bill 15, which would ban transgender people from playing on sports teams matching their gender identity. The others were the triad …
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[ad_1] The Common Application is today releasing a report on its applications from students who are seeking to transfer, not gain admission for the first time. In the 2021–22 year, the Common App received more than 400,000 transfer applications. Most of the applicants applied to fewer institutions on average (2.25) compared to first-year applicants (6.22). …
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[ad_1] Generation Hope, an organization focused on supporting parenting students, is launching a new certification to identify and reward colleges, universities and nonprofits actively supporting students with children. The three-year certification, called the FamilyU Seal, is open to two-year and four-year nonprofit higher ed institutions and organizations that demonstrate a dedication to serving student parents. …
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[ad_1] An ex-student at the University of California, Davis, was arrested Thursday and charged in three recent stabbings that have left many in Davis unsettled, the Los Angeles Times reported. Carlos Reales Dominguez, 21, was arrested on two counts of homicide and one count of attempted murder. The university said in a statement that “Dominguez …
[ad_1] Cards on the table: I love, love, love this idea. Emily Farris tweeted a few days ago: I asked my students to annotate my syllabus as feedback on the semester. They add comments all over it – what worked, what advice would they give future students, what would they change, etc. Better than students …
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