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Learning How to Learn: Why Faculty Should Re-Think Learning Objectives as They Approach Final Exams

If colleges and universities are truly ‘student-centric’ then we should be re-thinking our course learning objectives during these final weeks of the semester. We must recognize that classes may not be the most important thing in our student’s lives during this pandemic.

April 29, 2020

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Report: A Majority of Students Say Companies Are Unresponsive to Job Applications

For 72% of college students, the stress and uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic has added to the difficulty of looking for a job, with 74% saying companies are unresponsive to job applications, new research shows.

April 28, 2020

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How Do HBCU Student-Athletes Manage Academic, Social, and Athletic Experiences During Coronavirus Quarantine?

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the inequitable experiences that many HBCU student-athletes encounter. Although some HBCU student-athletes are able to maintain a quality of life that is conducive to academic, social, and athletic development, what can be done to assist student-athletes who are dealing with unfavorable circumstances?

April 28, 2020

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The Biggest Takeaways About My Students Amid COVID-19 Transition

Often the focus is to hear about what students have learned from their professors in their classes. Nowadays, I find myself in a reverse role, as I have found myself learning from my students since this COVID-19 transition.

April 27, 2020

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Maintaining Hope Despite the Uncertain Ending of My Doctoral Journey

As I come to terms with our current reality under the COVID-19 pandemic, I can’t shake the feelings of uncertainty. Beyond the academic job market being very competitive, the looming economic impact this crisis will have in higher education makes it seem like this is the worst time to be seeking a job, especially on the tenure track.

April 23, 2020

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New Telehealth Program Launched for Students to Access Health Care During COVID-19 Pandemic

With college students forced to return home during the coronavirus pandemic, many lack or have limited access to their on-campus medical or mental health care services.

April 16, 2020

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Why Society Will Need Liberal Arts Graduates

The global pandemic has disrupted all of higher education, but perhaps no sector in it more than liberal arts colleges. Our bread-and-butter is close personalized interaction between faculty mentors and students. We provide students with a holistic living-learning environment that Covid-19 and remote learning has abruptly upended.

April 16, 2020

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Coronavirus Pandemic Has Impacted College Students’ Mental Health

The changes in the higher education sector due to the coronavirus pandemic, such as campus-wide closures and the transition to online learning, have forced many college students to juggle their physical well being with possible food insecurity, financial stress, housing concerns and lack of resources to complete their academic work.

April 14, 2020

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You Are Worthy of Your Dreams

“You are worthy of your dreams.” This is my unchanging message to my students as their president, never more important than during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

April 14, 2020

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Many Students Worried About Learning Online, Says Survey

Many students are worried about their ability to learn remotely, says a new survey by Barnes & Noble Education. The survey, conducted the week of March 23, polled 432 college students across the U.S. to understand how students feel about the transition to online learning as part of colleges’ and universities’ COVID-19 prevention measures. As […]

April 12, 2020

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20/20 Vision in the Wake of a Crisis

Lately I have wondered – if I could have predicted COVID-19 three or four years ago – how I would have prepared differently for a public health pandemic as the president of a private, church-related HBCU.

April 11, 2020

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Three Steps to Civic Love in the Time of COVID-19

To serve those to whom we belong well, attentiveness and affinity are key. Affinity and awareness amount to a form of love. Serving well is love in the time of COVID-19, and I offer these three steps to consider.

April 2, 2020