Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Certainly, K-12 education has the potential to play a key part in this work, but as a longtime college professor, I want to see colleges and universities take a more proactive role. Walmart in 2019, killing 23, were both recently enrolled college students. The perpetrator of the May 14 mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. ,

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 18, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Colleges pay tribute to diversity yet largely offer a cookie-cutter approach to education. Work colleges like Berea and Paul Quinn require all students to perform campus jobs to defray part of their education’s cost. John’s College, decided to wage war against a cookie-cutter education.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Brian Rosenberg, president emeritus of Macalester College and a visiting professor in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has written the best article that I’ve read on the recent decision by leading law schools to boycott the US News ratings. College ratings take various forms. Blog: Higher Ed Gamma.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

Many colleges and universities around the country offer First-Year Seminars (FYS) or First-Year Experiences (FYE). These courses are geared towards supporting freshmen in their transition to college by introducing them to academic discourse and college-level writing and research, among other skills.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

A special kind of energy comes with doing something no one else has, and it’s buzzing around California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State), this spring as early applications are being reviewed for the inaugural cohort of 70 students who will enroll in the trailblazing Black Honors College (BHC).

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

” Professor Lloyd asked the non-profit Telluride Association if he could lead one of its free summer seminars for highly motivated diverse high school students. ” What Professor Lloyd discovered was that his seminar and the anti-racism workshops were very different beasts.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma What is an honors college? A small college within a much larger institution, with its own facilities, faculty, course offerings, scholarship and grant programs and perks for honors students. Today’s honors college is the product of a complex history. Honors 1.0.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

College instructors, in increasing numbers, have begun to think seriously and systematically about how to enhance student learning and engagement, remediate content and skill deficiencies, close achievement gaps, and build upon students’ prior knowledge and skills. Supplement grading with formative feedback.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In doing so, the hope is to create fluent speakers and revitalize these languages, which are separate from one another and linked to different spiritual beliefs and cultural traditions but share long histories in Minnesota. Both languages have few remaining speakers. ” Potential for Growth.

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Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

As legislative attacks continue to threaten the rights and protections of LGBTQ+ students, an innovative new program at Bard College at Simon’s Rock aims to empower them with the professional and social capital to lead the charge for a more inclusive future. The private liberal arts institution in Great Barrington, Mass.,

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Susquehanna President's Blog

AUGUST 30, 2021

A Brief History of American Higher Education Part Three — The Democratization of Institutions and Ideas AAUP At the end of the 19 th and beginning of the 20 th century, there were numerous threats to academic freedom including a handful of celebrated cases. · Beginning in 1931, Adler and Hutchins led the seminar at Chicago for two decades.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 2, 2023

Here, I’d like to discuss the history of general education: its rise, fall, current status and need to be radically rethought and reimagined. Even before the introduction of the first gen ed classes, leading universities had, alongside the advent of the seminar, begun to implement the delivery model that would come to define gen ed.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Reading Time: 11 minutes A lot of thought goes into choosing a college or university, particularly as prospective students prepare to begin a new chapter in their lives. By understanding the top factors students consider when choosing a college, you can help your school develop a competitive advantage and attract new prospects. .

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Shared governance stands in the way, even though it is conceivable, in theory, to measure student persistence within a particular discipline and student performance in subsequent classes (performance measures that some for-profit colleges actually use). Therefore, colleges and universities need to be more enterprising.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Of course, the entire AP-pre-college industry is problematic. Top colleges often ignore AP scores and require students to take a placement test. A profit-making enterprise, AP classes (like early college courses) have become a way for states like mine to reduce college costs. I don’t think so.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 3, 2023

“You can create a net-zero campus pretty easily by just shutting it down,” quips Jay Antle, executive director of the Center for Sustainability and a history professor at Johnson County Community College, in Kansas. “Across many college campuses, sustainability took a back seat,” Nelson says.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

“The definition of a living-learning community is a dedicated number of beds that are contiguous to each other and have additional resources dedicated for the purpose of that community,” explains Kathy Bush-Hobgood, vice president of the Association of College and University Housing Officers.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. This is what happens, I suppose, when you never leave college. What advice might you have for other parents of current or soon-to-be college students?

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

I recently had an opportunity to speak with Lori Pavese Mazor, who, for over two decades, has helped plan, manage, and operate some of New York City's leading institutions, including the CUNY Hunter College, New York University, Brooklyn Public Library System, and New York Presbyterian Hospital. It’s appearance is key to its brand.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

If we were honest with ourselves, we’d acknowledge that most American colleges and universities have embraced an educational model that doesn’t work very well. Even among those who do receive a bachelor’s, about 40 percent find themselves underemployed, in a field unrelated to their college major.

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#Deaning

MARCH 27, 2023

[link] ◾ In hiring news, we are excited to welcome Ann Vandergust to the College of Arts! She completed a minor in German Studies during her undergrad and joined the Department of History in 2020 as their Academic Programs Assistant. Ann will be joining us as the Manager, Facilities and Operations. and new colleagues.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Myers, director of the initiative and the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy, said the study of hate is an ambitious undertaking, but the purpose of a major research university like UCLA is to “ask big questions and seek answers that make an impact in society. It’s supported by a $3 million gift from an anonymous donor.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

Of course, the rise of academic theorists and college-based critics occurred at the very time that public readership of academic literary criticism has fallen precipitously. It should be read not only by the English professoriate, but by its counterparts in art and music history, history and philosophy.

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Continuous Learning Institute

JANUARY 18, 2024

In this episode, I interview Dr. Christine Harrington, Faculty, Community College Leadership Doctoral Program, Morgan State University. 13:32:50: Culturally affirming assignment example across disciplines: the power of oral history. LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Learn about culturally affirming and meaningful assignments.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

While the recent Ye—Kanye West—controversies put antisemitism in the mainstream news, there has been a regular stream of reports and studies issued about the rise in antisemitism across the United States, including on college campuses , over the last several years. and Israel.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

Diversifying Our Curing Community (DOCC) Arkansas State University College of Science and Mathematics DOCC seeks to increase the number of under-represented students accepted into medical schools. They also participate in workshops and seminars on emotional intelligence, professional development, communication skills, and scientific writing.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Colleges and universities, it seems to me, ought to play a leading role in attacking cultural stratification by doing much more to expose students to the richness and range of the artistic, musical, operatic and theatrical traditions that surround them. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

It’s particularly great for first-generation students who’ve never been to college before and whose family members have not been to college. For example, history students could search for something of historical significance near their home or along their commute. It’s a fun and engaging activity for students.

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SRHE

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

From Leonardo da Vinci (whose trans-disciplinary inventiveness was attributed to his ADHD) to bell hooks (whose professorial role drew on her activism and poetry practice), history has no lack of examples of how creative and neurodivergent processes have produced insights to catalyse social and culture change.

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Insight Into Diversity

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Elevating Stories of the Unrecognized — Agnes Scott College. In July, Agnes Scott College launched the Acknowledging our Past: Acting Now for a Transformed Future project, which aims to elevate the lives and stories of the people of color who built the college. Multicultural Mentorship — Augustana College.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

MARCH 6, 2024

When you ask a specific question in a search engine, like “What does XYZ College specialize in?” Searching for a specific school or university might bring up a knowledge panel with details such as the institution’s history, departments, notable alumni, contact information, reviews, and recent news.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

It’s particularly great for first-generation students who’ve never been to college before and whose family members have not been to college. For example, history students could search for something of historical significance near their home or along their commute. It’s a fun and engaging activity for students.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Despite recent critiques of grading, standardized testing and college rankings, the fact is that we inhabit a culture of constant evaluation. Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin. Steven Mintz Show on Jobs site: Disable left side advertisement?: Is this diversity newsletter?:

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 3, 2023

Those attending places like Princeton University, where the intensive first-year writing seminar is capped at 12 students per session, are lucky enough to receive a highly personalized educational experience that could allow for the careful integration of tools like ChatGPT.

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totallyrewired

JANUARY 27, 2024

The most comprehensive example of this guidance was produced by Kings College London, which I’m sure has influenced how other institutions how developed their own guidance. Indeed, there is a long history of using machine learning and AI in creative spaces in art education in UK art schools.

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EAB

JUNE 8, 2023

However, this comparison is not appropriate for several reasons: Unprecedented user growth ChatGPT’s rapid and diverse user growth has been the fastest in tech history, far outpacing the limited adoption of highly motivated students who embraced MOOCs. However, students can cheat these software program quite easily.

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SRHE

JULY 20, 2022

There were other overshoots: in History, Cambridge submitted 170%, Oxford 120%, perhaps linked to college staff not based in a department. They noted concentrations of high quality work in history and philosophy in some smaller submissions. SRHE used to run post -Assessment seminars. Keep your eyes open.

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