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Navigating the AI revolution in higher education: a call to action

HEPI

AI is not a mere accessory to the academic toolkit; it represents a fundamental transformation of the educational paradigm. Too much of our current higher education system is still predicated on memorisation, a relic of a pre-digital era. This is not to dilute the rigours of academia but to enhance them.

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UGC chair reveals committee to review Indian entrance exam irregularities

The PIE News

It is in synergy with the erstwhile Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) Centres and Human Resource Development Centres (HRDCs) of the UGC. Integrating skill, vocational, and experiential learning into general education is also something that we are very active about.

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Culturally-Sustaining K-12 Education: Who’s Teaching the Teachers?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

So, if there's no targeted pedagogical education, then there’s little to no exposure to culturally responsive or sustaining pedagogy. Ford is Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Donna Y.

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Supporting Neurodivergent College Students with Dr. Liz Norell

Continuous Learning Institute

Human bodies were not meant to sit still for 90 minutes or 75 minutes or even 50 minutes. I think if we all just centered the humanity and gave people the benefit of the doubt in our educational settings, no one would ever need any accommodations because we would already have the structures in place to create a human education system."

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The Catalysts for Competency-Based Learning and Prior Learning Assessments Have Arrived

eLiterate

Long-term economic forces will increasingly drive demand for more rapid reskilling than our current system can support. Today, we are seeing alternative skills networks being built around the edges of academia, particularly in credentialed trades like electricians and allied healthcare. But situations change.

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Training faculty to help students in mental distress

Inside Higher Ed

Harvard University recently created the Crimson Folders program—part of its We’re All Human health and wellness campaign—to give faculty and staff in each school the tools to “recognize, respond, refer and resource” students undergoing mental health challenges. ” Faculty Need Support, Too.

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Bank Holiday Reading: Higher Education and the green workforce transformation

HEPI

The UK Government’s Green Jobs Taskforce highlights that it is essential for more young people to leave the education system with green skills in order to deliver on a green workforce transformation. Furthermore, a wide range of emerging higher education programmes focus on areas directly relevant to the green workforce transformation.