Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In October 2022, the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) released a new report where, again, Black students lagged behind white students on the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) also known as the Nation’s Report Card. Years later, our experiences still haunt us.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to The Glossary of Education Reform (2016), engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion students show when they are learning or being taught. Engagement can extend to the level of motivation students learn during the process of learning. References Campbell, A.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Interdisciplinary Studies: Breaking Boundaries for Comprehensive Learning Interdisciplinary studies, as an approach to education, research, and problem-solving, break down traditional boundaries between academic fields, encouraging collaboration and integration of knowledge from diverse areas. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

How can universities build effective educational environments and pedagogies to support critical thinking and vigorously challenge contemporary forms of racism, colonialism and inequity? In this blog I reflect on the philosophy of the teaching and learning approach we have nurtured – and associated critical conversations about pedagogy.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

Jackson Christopher Bartlett, PhD, associate director for Instructional & Professional Development in Inclusive Teaching & Founder & CEO of Middletown Education Center, LLC. Social Psychology of Education, 14, 319-330. International Journal of Education Research 10, no. Sociology of Education, 70, 324–345.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Interdisciplinary Studies: Breaking Boundaries for Comprehensive Learning Interdisciplinary studies, as an approach to education, research, and problem-solving, break down traditional boundaries between academic fields, encouraging collaboration and integration of knowledge from diverse areas. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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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. Professional development can be defined as structured professional learning that results in changes in teaching practices and improvements (Learning Policy Institute, 2017).

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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

JANUARY 24, 2023

Jackson Christopher Bartlett, PhD, associate director for Instructional & Professional Development in Inclusive Teaching & Founder & CEO of Middletown Education Center, LLC. Social Psychology of Education, 14, 319-330. International Journal of Education Research 10, no. Sociology of Education, 70, 324–345.

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HEPI

JUNE 26, 2023

Table 1 Postgraduate taught ‘all’ enrolments- change in growth on previous year Figures derived from the Higher Education Statistics Agency Who’s studying in HE? Immediately, many universities raised their fee levels for masters courses, and this has continued year on year as evidenced in the Times Higher Education.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to The Glossary of Education Reform (2016), engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion students show when they are learning or being taught. Engagement can extend to the level of motivation students learn during the process of learning. References Campbell, A.

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The PIE News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

I get to work with and provide guidance to an amazing team of professionals at Boundless Learning who are focused on using technology to make a difference in people’s lives by connecting them to accessible and inclusive educational experiences. Best work trip/Worst work trip? Their new site will launch in November.

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EAB

JUNE 12, 2023

Blogs What universities should do now in the uncertain OPM landscape Recent releases from the Department of Education have put Online Program Managers (OPMs) front and center of the news cycle. The Department reevaluated this exception due to “the growth in online enrollment and associated federal student debt” since its inception in 2011.

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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. Professional development can be defined as structured professional learning that results in changes in teaching practices and improvements (Learning Policy Institute, 2017).

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

The university’s Committee on Freedom of Expression wrote that “fostering the ability of members of the University community to engage in such debate and deliberation in an effective and responsible manner is an essential part of the University’s educational mission.” Nor would I support this.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). This additional layer of analysis revealed that mind maps used in this way encourage a new depth of student learning. Mind Maps as a Lifelong Learning Tool.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). This additional layer of analysis revealed that mind maps used in this way encourage a new depth of student learning. Mind Maps as a Lifelong Learning Tool.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Image: The title of Administratively Adrift: Overcoming Institutional Barriers for College Student Success (Cambridge University Press) sounds a bit like that of Academically Adrift , a 2011 book that said students were not learning enough in college. Even more disconcerting are graduation rates for low-income and students of color.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JUNE 20, 2023

She joined the foundation in 2011 with a strong performance measurement, research, and evaluation background. Before 2011, Brown was a senior research associate at the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at Indiana University. Courtney Brown, vice president of impact and planning for the Lumina Foundation.

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