This short-term book club meets twice in September to discuss this important new book. CFD will deliver a copy of the book after you register to participate. Please join us!
Thursdays, Sept. 6 & 20
12:30 – 2:00 pm
CFD Conference Room (320 Lawrence Street Center)
Register: www.ucdenver.edu/cfd
Bandwidth Recovery
Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization
By Cia Verschelden
This book argues that the cognitive resources for learning of over half our young people have been diminished by the negative effects of economic insecurity, discrimination and hostility against non-majority groups based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity, and other aspects of difference. Recognizing that these students are no different than their peers in terms of cognitive capacity, this book offers a set of strategies and interventions to rebuild the available cognitive resources necessary to succeed in college and reach their full potential. This book presents a variety of evidence-based interventions that have been shown, through implementation in high schools and colleges, to help students to regain bandwidth. The strategies are intended for application inside and outside the classroom and address not only cognitive processes but also social-psychological, non-cognitive factors that are relevant to the college environment as a whole.