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The Fight to Preserve—and Teach—African-American History

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With speeches, music and drumming, they mourned the long history of American slavery and racism that began on Virginia’s shores, but also celebrated the myriad cultural contributions African Americans have made to the nation. “It Woodson, whom members of the association cite as a pioneer in the field of African American history.

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Teaching With Technology in Higher Ed? Start With Relationship-Building.

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STEM pedagogy has a historic culture that assumes problems in the classroom are mostly a function of student deficits, placing the blame on students’ weaknesses or learning differences rather than other factors influencing their education. This learning process is arguably the most difficult step. Leverage partners.

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With an Unusual Model and ‘Forbidden Courses,’ a New University Is Taking Shape in Texas

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You want to create an atmosphere that allows students, faculty and staff to exist askew from society, from the general culture, so that they can learn how to create some distance and reflect upon what's happening in the world around them. But I think campus culture is something that may be different. How do you build cultures of trust?

Culture 170