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20 Years of WOW: Celebrating Innovation in Digital Learning

WCET Frontiers

I wanted to take a moment to look back at the history of the projects. A Brief History of the WOW Awards In 2004, our then-Executive Director, Sally Johnstone, introduced the first annual WOW Awards: We started this new award to recognize outstanding efforts in implementing technology in higher education.

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George Washington University Adjunct Faculty to Potentially Receive Raise and Base Salary Increase

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It also doubles the $700 professional development fund adjuncts have for work expenses and bans full-time faculty from taking some of part-time professors’ pay when co-teaching, according to union officials. I can’t pay our adjunct faculty what they deserve,” said Lisa Page, director of GW’s creative writing program.

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Meredith College offers employees low-cost Italian getaway

Inside Higher Ed

It offered a second opportunity in 2019. The idea was to offer faculty and staff members a taste of what students experience in Meredith’s popular study abroad program—something like professional development—and to generally make international travel accessible, as a job perk. The pandemic put things on hold.

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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

Faculty Focus

Differences in lived experiences, values, beliefs, histories, identities, and more will influence how individual students experience the learning environment (Lovett, Bridges, DiPietro, Ambrose, & Norman, 2023). We also have come to understand that sense of belonging is highly individualized. References Gopalan, M., & Brady, S.

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The Online Consortium of Oklahoma:  From Grassroots to Greatness

WCET Frontiers

Brad outlines the history of the Online Consortium of Oklahoma and how this group collaborates within the state to impact student success. Low-Cost and No-Cost Professional Development – OCO prioritizes the upskilling of faculty and staff through affordable professional development programs.

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Increasing Student Success: A Developmental Approach

Faculty Focus

Differences in lived experiences, values, beliefs, histories, identities, and more will influence how individual students experience the learning environment (Lovett, Bridges, DiPietro, Ambrose, & Norman, 2023). We also have come to understand that sense of belonging is highly individualized. References Gopalan, M., & Brady, S.

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Finding love in international education: four stories

The PIE News

The PIE chats to four couples who met in the industry – and the rest is history. Different cultures, same core values Youssef Wahib and Brittany Wright met at the EducationUSA Regional forum in Casablanca, Morocco, in March 2019. For some, they’ve even found love. Love in Providence “We met in Rhode Island in 2016.

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