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ASHE Conference Urges Humanization of Higher Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In order to enact human values, we have to start with ourselves. The conference theme this year is humanizing higher education, and hundreds of scholars from across the country gathered here to share their research, resources, and make connections. These values run contrary to systemic oppression.

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Four Powerful Practices to Promote Student Success 

Faculty Focus

Incorporating four simple practices through collaborative learning communities could be a game changer for teachers willing to embrace a more humane approach to teaching and learning. However, contemplating the necessary ingredients to cultivate student success is multifaceted and heavily influenced by a multiplicity of factors.

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What’s love got to do with neurodiversity and HE art and design?

SRHE

Like many neurodivergent academics, Tim works across an astonishing range of knowledges, including political science, fine art, public policy and pedagogy. by Kai Syng Tan A loveless storm and a love-filled symposium On 18 November I was ill. Universities, watch and learn. Yes it can be done.

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Reconsidering research impact

ACRLog

Consequently, the perceived value of scholarship in the arts, humanities, and social sciences is diminished when their citation numbers are compared to STEM fields. Photo by Gunnar Ridderstrm on Unsplash I have a complicated relationship with bibliometrics (i.e. They aggregate citation rates over a (relatively short) period.

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Morgan State Receives NSF Grant to Study Human Behavioral Responses to Fire

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Morgan State University has received $596,383 for a human behavior study regarding responses to environmental indications of fire, with the findings expected to help in improving fire safety systems and building design. College of Liberal Arts at Morgan State is the principal investigator, and Dr. James A. Gilliam, Jr.

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Parroting romanticized myths about English and humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Column: Letters to the Editor To the editor: I am surprised to see Andrew Newman, chair of the English department at the University at Stony Brook, in his March 9 essay "The English Major, After the End, " repeating Nathan Heller’s unresearched and misrepresented “The End of the English Major,” The New Yorker (Mar.

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Mohamed Loutfi, ARELEN

The PIE News

At BUE, we have a sterling Chinese Language and Culture Department in our Faculty of Arts and Humanities, so perhaps Ill start there. Introduce yourself in three words or phrases A thinker, a learning enthusiast, and an innovator. What makes you get up in the morning? My passion is higher education and empowering youth.