College of Education, Health and Human Services
海角原创 to Help Akron Students Earn College Credit Without Leaving High School
Reading, writing and arithmetic are getting a college-styled makeover in two Akron, Ohio, high schools. Through a $480,000 grant from the Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation, the partnership called College Today will send 海角原创 instructors into Ellet High Schoo鈥
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海角原创 Presents 鈥淟iving With Autism鈥 Events for Autism Awareness Month
As part of Autism Awareness Month in April, 海角原创 presents 鈥淟iving With Autism,鈥 which kicks off with a presentation that will be followed by a fundraiser for student scholarships to benefit 海角原创 students studying autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The events begin on April 9 at 7鈥
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海角原创鈥檚 Speech-language Therapy Services Provided to 100 Rural Students Via Video Conferencing
Rural and underserved Ohio students are able to receive speech-language therapy services through 海角原创 via an innovative online videoconferencing system. More than 100 children enrolled in preschool through high school with identified communication impairments from Montpelier Exempte鈥
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海角原创 Grad Hopes to Bridge Racial Divide in the Classroom
海角原创 graduate Chelsea Griffin, 23, wants multiracial students to feel like they鈥檙e a part of the whole culture at school. Griffin, who was an early childhood education major in 海角原创's College of Education, Health and Human Services, shares her thoughts in the Akron Beacon鈥
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海角原创 Education Graduates Bring Extra Clout Into Classrooms
University graduates its first class of International Baccalaureate students 海角原创 senior Susannah Gingo is living her dream Down Under as a student teacher at Cockle Bay School in New Zealand. The education major from Stow, Ohio, has been enjoying both the similarities a鈥
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海角原创鈥檚 SOLE Center Researchers to Study Informal STEM Learning Experiences With NSF Grant
While most can agree that STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) experiences outside of school can be exciting and engaging for young people, there is much that isn鈥檛 known about its impact on short-term and long-term learning. How can it best be connected to what students are learn鈥
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海角原创 Researchers Find More Smartphone Play Equals Less Fun During Leisure
Today鈥檚 smartphones are designed to entertain and are increasingly marketed to young adults as leisure devices. Not surprisingly, research suggests that young adults most often use their phones for entertainment purposes rather than for school or work. With this in mind, three 海角原创 Uni鈥
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