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Discounted tuition by major devalues the humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Before we start down this slippery slope, let’s consider what we can do to address the assumptions and change the crisis narrative surrounding the humanities. Discounting tuition for the humanities reinforces already unsustainable and inequitable practices. First, the job market outside of academia is not shrinking for humanists.

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Doing the dirty work of academia? Ancillary staff in higher education

SRHE

They are also often absent from staff directories, university websites and policy documents. They are both based in the School of Education, Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences, at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Many start their shift once academic and professional staff have left the premises. She blogs here.

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Racial and Gender Inequities Found in Field of Educational Measurement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Racial and gender inequities still plague the field of educational measurement, from professional rank to salary, across academia, industry, and leadership roles. Rodriguez said he hopes to learn more about these written responses, particularly as they relate to leadership positions both in academia and the industry.

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Teaching Marketing Students to Create GenAI-driven Social Media Content 

Faculty Focus

The assignment created a bridge between academia and business (Rohm, 2019), and emphasized active learning by requiring students to develop a style guide (“Sprout Social”, 2024) and use GenAi tools such as ChatGPT, an AI tool owned by Open AI, to generate social media content for a real business. References Bruns, A.

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IoT in Bangladesh Libraries: A Path to Transformation

ACRLog

Also, automated systems contribute to safety by minimizing human errors or risks that might occur during manual processes. This adoption should be expedited through collaboration among government, academia and private sectors. Such progress sets a good ground for libraries to widely embrace IoT solutions.

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Teaching Marketing Students to Create GenAI-driven Social Media Content 

Faculty Focus

The assignment created a bridge between academia and business (Rohm, 2019), and emphasized active learning by requiring students to develop a style guide (“Sprout Social”, 2024) and use GenAi tools such as ChatGPT, an AI tool owned by Open AI, to generate social media content for a real business. References Bruns, A.

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From Likes to Learning: Enhancing Classroom Culture through Social Media Engagement   

Faculty Focus

Particularly interesting is the notable increase in social media interaction among everyone, including undergraduate students, during the COVID-19 pandemic, as documented in a March 2021 Vox article. Social media reflects the spectrum of human emotion and can be a powerful educational tool. Frontiers in Digital Humanities, 5.

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