27 May, 2019

Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire Keynote

2019-06-03T21:04:03-05:00

Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire Keynote Metacognition: The Key to Equity and Excellence for All Students Download Presentation Download TSHTL and TYHTL Color Flyer 21st Century students come to college with widely varying academic skills and motivation levels. During this session, chemistry professor, learning strategist, and author Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire [...]

Dr. Saundra Yancy McGuire Keynote2019-06-03T21:04:03-05:00
27 May, 2019

Dr. John O’Brien Keynote

2019-06-03T20:34:11-05:00

Dr. John O’Brien Keynote The History of the Future of Educational Technology Reflecting on history and our tendency to ignore it in our forward-looking work, EDUCAUSE President and CEO John O’Brien invites us to consider the “history of the future” of higher education technology. He explores engaging “paleofuture” artifacts—for [...]

Dr. John O’Brien Keynote2019-06-03T20:34:11-05:00
27 May, 2019

Mental Health and How It Impacts Education

2019-06-03T16:38:45-05:00

Mental Health and How It Impacts Education This session focuses on mental health issues that affect students and learning, particularly the impact of trauma. Participants discuss the psychosocial barriers students are facing and how trauma left untreated can have a negative impact on students’ emotional and social development. Participants advance their knowledge [...]

Mental Health and How It Impacts Education2019-06-03T16:38:45-05:00
27 May, 2019

Instilling Faculty With an Entrepreneurial Mindset

2019-06-03T14:29:56-05:00

Instilling Faculty With an Entrepreneurial Mindset Colleges rely on the resourcefulness and persistence of their people to have the greatest impact on those they serve. Both of these essential skills are just two of the many values that can be learned from some of our society’s most underappreciated individuals, the “unlikely entrepreneurs.” [...]

Instilling Faculty With an Entrepreneurial Mindset2019-06-03T14:29:56-05:00
27 May, 2019

Beyond Retention Programs and Policies: The Habits of Effective Human Levers of Retention

2019-06-03T14:32:01-05:00

Beyond Retention Programs and Policies: The Habits of Effective Human Levers of Retention Colleges depend upon policies, initiatives, and programs to support student success and college completion. Perhaps the best resource a college has, however, it its faculty. Based upon a qualitative study of faculty identified as "highly effective human levers of [...]

Beyond Retention Programs and Policies: The Habits of Effective Human Levers of Retention2019-06-03T14:32:01-05:00
13 Jun, 2018

Student Communication in a Guided Pathways Model: Virtual Solutions to Student Questions

2018-06-13T18:43:34-05:00

Student Communication in a Guided Pathways Model: Virtual Solutions to Student Questions As Austin Community College embarked on its guided pathways initiative, we recognized the need for consolidated and streamlined student services through innovative methods. We set a goal of providing real-time student support through our Student Services Help Desk, which reduced [...]

Student Communication in a Guided Pathways Model: Virtual Solutions to Student Questions2018-06-13T18:43:34-05:00
13 Jun, 2018

Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges

2022-02-21T16:03:18-06:00

Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges A partnership between NISOD, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, and Do Good Work Educational Consulting fostered Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges, which identifies and celebrates promising practices at community and technical colleges in recruiting, retaining, and developing diverse faculty, staff, and students. [...]

Most Promising Places to Work in Community Colleges2022-02-21T16:03:18-06:00
13 Jun, 2018

Course-Based Research: A Social Justice Initiative

2018-06-13T18:41:06-05:00

Course-Based Research: A Social Justice Initiative Two-year colleges in the United States are leading the way in ensuring all students have access to undergraduate research. They are finding ways to integrate authentic and accessible research into the curriculum by identifying research possibilities in their communities, including environmental issues like safe water, archival [...]

Course-Based Research: A Social Justice Initiative2018-06-13T18:41:06-05:00