Higher education institutions which offer distance learning must support students – especially postgraduates.
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Without the support of extended curriculum programmes at universities, many students would face academic exclusion.
When it comes to helping students who’ve lost a loved one, educators often don’t know what to do or say. A pediatrician offers insights on how schools can support children in grief.
Formal, accessible academic advice systems can help university graduation rates.
Students experience intense feelings of discomfort, confusion and even embarrassment at being classified as “different” and an “anomaly” alongside the norm of white academic success.
For many disabled students, college is the first time that they’re put to the test of making their own way. The experience can be challenging, but there are strategies to help ease the way.
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Department Head and Professor, Department of Engineering Education, Virginia Tech
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Course coordinator: Language in Humanities, University of Cape Town
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Researcher in TESOL & Literacy, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor of Education, Elon University
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Director in the Centre for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), Durban University of Technology
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Director, National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement, University of Southern California
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