Part 1 - Wednesday, September 24, 3:00-4:30 (Eastern) Part 2 - Wednesday, October 1, 3:00-4:30 (Eastern) Website: http://www.innovativeeducators.org/product_p/3225.htm Info This intensive three-hour workshop (two 90-minute sessions) will identify the characteristics, challenges, and strengths of students whose backgrounds and experiences often put them at greater risk for not achieving their full potential and/or for leaving college. Participants will also consider how at-risk students often confront multiple challenges due to overlapping issues such as first-generation and first-year, multicultural, underprepared, and LGBT. At-risk cohorts covered in these sessions include: - Adult/Reentry - First-Generation/Low SES - Students of Color/Multicultural Students - Students with Disabilities - Student Athletes - First-Year Students - LGBT Students - Transfer Students Objectives - Learn how individual faculty members, academic advisors, counselors, and other educators c
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