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Innovative and Engaging Communications in and Beyond the Academy

GlobalHigherEd

When I started graduate studies more than 25 years ago, there was no talk of the world wide web, no blogs, no Twitterverse, Facebook, Academia.edu and so on. Research and scholarship is primarily about asking and answering questions as well as conserving and constantly reinterpreting fragile and easily forgotten knowledge.

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Lest We Forget

Susquehanna President's Blog

In the classic higher-education governance model, faculty, who are the trained experts determine the curriculum and the standards for faculty appointment, promotion, and tenure. Each example strains or violates the principles of shared governance.

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Honoring the Promise of Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Prior to her work in California, she held faculty appointments at Miami University of Ohio and Wayne State University. With Scott Jaschik, he leads the site's editorial operations, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features.

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Back to Campus Visit (But Not Like Before) [Webinar]

Echo Delta

And really with the thought that okay, in the past we’ve been having students come and we have some students that are doing four or five class visits, two faculty appointments, two athletic appointments. We did online faculty appointments, really anything a student asked for we were able to make happen for them virtually.

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A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education

Today's Learner

Blacks “have experienced greater gains in securing administrative positions than facultyappointments. The post A Brief History: Black Americans in Higher Education appeared first on The Cengage Blog. I can personally identify with this trend, seeing that I am the only full professor in my department, and I am Black.

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