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2021-22 Faculty Peer Mentoring Guide For Participants, Vcu Office Of The Provost

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Finding Funding And Understanding Logistics For Community-Engaged Practice: Strategies For Overcoming Institutional Barriers, Jose G. Alcaine

Foundations of Education Publications

Institutional barriers can hinder the effective development of projects and practices that foster community partnerships and promote the co-development of impactful research and experiences. Barriers such as funding, institutional approvals, and community access to institutional resources, can derail the best of intentions and projects. This interactive session will provide attendees with strategies to deal with common barriers to effective practices and will provide tools for finding funding, resource development, and troubleshooting context specific problems.

2021-22 Faculty Peer Mentoring Guide For Participants, Vcu Office Of The Provost

Office of the Provost: Resources for faculty

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From Common Cartridge To Canvas Commons - Integrating Library Instruction In Course Sites, Hope Y. Kelly Phd

VCU Libraries Faculty and Staff Presentations

The poster highlights unique file formats for sharing across learning management systems. A case is presented of an online module for an undergraduate research course that was first developed in 2019. Over the following two years, the module gained traction but required adjustments to be adopted more broadly. Barriers to adoption and mechanisms that have contributed to improved uptake are highlighted with an emphasis on flexibility for faculty in how they access the module and connect the instruction to their course outcomes.

Facilitating Equitable Access And Retention For Underrepresented Students At The University Of Mary Washington, Michael K. Abelson, Alvin R. Bryant, Marra Hvozdovic

Doctor of Education Capstones

Higher education institutions are facing increasing pressure to find new ways to attract, retain, and graduate the diverse populations of college students. As a result, colleges and universities need to adapt to the changing demographics of students who benefit from more sustained and engaged forms of support that are responsive to their specific social, cultural, and economic backgrounds. This sequential mixed methods study seeks to understand the ways in which the University of Mary Washington serves its underrepresented students in order to develop strategies to enhance the recruitment and retention of Black, Hispanic/Latinx, low-income, and first-generation college students. Building on …

Who Takes Dual Enrollment Classes? A Research Brief, David Naff

MERC Publications

This research brief from the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC) explores three questions: 1) What are Dual Enrollment classes? 2) Who takes Dual Enrollment classes? and 3) What strategies promote greater access to Dual Enrollment? An accompanying podcast episode is linked in the research brief.