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Increased use of private funds to support public higher education is essential, but private funding undoubtedly shapes the university in ways that challenge academic traditions, creating a new paradigm for financing the modern university.

Because Muslim students are a significant part of many college campuses, professors need to know how to work with these students in the classroom. Through interviews, Muslim students provide examples of problems they have encountered in the American classroom, and solutions to those problems.

To foster positive interaction among students in collaborative groups, professors can establish behavioral norms by the way they form groups and train students to work effectively in goups.

Spirituality is difficult to define, but two paradigmatic approaches to worldviews can help provide the basis for two groups of definitions.