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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Over all, we found that the number of assistant professors increased in 101 of 154 academic disciplines between 2011 and 2021. In STEM areas, health sciences professions and business disciplines, demand for new Ph.D.s In STEM areas, health sciences professions and business disciplines, demand for new Ph.D.s is clearly growing.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

It is often used as a research method in the social sciences and is typically used to study underserved populations and how they experience lifeā€”such as homeless youth, victims of trauma, and many more. As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. The reality is very different.

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Students reveal lack of clarity in course outcomes

Inside Higher Ed

What’s the sitch: Georgia Tech established its learning outcomes in 2011: communication; quantitative; computing; humanities, fine arts and ethics; natural sciences, math and technology; and social sciences. The first was an online forum discussion about gen ed outcomes created on Microsoft Teams.

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PhotoVoice: Using Technology to Impact Student Learning and Assessment

Faculty Focus

It is often used as a research method in the social sciences and is typically used to study underserved populations and how they experience lifeā€”such as homeless youth, victims of trauma, and many more. As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. The reality is very different.

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The Worldā€™s Rising Scientific Research Nations

HESA

I was sitting at home this weekend, reading the UNESCO World Science Report (2021) , as one does, when I started poking around with the actual bibliometric numbers. First: what is the UNESCO World Science Report? Itā€™s through annual publications in all fields except Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, as measured through Scopus.

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Work Zones Ahead!

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Beyond Transfer While Michigan is synonymous with mobility when it comes to manufacturing vehicles of all shapes and sizes, every Michigander knows that a car is only as good as the road it is driven on—and we also know that many of Michigan’s highways have fallen into disrepair.

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Why did Allegheny cut its Chinese program?

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Citing a structural deficit and the need to cut at least $1.5 million in faculty salaries while increasing its student-faculty ratio, Allegheny College in Pennsylvania charged a task force with reviewing its academic programs. Unanswered Questions. So why was Chinese targeted? “Why was Chinese language and culture cut?