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A Wicked Perspective: Faculty and Leadership in Academia

Faculty Focus

As I have matured, I draw parallels between Shiz/Land of Oz and university life/academia, viewing it with a more seasoned perspective. This cleverly demonstrates how easily the Wizard manipulated the beliefs of the people of Oz, blurring the line between reality and illusion (Baum, 1944; Schwartz, 2003). Drummond-Smith, I.

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A Wicked Perspective: Faculty and Leadership in Academia

Faculty Focus

As I have matured, I draw parallels between Shiz/Land of Oz and university life/academia, viewing it with a more seasoned perspective. This cleverly demonstrates how easily the Wizard manipulated the beliefs of the people of Oz, blurring the line between reality and illusion (Baum, 1944; Schwartz, 2003). Drummond-Smith, I.

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The Impact of Non-Evaluative Feedback and Mindfulness in Writing

Faculty Focus

Writing is a key component of all academic work, yet it is often taught only in freshman composition courses (Delyser, 2003), where the focus is mostly on the expression of ideas instead of how their delivery (Sallee et al., For students continuing to graduate school, the writing stakes are even higher. link] Delyser, D.

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China rising in 2023 Shanghai Rankings

The PIE News

“Even in those complicated times for the Israeli academia, the Weizmann Institute has jumped up in the Shanghai Rankings from the 83rd place last year to the 67th place this year—another reason to be proud!” I’m pretty sure the 2003 ranking was too kind to the Americans, but that’s still a hell of a drop over 20 years.

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The Impact of Non-Evaluative Feedback and Mindfulness in Writing

Faculty Focus

Writing is a key component of all academic work, yet it is often taught only in freshman composition courses (Delyser, 2003), where the focus is mostly on the expression of ideas instead of how their delivery (Sallee et al., For students continuing to graduate school, the writing stakes are even higher. link] Delyser, D.

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Bringing Greater Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He joined the faculty of Connecticut College in 2003, and was an associate professor of history, director of the African American studies program as well as interim dean of institutional equity and inclusion, chair of the history department and director of the Center of the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity.

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A Thousand Flowers Blooming

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Similarities Between Industry and Academia. So by the time I got into this perspective of being in academia, that piece was part of how I operated. My favorite term is 'a thousand flowers blooming,' because what you can do in academia which works out really well is that you can literally start a lot of things going.