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JANUARY 21, 2025

2014; Agarwal, 2019). Such practices can lead to mistrust between students and faculty, harming the educational relationship. Rahmat, PsyD, is a core faculty member at Antioch University, where she specializes in compassion-focused pedagogy, trauma-sensitive mindfulness, and mindful self-compassion. References Agarwal, P.

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MAY 11, 2025

PEACE is an acronym that stands for Preparation, Expertise, Authenticity, Caring, and Engagement (Saucier, 2019; Saucier, 2022; Saucier, Jones, Schiffer, & Renken, 2022). Faculty Focus. AI-powered teaching: Practical tools for community college faculty. Faculty Focus. Faculty Focus. Faculty Focus.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

laid off eight tenured and tenure-track faculty members and froze various programs last month, citing realignment of academics with changing student demands. ” That is, undergraduate programs with fewer than 12 students per full-time faculty member over a period of five years are no longer accepting new students.

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million) while overall spending on academics, including faculty salaries, fell by 6% ($4.8 million) since 2019. A new audit of Gallaudet University has shown that administrative salary rose by 107% ($11.3

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: While this academic year saw the largest one-year increase in full-time faculty members’ average salaries in over three decades, that still wasn’t enough to stop their real wages from falling due to inflation, the American Association of University Professors noted this Thursday alongside its latest salary survey data.

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APRIL 25, 2025

There can be no question that this reflects a growing infrastructure to support belonging for all faculty, staff, and students in higher education. Its satisfaction leads to positive gains such as happiness, elation, wellbeing , achievement, and optimal functioning (Strayhorn, 2019, p. J'Quen Johnson RECOMMENDATIONS: BELONGING 2.0 &

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JANUARY 5, 2024

Michigan State University tenure and tenure-track faculty members are on track toward forming a union, according to reporting from the Lansing State Journal. A group of tenure and tenure-track faculty members at Michigan State University are seeking union recognition from the Board of Trustees.

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JANUARY 31, 2025

The fellowship program will also be available to Howard's faculty members. His recent adaptation of Howard alumna Zora Neale Hurston's "Barracoon" and his co-edited volume Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019" demonstrate his commitment to preserving and analyzing Black historical narratives.

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In 2019, Nature conducted a survey of 6,320 global PhD students that revealed 36% of respondents sought help for anxiety or depression reportedly caused by their academic pursuits. a rate six times higher than the general population. A 2020 Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium survey of graduate students at 10 U.S.

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APRIL 24, 2025

The proportion of non-exempt staff aged 55 and older has declined from 34 percent in 2019-20 to 31 percent in 2023-24, indicating a slightly younger workforce than before the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic appears to have accelerated this downward trend, with data showing a 3.3 percent reduction in full-time positions and a dramatic 17.2

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

Image: Faculty diversity is positively associated with student success across a variety of metrics. So how are institutions doing with respect to faculty diversity? The colleges and universities were given a score of zero to 100 based on faculty diversity, hiring equity and tenure equity.

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APRIL 4, 2025

Alvero When my daughter transferred to Queens College in Spring 2019, I could not have been more excited. Truly universal transferability would require faculty buy-in and better digital tools. At the same time, faculty helped us navigate practical roadblocks. Queens College is one of The City University of New Yorks 25 colleges.

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APRIL 29, 2025

April 29, 2025 · Episode 257 Higher Education Strategic Planning That Drives Growth and Faculty Buy-In 34 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Rather than introducing immediate top-down changes, he led a full year of strategic planning that included participation from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and governing boards.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Too often, faculty make content coverage the focus of lesson planning. Nick Shackleton-Jones (2019) provides a neurological explanation of this principle in his Affective Context Model of learning. Online faculty in particular often build a lesson by gathering resources and adding instructions on how to go through the content.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

There is an instilled idea that writing centers serve only those writers needing remedial support (Chang & Goldrick-Jones, 2019; Lockett, 2019). Some students might agree, while others may see tutoring as editorial services or language support (Lockett, 2019). Lockett, Alexandra (2019). link] Delyser, D.

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JANUARY 28, 2025

institutions to adopt the charter, Furman is advancing its commitment to holistic wellbeing for students, faculty, and staff. Building on wellness efforts launched by the university in 2019, Furman has already undertaken program assessments, renovated its counseling center, and upgraded its Physical Activities Center. As one of 33 U.S.

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JUNE 15, 2023

Any recent gains in salary for full-time faculty members have been swallowed up by soaring inflation. Full-time faculty saw a 4% bump for the year ending fall 2022, the largest single-year gain since 1991. It’s really hard to track data on adjunct faculty. But skyrocketing inflation caused a 2.4%

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

percentage points from 2019 to 2022. Dr. Rebecca Ashford of Chattanooga State highlighted the award as "a testament to the bold, innovative work our faculty and staff have done to remove barriers and create real opportunities for students to thrive." The results of these initiatives have been striking. between fall 2020 and fall 2023.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

When Al Tarzi founded Nexford University in 2019, he was an entrepreneur in an unfamiliar sector with a vision of making international higher education more affordable, more accessible and more aligned with the workplace.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Image: College and universities will need to diversify their faculties at about 3.5 This is the upshot of a new analysis in Nature Human Behavior that challenges the persistent idea that faculty diversity amounts to a “pipeline” problem. “Overall, the lack of progress on faculty diversity in the U.S.

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MAY 19, 2025

The partnership, which will focus on collaborative research and facilitate student and faculty exchanges, will also promote innovation in key areas of mutual interest, including sustainable energy, artificial intelligence, materials science, disaster resilience, and more.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Many resources are available that focus on improving PowerPoint design (National Conference of State Legislatures, 2019). Discussion is a powerful tool that helps students learn deeply and extend their learning to new circumstances (Kramer, 2019). Small-group discussion Use occasional small-group discussions to get everyone focused.

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MARCH 30, 2025

This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn.

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MAY 18, 2023

We believe many faculty have not had the time, space, or support to process feelings of grief and loss. For faculty developers and faculty seeking support, what does care look like during these desperate times?

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JULY 2, 2023

The preparation of faculty in online pedagogy and the appropriate use of tools for asynchronous learning to quickly build capacity was a start (Tucker & Quintero-Ares, 2021). One of the key benefits of an OLC is that faculty are given the opportunity to collaborate and share their knowledge and expertise (Tuffnell, 2021).

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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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APRIL 1, 2024

On the other hand, of course, I knew the pressure admissions offices were under by trustees, presidents, provosts, and faculty, and as Campbell's Law and its many variants tells us, what gets measured gets produced. At the overwhelming majority of colleges, the Mean SAT EWR+M score has risen between the fall of 2019 and 2022.

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MARCH 27, 2025

2019; Kobayashi, 2022). The post Due Dates Provide a Structure for Spaced Learning appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. This type of learning requires timespaced learning. This is considered spaced learning and is why deadlines are so important. Memory & Cognition 41 (3): 392402. Kobayashi, Keiichi.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

In 2019, he became the recipient of both an honorary doctorate in social work and a Distinguished Alumnus award for his decades of commitment and service to racial equality, the highest honor awarded by the University of Tennessee Alumni Board. Robinson later returned to the University of Tennessee, initially as a political science lecturer.

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MARCH 16, 2025

Together, these strategies reduce cognitive load (Sweller, Van Merrienboer, & Pass, 2019), allowing students to focus their mental energy on deeper understanding and application. The post Searching for the Optimal Class Design to Maximize Learning appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. Sweller, J.,

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MARCH 4, 2025

Enhancing Engagement with Technology Overcoming the challenges of teaching complex subjects in a large hybrid classroom requires a combination of thoughtful planning, technological integration, and a focus on creating inclusive learning experiences (Beatty, 2019). References Beatty, B. EdTech Books.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The CSUEB Pathfinders Institute is dedicated to enhancing culturally relevant professional development through an intensive two-week program for faculty teaching critical first-year courses. CSUSM’s inclusive hiring practices have increased Latino representation among faculty, administrators and staff.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 29, 2025

While nursing education should promote professional growth, collaboration, and mentorship, many nurse educatorsespecially those in tenure-track positionsexperience bullying from colleagues, senior faculty, or administrators. When bullying is added to these pressures, the result is often faculty disengagement or attrition.

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APRIL 22, 2025

Faculties and departments are decolonising curricula , diversifying assessment modes , tackling the lack of Black representation in the staff body and the postgraduate community. percentage points (pps) – from 19pps in 2021/22 and 17.6pps in 2020/21. Across the sector, institutions are responding.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

In terms of benefits for faculty, microlectures encourage professors to break down concepts and explain them in a clear and concise fashion (Scagnoli, 2012). Finally, microlectures allow faculty to create a library of reusable content (Scagnoli, 2012). There are many different tools that faculty can use to create microlectures.

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MARCH 20, 2025

As Black women took on faculty and staff roles, the role of the Other Mother came along with them, forming mentorship that often goes unpaid and undervalued (American College Personnel Association [ACPA], 2022). Additionally, it is important to note that Other Mothers as educational mentors does not mean they have to be women. & Brown, S.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

In 2019, he became the recipient of both an honorary doctorate in social work and a Distinguished Alumnus award for his decades of commitment and service to racial equality, the highest honor awarded by the University of Tennessee Alumni Board. Robinson later returned to the University of Tennessee, initially as a political science lecturer.

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