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“I Learned How To Be More Autistic”: Experiences Of Autistic-Centered Constellation Mentoring, Helen Rottier, Ben Pfingston, Tamar Heller

Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture

Peer mentoring is a common support service for autistic students in postsecondary education. This study explores the potential of peer mentoring as a space for autistic-centered connection and proposes a novel mentoring model, constellation mentoring, to enhance peer mentoring for this population. Constellation mentoring is informed by mentoring literature, critical disability praxis, and lived experiences of autistic community members to address limitations in existing mentoring programs. This article presents findings from the inaugural constellation mentoring program. Four autistic young adults who were past or present group members participated in focus group interviews about their experience. Researchers used reflexive thematic analysis …

Creating A Neurodivergent Peers Network For Faculty, Staff And Librarians, Nancy C. Johnston

Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture

This article describes the creation of a peer-led group of neurodivergent faculty, staff and librarians at the University of Toronto, Scarborough. It introduces both the author’s personal motivations for launching a network and seeking partners. It offers suggestions for other neurodivergent educators or organizers to support their peers in higher education workplaces.

Stimming Toward Something: Misreading, Method, And Neuroqueer Becoming, Kara Fahringer-Baer

Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture

This autotheoretical piece examines the epistemic injustices faced by a neurodivergent individual in higher education, tracing how institutional cultures demand legibility while extracting and erasing the knowledge produced at their margins. Drawing on the personal experience of a queer, cis-passing, neurodivergent scholar-practitioner in the U.S. community college system, the narrative enacts theory through lived friction, institutional residue, and creative refusal. By naming the margins as method, the piece offers both scholars and practitioners a framework for recognizing how neuroqueer ways of knowing unsettle dominant logics while making new forms of understanding possible.

When Writing Becomes Community: Reflections On The She Writes Circle For Racialized Graduate Students, Bahareh Razavian

Critical Internationalization Studies Review

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Paradigm Pivot: Envisioning A New Education System To Cultivate An Era Of Human Intelligence, Heather J. Leslie Phd

Learning Design Center: Staff Scholarship

This think piece proposes a new paradigm for the education system that moves towards more humane practices and away from more mechanistic, standardized practices in order to cultivate intrinsic motivation, authenticity, and the capacity for each person to develop their unique human abilities in the era of artificial intelligence.

Exploring The Experiences Of White Passing And White-Assumed Latine College Students, Emanuel Magaña

Dissertations and Theses

Between 2009 and 2019 Latine college enrollment has increased, yet retention and graduation rates lag those of their white peers. While barriers for Latine students are well-documented, the influence of colorism, particularly among lighter-skinned or white passing students, remains understudied. This study utilized a qualitative case-study approach grounded in CRT and LatCrit and based on a Street Race Praxis framework. This study explored the experiences of twelve white passing and/or white-assumed Latine students at an emerging HSI in the Pacific Northwest. Using Testimonio informed approach and Counterstory, I drew from interviews, pláticas, site observations, and document analysis to create four …

University Of Northern Iowa Graduate Council Minutes, December 11, 2025, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate Council.

Documents - Graduate Council

Meeting minutes from the Graduate Council of the University of Northern Iowa.

December 2025 Graduate Council Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

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2025-12-11 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message sent by the Office of the President to the campus community on December 11, 2025, regarding upcoming events on campus, winter break procedures, and campus personnel updates.

Counseling And College Access Programs Impact On College-Going Rates In Rural Tennessee, Dustin Lee Rawls

Tennessee State University Alumni Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative comparative case study examined the sharp decline in Tennessee's college-going rates (CGR), which fell from a high of 64.4% in 2015 to a low of 52.8% in 2021, creating significant concern for the state's workforce and economic future. Despite state initiatives and the presence of school counselors and grant-funded college access programs, substantial disparities in post-secondary enrollment persist, especially across the state's rural counties. Using the American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA, 2003) National Model as a theoretical framework, this research examined the processes and perspectives of school counselors and college access professionals in the top and bottom 10% …

Hear The Grateful Dead's "Blues For Allah" Performed By Don Was And The Pan-Detroit Ensemble On Feb. 6, Shannon Thomason

Browse All News

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Sustainability In Culinary Arts Education, Nimra Farooqui

Education Department Student Publications & Research

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Bridging The Rural Justice Gap: A Scalable Solution Rooted In Clinical Legal Education, Michelle Paxton

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

The rural justice gap significantly impacts child welfare legal representation, exacerbating the challenges families face when navigating juvenile courts in rural America. Attorneys in these communities frequently encounter geographic isolation, limited access to specialized training, professional burnout, and inadequate resources, all of which hinder effective advocacy for vulnerable children and families.

This article argues that clinical legal education, when paired with structured post-graduate training and multidisciplinary consultation, offers a replicable model for addressing the rural attorney shortages in juvenile court advocacy. The Nebraska Children’s Justice and Legal Advocacy Center (NCJC) illustrates how this model can be designed and scaled to …

Full Issue - Excelsior 18.1, Excelsior

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Creating A Decision-Making Curriculum For Students With And Without Disabilities In Grades P-12, Gina Riley, Elizabeth Klein, Alfonso Perez, Imani Irving Perez, Adriana D. Nathan

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Inquiring Into Preservice Teachers’ Identity Awareness And Development: A Collaborative Multi-Case Study, Nance S. Wilson, Kimberly Rombach

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Empowering Future Teacher Leaders Through Peer Mentoring, Stephanie M. Banks

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Preservice Teachers And Creativity: Beliefs, Experiences, And Intentions For Future Practice, Joanna M. Weld

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Professional Learning About And Through Schoolwide Co-Teaching: A Path To Develop Adaptive Expertise, Jennifer Sharples Reichenberg

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Learning To Love Science: Preservice Elementary Teachers Conceptualizations Of Science Teaching And Self-Efficacy To Teach Science, Christine Mcgrail, Stephanie B. Purington, Alicia Gonzales

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Teachers’ Thoughts About Using Ai Technologies In Classroom Lessons, Francine Falk-Ross, Peter Mcdermott

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Teacher Candidates’ Perceptions Of Online Tutoring As Early Field Experience, Kathryn Alton, Alison Puliatte, Megan Lawless, Yong Yu

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Table Of Contents - Excelsior 18.1, Excelsior

Excelsior: Leadership in Teaching and Learning

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Interview With Orca Award Winner John J. Janovy, Jr., Unl Biological Sciences; Parasitologist And Author, Mark Griep, John J. Janovy Jr.

UNL ORCA Interview Series

Professor John Janovy, Jr., was awarded the ORCA in 1998. John was born in Louisiana, but his family moved to Oklahoma, where he grew up in Tulsa and then Oklahoma City. Something in his youth must have sparked an interest in science because he earned three degrees from the University of Oklahoma in Norman: a bachelor of science in math in 1959, a master of science in zoology in 1962, and doctoral degree in zoology in 1965. Next, he ventured 1400 miles east to Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where he did post-doctoral work for about a year. …

December 9, 2025 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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2025-12-09 Feedback Data From Survey, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Feedback data from the Staff Congress survey submitted on December 9, 2025.

2025-12-09 Staff Survey Powerpoint, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

A PowerPoint on a recent survey conducted by the Staff Congress on key issues submitted on December 9, 2025,

2025-12-09 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes from December 9, 2025.

Young Concert Artists Set For Performance At Uab's Alys Stephens Center, Shannon Thomason

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Elephant In The Classroom: How Ethical Ai Can Improve Student Success, Ibrahim Kocaman, Daniel A. Cutrer

Publications

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into teaching and learning in higher education without compromising academic integrity is a pressing issue. To make the benefits of generative AI (GenAI) available to students while upholding principles of ethics and academic honesty, the authors implemented an ethical use of AI policy in their Introduction to Research Methods at Embry-Riddle University. The authors hypothesized and found that allowing ethical utilization of AI would lead to higher student engagement and academic success. These findings offer valuable insights for higher education programs and educators, particularly in security studies.