Bridging the Great Divide: Creating an Equitable and Comprehensive Academic Support Model in the Classroom

Issued by National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development

Participants discuss current college degree completion rates and retention data; review psychological, college student development, and student success theories to explore the importance of holistic learning; investigate obstacles and challenges that college students face that impact academic success; and construct classroom written and interactive activities, data collection methods, instructional techniques, and curriculum design ideas to increase student success rate.

Type Learning
Level Intermediate
Time Hours
Cost Paid

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Comprehend and acknowledge student challenges and obstacles that impact academic performance and college completion rates, understand the concept and implications of implicit and explicit bias and discrimination and develop activities aimed at decreasing such beliefs and behaviors, use psychological, student success, and college student development theories to guide teaching practice.