The Daily Quiz

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on October 22, 2018 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! I use a daily quiz that has a two-fold purpose: first, it tests the students’ knowledge of the day’s reading material; and second, it provides a focus for…

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New Immigrants May Not Require Russian

According to the independent Moscow Times, President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree allowing foreign citizens and stateless individuals to apply for temporary residency in the country if they share “traditional Russian spiritual and moral values,” even in cases when a person does not speak Russian. The decree states that those who oppose the “destructive…

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La Familia, el Cariño, y lo Personalizado: Consejería académica en instituciones que brindan servicios a los hispanos

By: Por Gabriel O. Bermea   Las instituciones que brindan servicios a los hispanos (HSI, por sus siglas en inglés) son universidades donde al menos el 25% de la población estudiantil a tiempo completo de pregrado es hispana. Las HSI representan alrededor del 20% de todas las instituciones de educación superior en los Estados Unidos,…

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Familia, Cariño, y Personalizado: Academic Advising at Hispanic-Serving Institutions 

By: Gabriel O. Bermea  Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) are colleges and universities where at least 25% of the undergraduate full-time student population is Hispanic. HSIs make up about 20% of all higher education institutions in the United States, yet they enroll 63% of today’s Latino undergraduate students. As a result, HSIs bear the significant responsibility of…

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