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This Year Has Taken a Toll on Educators. Let’s Make Sure to Support Them in 2021.

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Despite their exhaustion, educators across our nation have worked tirelessly, transforming their kitchen tables into classrooms while simultaneously becoming the cafeteria, technology, custodial and counseling staff for their own children. Educators have recounted to us that they feel forgotten and undervalued, overworked and under-resourced.

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As Colleges Move Away From the SAT, Will Admissions Algorithms Step In?

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While some vendors publish white papers that seem to offer proof, critics argue that this evidence wouldn’t necessarily hold up if put through the peer review process of a reputable scientific journal. But even as her team makes use of some high-tech selection tools, she counsels them to wield this kind of power with restraint.

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Colleges, Libraries and Presses Team Up to Publish Open Scholarship (And Rethink Model)

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It aims to publish “free, open access, digital editions of peer-reviewed and professionally edited monographs” in the humanities and social sciences, using funds from participating universities. The project has an unwieldy name—the AAU/ARL/AAUP Open Access Monograph Publishing Initiative —but a straightforward goal.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

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These groups can provide a sense of belonging and peer support. Collaborative Learning: Encouraging collaborative learning through group projects, discussion forums, and peer reviews can enhance student engagement. Counseling Services: Mental health support is critical for student well-being.

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Enhancing Access, Engagement, and Inclusion in Online Education

Faculty Focus

These groups can provide a sense of belonging and peer support. Collaborative Learning: Encouraging collaborative learning through group projects, discussion forums, and peer reviews can enhance student engagement. Counseling Services: Mental health support is critical for student well-being.

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Encouraging Mental Wellness with a Signature Line

Faculty Focus

In addition to this advertisement strategy, I began putting these numbers and our campus counseling center contact information in the signature lines of my emails. Adding hotline numbers and campus counseling center information to your signature line is an easy way to provide support to students.

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Encouraging Mental Wellness with a Signature Line

Faculty Focus

In addition to this advertisement strategy, I began putting these numbers and our campus counseling center contact information in the signature lines of my emails. Adding hotline numbers and campus counseling center information to your signature line is an easy way to provide support to students.