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Teaching multilingual learners: Breaking down barriers to success

January 8, 2025 Linh Nguyen Teaching, Tips

CITL recently offered a workshop that explored comprehensive strategies for faculty and staff to better understand and support multilingual students by focusing on creating inclusive

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Open minds, open dialogue: Navigating ideological differences on campus

October 9, 2024 Linh Nguyen Best Practices, Resources, Teaching, Tips, Workshops

In today’s polarized academic environment, college campuses and classrooms can sometimes feel like battlegrounds of ideas rather than spaces for growth. How do we, as

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Extended and enhanced Teaching Assistant Institute: Another success to celebrate

September 4, 2024 Linh Nguyen News, Teaching, Workshops

We’re excited to share another success of the Teaching Assistant Institute (TAI) this Fall 2024! This invaluable program, developed by the Center for Innovative Teaching

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Culturally Responsive Teaching

August 6, 2024 Linh Nguyen Best Practices, Resources, Teaching, Tips

During the early development of higher education in the United States, women were largely excluded from attending colleges and universities. Additionally, African American people were

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National Higher Education Teaching Conference 2024

July 9, 2024 Linh Nguyen News, Teaching, Tips

June is an ideal time to gather educators, administrators, policymakers, business leaders, and philanthropists. With summer break underway but fall semester planning still distant, participants

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Feminist pedagogies inform inclusive STEM teaching

May 30, 2024 Linh Nguyen Best Practices, Teaching, Tips

Traditional STEM teaching has a persistent predicament of exclusion and inequity. The 2023 Diversity and STEM: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities report from the

Inclusive group assignments: Fostering teamwork among diverse identities

May 28, 2024 Linh Nguyen Best Practices, Resources, Teaching, Tips

A survey conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates on behalf of the Association of American Colleges and Universities found that employers believe undergraduate programs

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EDUCAUSE 2023 Faculty and Technology Report

October 3, 2023 Linh Nguyen News, Teaching, Technology Trends

Higher education has changed due to COVID-19, new technologies, public funding, and fluctuating enrollments. How can an institution like NIU best provide instructional and technology

Educause 2023 students and technology report

September 11, 2023 Linh Nguyen Best Practices, News, Resources, Teaching, Tips

What does it mean to be a college student in 2023 when the global pandemic effects are lingering, the cost of higher education is increasing