Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Let’s embark on an imaginative journey to the year 2100, where the boundaries of humanity extend to Mars. Space scientists and engineers collaborate on spacecraft design, propulsion, and landing systems, recognizing the synergy essential for safe human transport. Our mission: establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Research on ADHD (Sikström and Söderlund, 2007; Söderlund et al , 2007; Söderlund et al , 2010) suggests that moderate background noise may enhance focus by helping the brain filter distractions. Interestingly, silence can have the opposite effect on some, with controlled noise being beneficial for some individuals and tasks.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Amid the technological advancements shaping education, the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and conversational agents like ChatGPT have further expanded the possibilities for learning and communication (Alam, 2023). Incorporating ChatGPT into the classroom offers a myriad of broad benefits for both educators and students.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This is the upshot of a new analysis in Nature Human Behavior that challenges the persistent idea that faculty diversity amounts to a “pipeline” problem. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, the researchers found that the racial diversity of U.S. So, over all, since 2007, the number of unhired Ph.D.s

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

I wanted to establish a sense of belonging for each student, a basic motivation that is common to all humans (Bentrim & Henning, 2022). The benefits of students feeling like they belong to a classroom community include academic motivation, success, and persistence (Freeman, Anderman, & Jensen, 2007). Stylus Publishing.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Few college presidents can casually mention being good friends with Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, when discussing the implication of AI in higher education. It’s also the principle he will carry when working through some of the biggest challenges he sees facing higher education today. “I believe in this work.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 5, 2023

According to the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) , today’s universities lean on strong teaching skills from their instructors, including adjunct instructors, and research shows a direct correlation between classroom management skills and higher retention rates and increased on-time graduation rates.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 5, 2023

According to the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) , today’s universities lean on strong teaching skills from their instructors, including adjunct instructors, and research shows a direct correlation between classroom management skills and higher retention rates and increased on-time graduation rates.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 31, 2023

Therefore, educators need to reignite the feelings of excitement that occurred on day one. To rekindle those positive feelings, educators need both self and co-regulative skills to reduce feelings of burnout (Pyhältö, K., Secondly, educators need to set boundaries. Burnout is neither a physical ailment nor a neurosis.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 12, 2023

I wanted to establish a sense of belonging for each student, a basic motivation that is common to all humans (Bentrim & Henning, 2022). The benefits of students feeling like they belong to a classroom community include academic motivation, success, and persistence (Freeman, Anderman, & Jensen, 2007). Stylus Publishing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 23, 2022

McWilliams spent nine years at the NCAA, managing NCAA championships, to include serving as director of the Division I women’s basketball tournament from 2006-2009 and the Division I men’s basketball tournament from 2007-2012.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 16, 2024

Leslie Hall, director of the HBCU Program at the Human Rights Campaign — the largest LGBTQ lobbying organization in the U.S. When Hall was an undergraduate at Bowie State University (2007–12), an HBCU in Maryland, it was a “resource desert” for LGBTQ students. There is also still a lack of LGBTQ focused academic classes.” Dr. Luis A.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Since joining the field in about 2007, I felt that there are certain aspects of the world and its problems that were largely neglected. And a lot of these are social issues,” said Mackey, whose technological work has focused on machine learning for use in fields such as climate, weather, and medicine.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa. ” But CMU-Africa has been followed by a cloud of controversy over its partnership with a Rwandan government led by president Paul Kagame, who has been accused of a litany of human rights abuses. While CMU’s is the only U.S.

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GlobalHigherEd

JULY 14, 2016

Or might an equivalent of Cornell Tech NYC be worth creating in European higher education and research space? Hearing 2 – Higher Education and Research (A. International Higher Education in Facts and Figures 2016 (International Unit, Universities UK, 2 June 2016). Adams & K.A. Gurney, February 2016).

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Educational podcasting may symbolize a thorough learning possibility to stimulate students’ imaginations throughout the post-pandemic educational continuum. To achieve effective learning via podcasting, educators should consider “The Six Stages of Educational Podcasts” to create the body of work.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? The human brain is like a muscle, capable of becoming stronger and more agile. Updated Edition (December 26, 2007). [ii] Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. Roderick, M.,

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 31, 2023

Therefore, educators need to reignite the feelings of excitement that occurred on day one. To rekindle those positive feelings, educators need both self and co-regulative skills to reduce feelings of burnout (Pyhältö, K., Secondly, educators need to set boundaries. Burnout is neither a physical ailment nor a neurosis.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

The article speculates that such returns could lead Texas to unseat Harvard University as the richest institution in higher education. Calls for colleges to divest from fossil fuels have echoed through the halls of higher education for years, with some institutions reducing their investments in fossil fuels as far back as a decade ago.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2025

Dr. Ashley Harvey is a professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at Colorado State University (CSU). Since 2007, she has taught more than 10,000 students across 15 different courses in over 150 undergraduate and graduate sections. References Harvey, Ashley. Faculty Focus. February 2017. link] Harvey, Ashley.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Directors might, for instance, facilitate an FLC dedicated to updating general education learning goals or design a workshop series for developing AI literacy in tandem with critical thinking skills. The ways humans write and research are changing, as they did when the internet was introduced. Wu, and James Zou.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Directors might, for instance, facilitate an FLC dedicated to updating general education learning goals or design a workshop series for developing AI literacy in tandem with critical thinking skills. The ways humans write and research are changing, as they did when the internet was introduced. Wu, and James Zou.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 9, 2024

Faulkner, a professor of agricultural education and co-director of N.C. The nurturing she received as a student motivated her to pursue a career in science and fueled her desire to return to the university in 2007 and give the same to students. For example, we have departments of education, criminal justice, and sociology.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2023

Gonzales, education is a lifelong calling. Despite other opportunities available to him, he decided to pursue a degree in mathematics secondary education. Gonzales’ passion for education has culminated in a swift rise to being named chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) last September.

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ACPA

OCTOBER 19, 2022

The External Relations Advisory Board of ACPA – College Student Educators International is issuing a reminder to all ACPA members that the temporary waiver that expanded eligibility to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program expires on October 31, 2022. Department of Education.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 6, 2023

by Sam Elkington and Jill Dickinson Wednesday September 13 th was the final instalment of the three-part SRHE ‘Landscapes of Learning for Unknown Futures: prospects for space in higher education’ symposia series, delivered in partnership with series co-convenors Professor Sam Elkington and Dr Jill Dickinson.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

If we look rearward, we see that a series of utterly unpredictable developments in the last decade and a half left an indelible imprint on higher education today. The first was the Great Recession, the financial crisis that began in December 2007. A fourth major development was the analytics revolution.

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SRHE

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

It is widely known that skills required by employers today are focused less on discipline specific skills and more on personal skills (also referred to as soft skills or human skills). This is because the skills required to address such issues are often human-centred. by Lucy Gill-Simmen and Laura Chamberlain.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

How can we, as educators, enable engagement, persistence, and improved performance in the classroom? The human brain is like a muscle, capable of becoming stronger and more agile. Updated Edition (December 26, 2007). [ii] Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. Roderick, M.,

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SRHE

OCTOBER 11, 2022

What does this have to do with education? The educational equivalent of the oven ready meal is the ‘best practice’, the quick fix principle that seduces teachers into thinking that generalised solutions can solve knotty educational challenges. In 2007 , Gert Biesta explained clearly ‘Why what works won’t work’.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

From my professional experiences in both K-12 and higher education, I have found the secret sauce to effective professional development is ENGAGEMENT. Faculty professional development is any type of continuing education effort for educators. It is a way educators can improve their skills and increase student outcomes.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2023

Educational podcasting may symbolize a thorough learning possibility to stimulate students’ imaginations throughout the post-pandemic educational continuum. To achieve effective learning via podcasting, educators should consider “The Six Stages of Educational Podcasts” to create the body of work.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 20, 2025

So, educators must continue to shift their thinking and go back to the basics to deliver their online course content in a way that creates a direct relationship with their students (Meyer, 2014). Gough began her teaching career in higher education in 1991 and facilitated the transition of ground campus courses to online courses in 2007.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

7 November · Episode 180 A Global Shift in Higher Education Requires a New Business Model 36 Min · By Dr. Drumm McNaughton This conversation–rooted in the findings of E&Y white paper: How are you balancing the books for a digital future? covers the global shift in Higher Education.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

From my professional experiences in both K-12 and higher education, I have found the secret sauce to effective professional development is ENGAGEMENT. Faculty professional development is any type of continuing education effort for educators. It is a way educators can improve their skills and increase student outcomes.

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Continuous Learning Institute

MAY 8, 2023

Solano ) My three kids were educated at community colleges. I was subsequently encouraged to share it with my readers because it may be helpful for many other educators, regardless of the college. I had them start chipping away at the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum ( IGETC ), one course per semester.

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