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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

University Business

The three presidents to step down demonstrate a variety of reasons for making a change: to reengage in academia, pursue other professional opportunities or make way for new leadership during trying times. In July 2025, he will depart for a one-year sabbatical and return to the life of academia. The new president isn’t a newcomer.

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Empowering Student Learning: Navigating Artificial Intelligence in the College Classroom 

Faculty Focus

While being mindful of the concerns of plagiarism, equity, and access, some have argued educators must not only accept AI in the classroom but must help their students use it effectively as part of their digital literacy (Bender 2024, 9). Out of the panic, an emerging field of practical, practitioner-based research has begun to emerge.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Following her retirement as president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in July 2022, Jackson continued to have an impact on academia, industry, and public service. Jackson said her mother was more inclined to the language arts. regrettably, the award ceremony was cancelled in 2009. Postal Service in Washington, D.C.,

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Empowering Student Learning: Navigating Artificial Intelligence in the College Classroom 

Faculty Focus

While being mindful of the concerns of plagiarism, equity, and access, some have argued educators must not only accept AI in the classroom but must help their students use it effectively as part of their digital literacy (Bender 2024, 9). Out of the panic, an emerging field of practical, practitioner-based research has begun to emerge.

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President moves: Milestone hires and dramatic exits start off the month

University Business

He came into power at the small liberal arts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. Corcoran won out against two other presidential prospects with extensive experience in academia. Ron DeSantis and his plan to re-envision education in Florida.

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Here are the 5 academic programs emerging in 2025

University Business

” Computational social science Social media has profoundly affected the way humans interact with each other and has even altered our self-perception and identity when we’re offline, says Lorlei Boyd, decision intelligence developer at GrayDI. in Computational Social Science, and the University of San Diego offers an M.S.

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Gaps in sustainability literacy in non-STEM higher education programmes

SRHE

We conducted a multilingual systematic review of post-2010 publications from the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), with the results summarised in Kalocsányiová et al (2024). Out of 6,161 articles that we identified as potentially relevant, 92 studies met the inclusion criteria and are reviewed in the report.