Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the Twentieth Century by Bradford DeLong. Living through our current human-caused climate emergency while continuing to muddle our way through a global pandemic, it is sometimes difficult to believe in progress. Published in September 2022.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 25, 2023

Emotions were considered “an additional variable” indicating “irrational aspects” of the human brain not relevant to cognitive functions of the brain (Zhao & Song, 2022, p. These opposing mindsets created “different psychological worlds” (Dweck, 2008). As educators, we can harness this ability and encourage more effective learning.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Writing that moves in this way “flows” (Irish & Weiss, 2008). By telling stories, the argument goes, we learn empathy, discover ourselves, and become more humane. A history starts with the historical context necessary to understand the argument. A history of an idea. Teaching narrative to teach sequencing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, president emeritus of the University of Maryland Baltimore County, aptly says, “By understanding human behavior and our values, we develop a moral compass that can guide our decision-making. As we move forward, let us draw inspiration from the resilience and adaptability demonstrated throughout our shared history.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 23, 2022

That’s the largest increase since 2008. Trends that predated the pandemic persisted: the declining number of humanities majors. The intensifying crisis of the humanities. The decline in the number of humanities majors—by half over the past decade—is old news. million in federal relief funding.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Starting in 2011, Rueda-Acedo has incorporated innovative experiential learning activities and forged community partnerships with organizations such as the Arlington Public Library, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas and DFW Toys for Tots. “In We know their intentions. We know their siblings. We know their families.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The ‘research selectivity’ exercises which began in the late 1980s evolved into the Research Assessment Exercises (1986, 1989, 1992, 1996, 2001, 2008), now the Research Excellence Framework. In 2000 Cambridge set up an interdisciplinary Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.

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SRHE

MAY 10, 2024

The British Academy points to ‘the impact and value research’ in the humanities and related disciplines ‘can deliver to policy makers and the wider public’. Shattock, 1984 ; Shattock, 2008 ) The decision was taken to vary grants for funding according to the research performance of universities. It is scheduled to be repeated in 2029.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

For example, an institution known for forensic science might develop an online MBA program with a specialization in that area, leveraging its unique history and specialization. But without the technology, it would have been all human. 00:44:20] Drumm McNaughton: oh, absolutely. And what would that do to your transfer rate?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In 2008, Perko was inducted into CoSIDA’s Academic All-America Hall of Fame. Perko graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 1987 with a degree in history. With the higher education audience, we have to look at what the mission of universities is, and it is to help young women and men achieve their human potential.

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Echo Delta

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Those layers of student interaction are so important and that’s something that I think you taught us back in 2008 when you did an original site visit with us. But we had had so many visitors that we were able to yield the biggest class in Sewanee’s history even in the middle of a pandemic. ” “Good to see you.”

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Higher Education Inquirer

JUNE 29, 2023

The History of Higher Education in the US over the last 4 centuries is worse than horrible--from a People's perspective. To make history, it's helpful to know history. In 2026 we expect an enrollment cliff to occur, a ripple effect of the 2008 Great Recession. In many cases it has been horrifying. Much of it has not.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

” 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. Jeffrey Williams, an English professor at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, said he opposed CMU’s partnership with the Rwandan government.

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Today's Learner

JANUARY 16, 2025

Reading Time: 4 minutes Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background (current title, professional milestones, professional history, education, research works, hobbies, etc.) Human geography encompasses such a vast array of topics and cultures. I am retired from Texas A&M University where I was a professor of geography.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

To be sure, Biggar embraces the liberal tenet that all parties to public debate should affirm a commitment to human dignity and to conducting political and policy debates in a reasoned and civil manner. Niall Ferguson, who wrote one of the book’s blurbs, advanced somewhat similar claims in his 2008 bestseller Empire.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 11, 2025

And so finding ways to combine the skills that students need to launch themselves to be ready with the long term human skills that really drive success over time, I think that’s the magic that every higher education institution is trying to capture. And those are really challenging. Why is that? What do you attribute that to?

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 6, 2025

The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities. 2017) For the Common Good: A New History of Higher Education in America Cornell University Press. Women and Higher Education in American History. Fast and Curious: A History of Shortcuts in American Education. Princeton University Press.

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