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The Impact of Non-Evaluative Feedback and Mindfulness in Writing

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For students continuing to graduate school, the writing stakes are even higher. Within academia, the most common feedback approaches, whether summative or formative, are often guided by criticism because assessment traditionally focuses on what is missing or incorrect. Teaching Writing in Graduate School. link] Yaylali, A.

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Small College America – Profile College of Wooster

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High Graduate Success Rate: Within six months of graduation, 96% of alums are employed or enrolled in graduate programs, with 94% accepted into their top-choice graduate schools. Alumni Employment and or attending graduate school is very high. Diverse Community: With 27% U.S. Notable Alumni: J.C. Notable Alumni: J.C.

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ALTO marks 25 years and looks to the future

The PIE News

Formed in 1998, ALTO now coordinates over 100 member organisations, many of which include owner-operators of independent language schools all over the world. Christopher Thebing, managing partner of College of English Language in California said, “I joined ALTO around 2011 because it was recommended to me by a colleague.

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The Impact of Non-Evaluative Feedback and Mindfulness in Writing

Faculty Focus

For students continuing to graduate school, the writing stakes are even higher. Within academia, the most common feedback approaches, whether summative or formative, are often guided by criticism because assessment traditionally focuses on what is missing or incorrect. Teaching Writing in Graduate School. link] Yaylali, A.

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China fails in effort to get top expatriates to return

Inside Higher Ed

Wang and his colleague surveyed more than 400 researchers who were approached for the program’s first four cohorts starting in 2011. The findings also suggest that, once they returned home, some YTT scientists struggled to “reintegrate into China’s academia,” causing their research output to slow down.

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An Outsider’s View, Self-Worth

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Before 2011, Amy Chua would have described herself as a “mild mannered professor.” In 2018, Chua and her husband, fellow Yale Law School professor Jed Rubenfeld, were investigated for allegedly telling students to dress like models for a better chance at winning a clerkship with Brett Kavanaugh, now a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

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Interdisciplinary Studies: Preparing Students for a Complex World

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Research suggests that high school and university students who employ interdisciplinary approaches tend to achieve as well or better academically (Campbell & Henning, 2010). Interdisciplinary education has positively impacted students’ academic and career outcomes.

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