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AERA Names Dr. Tabbye Chavous as New Executive Director

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chavous The American Educational Research Association (AERA) announced Monday that Dr. Tabbye M. Levine who has led the organization since 2002. At a time when support for high-quality research is key to advancing education in the U.S. The organization is meeting later this month in Denver.

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Korea’s internationalisation drive attracts growing numbers of US students

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Citing data from the Institute of International Education in the US and South Koreas Ministry of Justice, the report’s authors noted that international students from the US have grown “eight-fold” since the early 2000s, surging dramatically from 834 in 2002/03 to 5,909 in 2022/23.

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State Support for Public Colleges, 2002-21

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Brian O’Leary and Nick Perez Explore how state and federal support has declined as a share of overall revenue — putting a greater burden on students — at more than 1,500 public colleges and universities between 2002 and 2021.

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Effective Strategies for Sustaining Student Attention during PowerPoint Lectures

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So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities? While I think it may be true that attention spans have decreased in the last several decades, many educators have not changed their teaching style to account for this problem.

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Embracing the Silence

Faculty Focus

Educational Theory, 54 (2), 193-2004. Meeting for Learning revisited: Trailing Quaker crumbs through the wilderness of higher education. Weimer has authored and edited eight books; most recently Learner-Centered Teaching and Enhancing Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning. References Zemlylas, M. and Michaelides, P. Birkel, ed.,

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College Closures Are in the News. But Higher Ed Added Thousands of Programs Over the Past 2 Decades.

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Brian O’Leary and Audrey Williams June Randy Lyhus for The Chroncile Here is a closer look at how nearly 23,000 new academic programs were added from 2002 to 2022. College closures make headlines, but nearly 23,000 new academic programs have been added over the past two decades.

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Broadening the Scope of Entrepreneurship Education in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

Learning About, For, and Through Enterprise Pittaway and Edwards (2012) provide classifications in forms of enterprise and entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship education is presented as an academic discipline, much like history or sociology, with teaching, learning, and assessment methods aligned accordingly, such as lectures and essays.