Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two words that often cause faculty to become disgruntled: professional development. As a PD facilitator, I try to do what the concept implies; that is, to develop faculty professionally because the experience should empower, encourage, and engage all learners. Why are we here?

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

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

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Every step of the way, something pushed me to decide to go to college, to become a faculty member. Embracing Leadership Opportunities From department chair to interim chancellor, President Stokes served in leadership positions at three institutions before joining UNM. Florida State had a lot going on at that time.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Additionally, research asserts that specific practices associated with growth mindset highly impact student motivation, learning, and achievement (Dweck, 2008; Barber, van Oostveen, and Childs, 2019). In her book, Carol Dweck posits that all people are of two mindsets: a growth mindset and a fixed mindset.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Meredith College, a private women’s liberal arts institution in Raleigh, N.C., is doing something else: offering faculty and staff members a low-cost Italian getaway. It offered a second opportunity in 2019. The pandemic put things on hold. Now the program is back, with a few changes. ” The trip is $600 per person.

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University Business

MAY 3, 2024

Prior to that, he served as the president of Wilmington College (Ohio) and the founding associate dean of health sciences at Heidelberg University. Ward, president since 2019, will retire at the end of June 2025, the conclusion of Luther’s 2023-25 strategic plan. William Pieczynski – Nichols College (Mass.)

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Image: Newly available data from the National Science Foundation suggest that the first full year of the pandemic had a major, negative impact on graduate students’ ability to finish their Ph.D.s. awarded between the 2019 and 2020 academic years. In numbers, 52,250 research doctorates were awarded across fields in 2021.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

This process, known as idea linking (Hagtvedt et al, 2019), boosts curiosity. When our students overcome obstacles in their learning due to our support and encouragement, or experience transformations from our well-constructed course design and subsequent instruction, we succeed in cultivating spaces where their success is made possible.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

When people learn their brains encode, not so much their experiences as their reactions to those experiences, which are then expressed as emotions (Shackleton-Jones, 2019). While faculty members might feel good when students score well in their examinations and essays, there is little long-term fruit. What a waste! Significance.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When the instructors of business or science courses cannot (or would rather not) deal with the students who do not know certain basic math, they send the students to a developmental math class and make it a prerequisite. Math for Liberal Arts is a college-level course designed for non-STEM students to appreciate math.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

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

Technology 90

Technology Arts And Sciences Students Adult Education 90

Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two words that often cause faculty to become disgruntled: professional development. As a PD facilitator, I try to do what the concept implies; that is, to develop faculty professionally because the experience should empower, encourage, and engage all learners. Why are we here?

Professional Development 80

Professional Development Faculty Arts And Sciences Policy 80

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Arkansas Transfer Achievement Scholarship (ATAS), rolled out in fall 2019, has shown incredible growth, particularly among students from low-income and underrepresented backgrounds, including first-generation students. The University of Arkansas’ new transfer scholarship program seeks to address these challenges. and $186.51

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

Additionally, research asserts that specific practices associated with growth mindset highly impact student motivation, learning, and achievement (Dweck, 2008; Barber, van Oostveen, and Childs, 2019). In her book, Carol Dweck posits that all people are of two mindsets: a growth mindset and a fixed mindset.

Arts And Sciences 95

Arts And Sciences Empower Liberal Arts Environment 95

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 3, 2024

in sociology in 2015 from Emory University’s Laney Graduate School and her Bachelor of Arts degree in English and political science from North Carolina Central University. Tressie McMillan Cottom wants her work to meet people where they are, and to do so, she uses many platforms and intersects multiple disciplines.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 17, 2024

communication, University of Southern California Career mentors: Dr. Sánchez, University of Southern California; and Marinah Valenzuela Farrell, Community Based Health Worker and Midwife Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Never forget why you do what you do. Tenured: No Age: 40 Education: B.A., What can we anticipate?”

Arts And Sciences 111

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on December 9, 2019 © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Snapchat is probably the most popular social media app among those under 30. These can be emotions, thoughts, or feelings provoked by their reading.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In 2019, during the last statewide assessment prior to the pandemic, just 34 percent of California students over all and 18 percent of Black students and 20 percent of Latino students met or exceeded the state’s math standards. A data science pathway as an alternative to the standard Algebra II, precalculus and calculus sequence.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

The reasons are obvious: Because that’s the education that most faculty and administrators received. Because it’s in the interest of faculty who are trained in specific disciplines. In 2019, just 7.2 Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Colleges pay tribute to diversity yet largely offer a cookie-cutter approach to education.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Humanize to Optimize The main focus of humanized teaching is to apply learning science and culturally responsive teaching to the world of asynchronous online courses with the goal of creating an inclusive, equitable class climate for all students. I’m ‘old-school,’ and I need to see my students on campus.” If so, please list below.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 18, 2024

Humanize to Optimize The main focus of humanized teaching is to apply learning science and culturally responsive teaching to the world of asynchronous online courses with the goal of creating an inclusive, equitable class climate for all students. I’m ‘old-school,’ and I need to see my students on campus.” If so, please list below.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 13, 2023

But this isn’t an art class; the students will be illustrating their moods as part of a new one-credit course at the University of Maryland, College Park, that Morgan developed to teach students basic emotional regulation skills. The images they produce might run the gamut from abstract doodles to colorful narrative scenes.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The authors warn that limited access to active learning spaces may create a marginalizing force that pushes women, in particular, out of the sciences. Yet the growth of active learning spaces remains incremental. The solution? Invest in active learning spaces. Ralph, a Ph.D. ” The Active Learning Spacescape.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Out in the Midwest, the smaller liberal arts-focused Wheaton College missed its 2019 enrollment mark by only 20 students after suffering from a series of budget cuts last year. While the University of North Carolina Greensboro’s enrollment overall is down from Fall 2022, it has seen an 11.5%

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation I’m totally psyched about the newly announced master of science in artificial intelligence (MSAI) degree from the University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin’s Adam Klivans , professor of computer science, and Art Markman , vice provost of academic affairs, graciously agreed to chat.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

With the discipline facing a surge of scrutiny in the wake of a viral New Yorker article published in late February called “ The End of the English Major ,” English faculty are employing a range of efforts to give their field new relevancy and pizzazz.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 16, 2024

Ensuring a successful educational experience for our students is akin to the art of culinary development, where thoughtful preparation is fundamental. This parallels the concept of pre-courses, which serve as innovative ingredients and preparatory tools in the educational kitchen.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Even as we fixate on headline news, the true drivers of transformation occur out of sight. It’s these long-term developments, processes and trends, which take place under the surface, that even the most powerful politicians or institutions must respond to. What were the most important events in higher education in 2022? What might we see?

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

Zhang and Chen (2019) suggest that practicing self-compassion and acceptance can lead to personal improvement after regret experiences. Tip: 2 Reframe students’ perceptions in a psychologically attuned way Faculty and student academic advisors can play an important role in re-framing students’ perceptions to align with this suggestion.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 23, 2023

Zhang and Chen (2019) suggest that practicing self-compassion and acceptance can lead to personal improvement after regret experiences. Tip: 2 Reframe students’ perceptions in a psychologically attuned way Faculty and student academic advisors can play an important role in re-framing students’ perceptions to align with this suggestion.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

That is to say, the industry has mastered the art of exploiting universities’ credibility to serve its own interests. In June, Harvard University announced a $200 million gift to launch the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, an academic center dedicated to the study of one of humanity’s most pressing threats.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The Journal of Public Health defines public health as “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals.” The pandemic has brought increased awareness of healthcare disparities.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

As the wave of closures of small liberal arts colleges across the United States continues, merging with a larger institution is increasingly seen as an attractive alternative. The faculty hopes the new Bloomfield will continue our mission to serve first-generation and low-income students.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

“At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, we clearly have a world-class faculty that exists and teaches students and creates leaders of the future,” Boliek said. million in fiscal year 2026–27—over four times the $3 million annual cost that Chapel Hill provost Chris Clemens cited to faculty.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 7, 2023

Nathan Grove, a chemistry professor at UNC Wilmington and the chair of the campus’s Faculty Senate, said that vote served as a wake-up call for him and his colleagues. ” Art Pope, a member of the Board of Governors since 2020 and a prolific Republican donor , denied that the compelled speech vote was motivated by politics.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni with a single place to report nonemergency complaints or concerns, including those involving harassment and sexual misconduct. Resolutions and Safe Spaces — Adelphi University. Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

” But detractors of Oubré and the board have questioned the authenticity of the concerns, alleging that the president and trustees are trying to stifle criticism of a leader they believe doesn’t have a plan to turn around slumping enrollment at the small liberal arts college.

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