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Using Visible Thinking Routines in the Writing Process 

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I began my teaching career in August of 2001. Over the years, I have seen countless instructional plans, new technologies, supposedly groundbreaking research, and have attended every type of professional development opportunity imaginable. Visible Thinking Routines (VTR) were developed as part of the Harvard Project Zero.

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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

What Murray Sperber described in his bestseller Beer and Circus in 2001 is every bit as true today: the academic enterprise is decentered, and the quality of housing amenities, the robustness of student life programming, and the quality of an institution’s athletic teams are primary drivers of undergraduate enrollment.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

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Martin is a former early childhood education lecturer at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, a former assistant professor of early childhood education, and a faculty professional development coordinator at Miles College. Excellence in university assessment: Learning from award-winning practice. Carless, D.

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Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

Faculty Focus

Martin is a former early childhood education lecturer at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, a former assistant professor of early childhood education, and a faculty professional development coordinator at Miles College. Excellence in university assessment: Learning from award-winning practice. Carless, D.

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Using Visible Thinking Routines in the Writing Process 

Faculty Focus

I began my teaching career in August of 2001. Over the years, I have seen countless instructional plans, new technologies, supposedly groundbreaking research, and have attended every type of professional development opportunity imaginable. Visible Thinking Routines (VTR) were developed as part of the Harvard Project Zero.

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How Academic Advising Impacts the Question: Are You Coming Back Next Semester?

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Light (2001) states, “It is hard to imagine any academic support function that is more important to student success and institutional productivity than advising” (p. Universities must realize once a student is enrolled, it is their obligation to help the students remain (Darling, 2015).

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How Academic Advising Impacts the Question: Are You Coming Back Next Semester?

Faculty Focus

Light (2001) states, “It is hard to imagine any academic support function that is more important to student success and institutional productivity than advising” (p. Universities must realize once a student is enrolled, it is their obligation to help the students remain (Darling, 2015).

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