Feeling like you belong—in a classroom, in a major, at an institution—is one of the most important factors in whether you persist and succeed in college. When students sense that their backgrounds, ...

Words matter, and for more than 15 years, Partners in Learning has joined a national movement encouraging communities to choose respect and inclusion by ending the use of the “R-word,” […] ...

The Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), passed in 1975, ensures that eligible children with disabilities receive free public education along with the services they need to succeed. The IDEA act ...

When the pandemic forced college classrooms online, it gave faculty members unexpected insights into the off-campus lives of their students. With a virtual peek into the homes of students, college ...

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend a seminar on inclusive teaching hosted by the Center for Teaching and Learning — the group on campus charged with helping Penn instructors with their ...

The spring 2020 semester was unlike any other in the history of higher education due in large part to the COVID-19 crisis. Having access to a reliable computer and Wi-Fi as well as a dedicated space ...

If you’re teaching this fall, you’re probably trying to figure out how your courses will be affected by the dual reverberations of Covid-19 and Black Lives Matter. Being prepared for an uncertain ...

At first glance, the classroom looks almost like any other. There are four walls, desks and chairs, a row of windows, and a white board up front. But look closer. And you’ll see that this particular ...

This article originally appeared on The Conversation. There isn't just one way to sound like a scientist, or to sound like a scholar. Scientists and scholars come from a wide variety of backgrounds ...

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