“Keep teaching and learning.” This was and is still the motto of the pandemic. Unlike spring 2020 when we shifted to remote teaching after students and faculty had the…
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Faculty Learning Communities: Five Skills Every Facilitator Should Capture
October 5, 2020 Mounia Mnouer, PhD
Faculty Learning Communities (FLC) are spaces that allow for improving one’s pedagogy, seeking intellectual stimulation, meeting other colleagues who are interested in similar topics, or simply fulfilling service duties…
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In Effective Classroom Management
Initiating Classroom Dialogue about Race: A Narrative Framework
September 14, 2020 T. Scott Bledsoe, PsyD, and Kimberly A. Setterlund, MSW, LCSW
When I think about diversity here in college, I can hear myself saying “What if? What if I could go back and talk to my undergrad professors and my…
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From Inclusion to Equity: Pedagogies that Close Achievement Gaps
September 11, 2020 Amy B. Mulnix, PhD
You’re committed to equity and inclusion. You’ve been educating yourself about how higher ed systemically and systematically privileges some and disadvantages others, while working to create a just and…
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Five Essential Strategies to Embrace Culturally Responsive Teaching
August 31, 2020 Meena Singhal and Sudeepa Gulati
Being culturally responsive is a critical and necessary feature of our interactions with one another. It is also vitally important in the context of education. Culturally responsive teaching is…
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“There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.” This quote, attributed to Thomas Jefferson, is often used in gifted education to justify the attention, resources,…
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In Free Reports: Classroom Management
You Belong Here: Making Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion a Mission in the Classroom
May 31, 2020 Faculty Focus
This free report provides perspective on how faculty and universities can make diversity, equity, and inclusion a mission on campus and in the classroom. Although these conversations may be…
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An Educational Shift: Encouraging Mission-Driven Online Learning
May 20, 2020 Gwen Bass, PhD, and Michael Lawrence-Riddell
Over the past decade, many independent schools have intentionally expanded their missions to go beyond academic excellence and include goals related to character development, equity, accessibility, and social responsibility.…
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Easy to Implement Strategies for Disabilities in the College Classroom
November 4, 2019 Sara Schley, EdD
The teaching process not only involves content knowledge, but also an understanding of teaching and learning principles with insights about different learning needs (note: not the same thing as…
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How to Build Inclusive Practices in Education
August 19, 2019 Reinard Valentine, MEd, and Melissa Brevetti, PhD
Inclusive practices are critical to the higher education landscape in order to improve student learning. Democratic principles are rooted in inclusion, and faculty and staff have a responsibility to…