#Students

@pittstate: The communication dept. sent out a zoom video in place of our scholarship banquet, and as soon as I saw their faces and heard their voices it set in
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Ok, fellow professors, time to talk about the reading load issue. Buckle up, take a chair and sit down because this is going to be a bit of tough love.
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The FAFSA process for documenting & proving student independance due at to parental abuse is so horribly engineered.I'm continually disappointed by the Department of Education. Asking students to get written
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I taught in a juvenile detention center for 5 years. Things like this happen to black children way more common than most people understand or realize. This is a thread
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I just saw a tweet that said, quote, “[Young Adult literature] seems to be the go to choice when kids can't read.”I started reading in English when I was 3
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New public-facing memo from @NatlGovsAssoc - “Reopening Institutions of Higher Education”Lots to unpack here. Thread:https://www.nga.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/State-Higher-Ed-reopening-final.pdf Connecticut was the first to publish
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We have been hearing a lot about privacy and security issues with Zoom - and deservedly so.The myriad issues that have been documented with Zoom are real, and never should
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Yesterday, #TaylorU's Students for Education on Neurodiversity (SEND) (https://www.instagram.com/tayloruniv_send/) hosted a panel discussion on the intersections of neurodiversity and the Enneagram. @drewmoser and @sarah_duet were on hand to offe
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I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I just want to point out something no one wants to acknowledge:Advocating for schools to remain virtual comes from a place of
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Last yr I had some negative TA evals from students - largely bc I was struggling w/ chronic illness & didn’t always attend lectures. I did, however, respond to emails,
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Financial stability while minimizing negative impacts for students and staff has been Trustee Brooks’ priority since day one. Lola Brooks is not a politician, she is a problem solver that
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another one bites the dust. @UCLA @UCLAchancellor UPDATE: (this was sent by a student ally who sent an email out!) here is the link to the petition to get him
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1/ As I sit waiting for 9:30am Zoom meeting on Saturday (& on my birthday) to get clarifications on a policy change for this quarter, I really wonder how academics
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The conversation we’re having right now about how inequitable grading is during distance learning is a conversation we should have been having even when we were teaching in person. And
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One of my closest friends has tested positive for COVID-19. She was the first Queen’s student to be reported with the virus. When this was announced by the media, Facebook
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universities are at risk of losing 50-100% of their international students this year. if you see a UCAS rejection on thursday don’t give up. pick up the phone. there’s going
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