Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. How can we help develop ethical leaders, solid communicators, critical thinkers, and diversity-minded, community-engaged students if students in today’s generation are focused so heavily on technology and their phones?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

" The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. Only a fellow PhD holder will "get" the existential value of institutional shared governance, faculty autonomy, and academic freedom.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

After Business Insider suggested Neri Oxman—a prominent MIT grad and wife of billionaire philanthropist William Ackman—had plagiarized in her dissertation, Ackman promised to leverage AI capabilities to review the published work of all of MIT’s faculty, its president and the work of the faculties at other Ivy Leagues.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

Through the November 2023 HBCU/MSI Research Summit — a joint effort between Virginia Tech’s Graduate School and the Pamplin College of Business — the university welcomed 25 visiting faculty and staff from participating institutions. Lab, a group composed of interdisciplinary research faculty and graduate students throughout the U.S.,

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But if the many doomsday projections actually come to fruition, losing Twitter will be a sad day for academia. In a frequently alienating world of academia, that is huge. In addition to aiding in research discovery, Academic Twitter has become a go-to resource for locating job postings, both in academia and beyond.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: University of Venus Burnout has been the focus of much of my work life for the last five years—first experiencing it as a tenured faculty member, then writing about it as a researcher and memoirist, and now coaching about and facilitating workshops on it as well as burnout resilience for faculty across the country.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Image: A new automotive technology program at Coconino Community College, launched last fall, is on pause as campus leaders struggle to hire a full-time faculty member to keep it afloat. an increasingly popular tourist destination near the Grand Canyon, has repeatedly scared off faculty candidates for this position and others.

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HEPI

APRIL 30, 2024

Bias and unfairness in the academic world have been persistent, though emerging technologies have revolutionised how students find information and write assignments, making academic dishonesty more accessible. Understanding and mitigating AI risk Almost 20% of students feel worried about the use of generative AI tools.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As might be expected, the Ivy League Pluses were responsible for producing the majority of leaders across sectors such as law, media and academia. faculty, according to one 2022 study published in Nature.

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Schooling Academia Engineering Leadership 134

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Also, graduates of such schools are not likely to receive offers for positions in academia. “If Over the past year, the Alfred P.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Reports of scholars being retired early or dismissed indicate that the Iranian government has ordered a cleansing of academia in the wake of protests that have gripped the country since September. Demonstrations were triggered by the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini, who was accused of wearing her hijab “improperly.”

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the short few weeks that professor Alex Lawrence has taught his sales technology course this semester at Weber State University, he finds the level of discussion his students are already having “remarkable.” If you want to do it, you’re going to find out anyway, so let’s just talk openly about this.’

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Education Technology Academia Engineering 128

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The conference underscored the mission of postsecondary institutions and academics to work against dehumanizing atmospheres and support the best policies and practices that improve student belonging, community connection, and create thriving faculty. “We While TCUs are not a monolith, she found similarities in methodology.

Humanities 144

Humanities Higher Education Education Arts And Sciences 144

HEPI

JULY 18, 2024

According to Satya Nadella of Microsoft , the digital imperative suggests that “every organisation in every industry will need to infuse technology into every business process and function so that they can do more with less.” Universities must invest in advanced digital infrastructure, faculty training, and curriculum development.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

Learning style instruments help students and faculty consider the depth of learning and teaching opportunities (Kolb & Kolb, 2005). Moreover, neurodiversity in academia illustrates the paradoxical rhetoric in uniform instruction.

Arts And Sciences 96

Arts And Sciences Education Academia Technology 96

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 15, 2023

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. He had a big influence on me because he had an interest in things scientific and technological,” Jackson said. “I Postal Service in Washington, D.C.,

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Arts And Sciences Technology Advise Faculty 131

HEPI

JUNE 27, 2024

These experiences provide academics with an updated understanding of employer needs, foster opportunities for industry-relevant research, secure funding, and establish improved links between academia and businesses. Reciprocal benefits include cutting-edge research, innovative solutions to real-world problems and enhanced employability.

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Empower Academia Education Students 78

Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

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Humanities Technology Advise Academia 110

Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) are expanding the idea of partnership and generating an AI coach specially for educators, called StretchAI ([link] to create more inclusive learning experiences. Harvard Business Publishing. link] Naidu, Edwin.

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Empower Learning Experience Arts And Sciences Students 120

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 31, 2023

Academia and industry alike have long grappled with the lingering issue of gender equity in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines and professions. Across Europe, women account for more than half of the continent’s population but just 17% of its information and communications technology professionals.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But if top universities genuinely want to lead, a key roadblock remains: around the nation and the world, leading institutions are structurally unprepared for the fossil fuel industry’s assault on the interests and values of academia. Academia is founded on the premise of truth seeking.

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Academia Arts And Sciences Scholarship Model 105

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Becky inspired faculty, staff and administrators with an approach to problem-solving that combined vision, creativity and pragmatism." in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Blank’s economic work focused on low-income labor markets, macroeconomics, government policy, and the measurement of poverty.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 27, 2023

They operate at the confluence of technology, compliance, data and student success —constantly working to support and promote innovation. We’ll highlight policy support, guidance, and the technology training needed on campus to push culture from self-serving to learner-centric. We call them Implementers of Success.

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Guidance Postsecondary Education Academia Policy 115

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Pierre, a seasoned legal scholar, had been serving the Southern University Law Center in numerous roles since 1990, first as a faculty member and then as an administrator. I think you’ve heard it from faculty and others about the impression he has left on this campus in an interim (executive vice president) position.

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Academia Administration Retention Higher Education 105

The PIE News

JULY 9, 2024

Presently, we have launched a two-week online capacity-building programme for faculty members that have been meticulously designed in the themes of NEP 2020,” Kumar told The PIE. “It The programmes are NEP Orientation & Sensitisation Programme, Faculty Induction Programme, Short-term Programme & Refresher Course,” said Kumar.

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Academia Ministry Of Education University Grant Policy 98

ACRLog

JANUARY 31, 2023

As I’m sure anyone in academia is aware, ChatGPT and its AI counterparts are taking us by storm. I’ve seen it rolling around Twitter, in all-faculty emails at my institution, and of course in places like the Chronicle of Higher Education. MIT Technology Review. This may be a defining point in the first stage of my career.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

Humanities 94

Humanities Technology Advise Academia 94

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 8, 2023

Like all UPR faculty, we carry a 12-credit teaching load, and in the midst of UPR’s fiscal crisis, a basic teaching load of 15 credits has been spotted more than once on the horizon. This is one in a series of articles about New York University's Faculty Resource Network.

Academia 98

Academia Professional Development Faculty Scholarship 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Each phase of my journey provided unique insights into the challenges and opportunities within academia. From the burgeoning focus on diversity and inclusion in the 1980s and 1990s to the rise of digital technology in the late 1990s and 2000s, I have been privileged to observe and contribute to significant shifts in the educational paradigm.

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ACRLog

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A Makerspace, also referred to as a Maker Studio, Fab Lab, Tech Shop, or Hackerspace, is a dedicated space in the library for hands-on access to technologies for DIY making and collaboration. In our Makerspace, we offer technologies such as 3D Prusa printers, a Carvey, a Cricut, and sewing/embroidery machines.

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Technology Environment Faculty Students 88

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The defining down of the credential to meet what the technology was capable of was actually my deepest fear, having seen how the defining down of what makes for proficient writing into the five-paragraph essay destroyed writing instruction.). ” Don’t get me wrong—the core thesis of Sustainable.

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Academia Higher Education Faculty Institution 83

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

In a career that has included both academia and the private sector, Dr. Teik C. Lim is now leading the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) into the future. in mechanical engineering from Michigan Technological University, his master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla and his Ph.D.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Bridging Academic and Professional Worlds Similarly, alumni bridge the gap between academia and the professional world. Faculty members, while experts in their fields, might be removed from the current industry landscape.

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Academia Advocate Guidance Engineering 98

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 7, 2023

Beyond giving students hands-on experience, Vertically Integrated Projects are designed with accessibility in mind, giving any interested student or faculty member the opportunity to get involved. Each team is managed by one faculty adviser who supervises and grades students throughout the project.

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Engineering Advise Faculty Academia 105

Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

Metzler, a true visionary in academia, healthcare, and diversity, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at his home in Grenada. He served on faculties at Cornell University, Georgetown University, Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine, Bellarmine University, and Kings College, among others. Christopher A. Christopher A.

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Academia Inclusivity Equity Humanities 80

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Max Planck Institute for Animal Behavior; and Bryan Carstens and Meg Daly, both at The Ohio State University Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Be kind to everyone. He never saw himself pursuing a career in academia until his high school biology teacher encouraged him to apply for a scholarship to Cornell University. “It

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Academia Humanities Department Engineering 89

Faculty Focus

MARCH 23, 2023

Learning style instruments help students and faculty consider the depth of learning and teaching opportunities (Kolb & Kolb, 2005). Moreover, neurodiversity in academia illustrates the paradoxical rhetoric in uniform instruction.

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Arts And Sciences Education Academia Technology 72