Faculty Focus

MARCH 16, 2025

Reflecting on my years in academia, I find myself increasingly drawn to the challenge of designing the optimal classone that not only engages students but also maximizes student learning. Why do some classes leave an indelible mark on students, while others quickly fade from memory?

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 5, 2023

A working group at the NIH investigated the issue and released a report in 2012 recommending that all NIH-supported postdocs should have “benefits that are comparable to other employees at the institution,” including “paid time off, health insurance, retirement plans, maternity leave, etc.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

While I believe my criticisms of those books have proven well founded, there is one area where I have grown more sympathetic to the big-picture critique of higher ed as institutions that are too hidebound and should indeed consider embracing some methods that may look more like “business” than “academia.”

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

” and “Where’s a 2012 Mini Cooper’s battery location?” The debate over AI-generated writing’s role within academia will likely continue for years, but as my experience with writing ad copy demonstrates, it’s likely already a settled matter in the business world.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

Drawing on over two decades in academia, Michele Poulos specializes in general psychology, social psychology, and human growth and development. I encourage you to let your students be creative, and I think you’ll see the whole learning process change—hopefully you’ll learn something along the way too. Adult Education Quarterly.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Photo Credit: Macaulay Honors College Finding a lack of diversity Access to higher education has been an important theme in Byrne’s life in academia. She was integral in launching Macaulay at John Jay in 2012, serving three years as the program director. She was born in Guyana and moved with her family to Trinidad and then to Canada.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

program in French and history, tells a story that resembles that of many humanities graduate students: that “the transformative experience I had in the classroom led me to dedicate my whole life to academia. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D. in New York University’s joint Ph.D.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

Drawing on over two decades in academia, Michele Poulos specializes in general psychology, social psychology, and human growth and development. I encourage you to let your students be creative, and I think you’ll see the whole learning process change—hopefully you’ll learn something along the way too. Adult Education Quarterly.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

At a time in academia when STEM is increasingly evolving into STEAM, colleges and universities with intensely driven, career-focused students are endeavoring to create space for arts education. Some students envision careers in art, music, or performance, while others see the value of the arts within the context of different career paths.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Associate Level English for Academic Purposes Reading Area Community College (Reading, PA) The English for Academic Purposes (EAP) at Reading Area Community College (RACC) began in 2012 to strategically reduce credit requirements and accelerate student progression with the goal of boosting enrollment and success rates.

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HEPI

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

There were a lot of warm words expressed about both HEPI and Wonkhe at last week’s Society for Research into Higher Education ( SRHE ) event on bridging academia and policymaking. This time, the Guardian reported : ‘The number of places on degree courses in England will be cut by 10,000 by 2012’. HEPI, Wonkhe, the SRHE and the CGHE.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 20, 2023

One influential moment was the 2012 report from the Chronicle of Higher Education, which found that 60% of Americans believed a college education was worth the cost, while 12% disagreed. Collaboration between academia and businesses is vital to align curriculum with industry needs and foster a smooth transition from education to employment.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 6, 2022

It is the stuff of academia. These factors were all either in place or forming into working relationships for shared practice and research before the final step to the neoliberal misnomer of ‘customer is king’ by 2012/13. There have been insights shared and arguments made.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 12, 2023

We are reminded that what’s happening in Florida is not just an isolated issue but a warning sign of the potential nationwide impact of political interference in academia. Vice-President, AAUP, 2012-18, 2019-20; Chair, AAUP Committee A on Academic Freedom and Tenure, 2012 2021; Chair, AAUP Foundation, 2013-2021.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Building Pathways to Academia — Columbia University in the City of New York. Since 2012, UNF has recognized the outstanding work of faculty, staff, and students in DEI through the Presidential Diversity and Inclusion Award. Kendi, author of “How to Be an Antiracist.” . Campus-wide Strategic Planning for DEI — Kent State University.

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eLiterate

JULY 12, 2023

We know this can work because, as I wrote about in 2012 , Carnegie Mellon University (among others) has been refining this science and craft for decades. They can find the clues that help them identify hidden sticking points and adjust the learning experience to help students navigate those rough spots. Those people are the first to get cut.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 9, 2024

Reflecting on the emergence of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) like Udacity and Coursera around 2011-2012, there was initial hype about their potential to fundamentally transform higher education. However, this transformation didn’t materialize as expected. And, that’s the challenge. 00:35:23] Drumm McNaughton: Mm-Hmm.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

This combination could close the achievement gap in STEM at HBCUs, which will encourage more learners to engage in research and measurement tools requiring advanced technology for experiential learning in the classroom going forward (Schwartz, 2012). The Journal of Negro Education, 85, 4, 480-488. Schwartz, J. DOI 10.1002/sce.21004.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 29, 2023

Cheryl Crazy Bull has been president and CEO of the Denver, Colorado-based American Indian College Fund since 2012, and she previously served as a president and a vice president of two tribal colleges, so she has seen the higher ed landscape for indigenous students change over the years.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 11, 2023

I don’t think that it’s any secret that libraries, especially in academia, are not very diverse places. “It may not be easy to find this reporting form or the harmful language statement. It could be that folks don’t feel comfortable reporting anything.

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HESA

MAY 4, 2023

The second half of this interview in particular provides some really interesting insight into issues of what enablers are required for academia to really turn the corner on CO 2 emissions. My previous book Academia Next argued that higher education specifically in the United States was overbuilt for capacity. Are there scenarios here?

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Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Fourth, in terms of how we think about higher education, the major developments here focus on the parts of academia which don’t normally get much attention or media buzz: for-profits, community colleges, certificates, online learning. This is a long-running trend and feels likely (to me) to keep building up.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 20, 2022

In 2012 the Finch review of options for academic publishing seemed immediately to have got it wrong, as later experience showed: … we must look beyond Finch for the open access formula that ‘maximises benefits and minimizes risks’. (No Then academia could be a beautiful game. No 34 Fake research and trust in the social sciences ).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

As Black male scholars deeply invested in education reform, we believe it is essential to reshape the narrative surrounding Black males, especially in academia. 2015; Harper & Davis, III, 2012). These experiences often lead to feelings of isolation and directly impact their confidence, mental health, and academic success.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Quick, name five things that academia and journalism have in common. These commonalities between academia and journalism, universities and print/digital publications, provide all the motivation required to recommend Newsroom Confidential to our Inside Higher Ed community. Published in October 2022. What are you reading?

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 29, 2025

The corporatization of both academia and healthcare are ruining the quality of education and health respectively for many of our students and patients. Profiteers have taken over our hospitals and put patients lives on the line. They are forcing the closure of hospitals that do not make a profit.

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Higher Education Inquirer

JANUARY 6, 2025

Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education. [Editor's Note: Please let us know of any additions or corrections.] Books Alexander, Bryan (2020). Johns Hopkins Press. Alexander, Bryan (2023). Universities on Fire. Johns Hopkins Press. Diploma Mills: How For-profit Colleges Stiffed Students, Taxpayers, and the American Dream. Thomas Nelson.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

(Photo courtesy the Birch Bayh Photo Collection of the Indiana University Libraries) In 1972, the passage of Title IX legislation marked a pivotal moment in the pursuit of gender equity within academia. Supreme Court injunction.

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