https://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/44224 2026-05-14T22:36:12Z https://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50776 Critical review of Beauboeuf-Lafontant's “To Live More Abundantly: Black Collegiate Women, Howard University and the Audacity of Dean Lucy Diggs Slowe” https://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50775 Program Assessment: Career Development Services as Informed by Black Female Undergraduates in Engineering https://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50766 Shaping a Path Forward: Critical Approaches to Civic Education in Tumultuous Times The purpose of this chapter is to offer an exploration of civic education by focusing on its emancipatory potential in a democratic society. It highlights a suite of critical approaches to civic education that can inform our understanding and practice of democracy, liberation, and struggle. In particular, this chapter enacts Freire’s notion of dialogue as a pathway for civic education that challenges the status quo and transforms society to be more just for all. It focuses on the educational, social, and political imperative to develop a critical consciousness among citizens in tumultuous times characterized by threats to the common good. https://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/50764 The Power of Interest: Connecting the Real World to the Finance Classroom This study examines how the incorporation of a project utilizing real- world financial data from the Bloomberg Professional Service affects student engagement in an introductory finance course. This mixed methods study demonstrates that the project provides insight into the role played by receptivity, relevance, discipline, and integration in bridging the gap between teaching and learning and between theory and practice.