Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

The preparation of faculty in online pedagogy and the appropriate use of tools for asynchronous learning to quickly build capacity was a start (Tucker & Quintero-Ares, 2021). One of the key benefits of an OLC is that faculty are given the opportunity to collaborate and share their knowledge and expertise (Tuffnell, 2021).

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Higher Education Administration Faculty Education 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 24, 2024

The suit accuses the school’s faculty and administration of snubbing high-profile white male applicants. Northwestern has one among its nine residential tax faculty. Inevitably, the document pairs its lonely truth with an almost laughable falsehood, stating that tax law scholars who are female are “difficult or impossible to find.”

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Law School Schooling Deans Faculty 136

Insight Into Diversity

JULY 19, 2023

Projects will range from documenting the oral histories of Black Memphians during the Civil Rights era to understanding where resources should be situated in our city to better serve our neighbors who are unhoused,” said Natalie Person, iRaST director and dean for curricular development at Rhodes, in a press statement.

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Institution Liberal Arts College Deans 98

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. Around this time, Stern’s new dean allegedly opposed his tenure bid, as did the provost, contradicting the positive recommendation of his department.

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Arts And Sciences Provost Deans Administration 116

University Business

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

A few of the leaders to have attended the meeting included Rasmus Lynnerup, the assistant vice provost of Academic Alliances at Arizona State University; Zun Tang, dean of Institutional Research at City University of New York and Steven Gentile, executive director of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. At the same time, they struggle to retain the women and minoritized faculty who they have recruited. In many units, the scholarship alone or largely determines whether the faculty member receives a favorable evaluation.

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Scholarship Department Faculty Equity 144

Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Ithaka S+R shared results from its triennial survey published last week, which sought to capture college library deans’ and directors’ perspectives three years into the pandemic. “Maybe that’s too high of a bar to say that you have an explicit, documented strategy somewhere.” ” Hulbert said.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 18, 2023

We strive to empower students, faculty, staff, and community members to address contemporary social issues through intellectual inquiry, reflective dialogue, and community action." Dr. Natalie Person, dean for curricular development at Rhodes college, notes that Memphis is one of the most understudied regions in the United States.

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Equity Liberal Arts College History 98

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Kowal, president of the United University Professions union, which represents SUNY faculty members, defended Carpenter in a statement Saturday. ” “All University at Albany faculty are permitted to testify as expert witnesses consistent with applicable laws, regulations and policies,” he wrote.

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Advise Faculty Policy Environment 131

Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

“In the Academy, one consequence is a revolving door of Black faculty and staff, who have become homeless in an otherwise spacious Academy, as well as Black students whose academic careers are either undermined or cut short for lack of Black role models.

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Retention Disadvantaged Faculty Model 104

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Rochester was looking to hire faculty whose work focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Cluster hiring instantly injects diversity into departments that have little, while making the experience easier for minoritized faculty members. Steele remembers being at an event for new faculty. They were hiring three.

College 143

College Faculty Equity Inclusivity 143

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I found that both students and faculty have several common uses: Save time: With more non-traditional students entering the higher education space, they are pulled between multiple life demands. The time-saving tool’s abilities are not always student-centered though, as faculty can also employ AI to save time.

Learning Experience 144

Learning Experience Higher Education Faculty Organization 144

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 10, 2023

In 1998, he began teaching at the University of Alabama, and then joined the University of Cincinnati in 2002, where he rose to full professor, department head, associate dean for graduate studies and research, and ultimately dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Engineering 119

Engineering Leadership Provost Deans 119

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The report comes as Michigan State faculty take a sharper tone with trustees, warning them not to interfere with academic governance or investigate a fired dean, and threatening a vote of no confidence if the board continues its efforts to oust Dr. Stanley. The Title IX Review.

Provost 98

Provost Advise Deans Administration 98

Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

“At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, we clearly have a world-class faculty that exists and teaches students and creates leaders of the future,” Boliek said. million in fiscal year 2026–27—over four times the $3 million annual cost that Chapel Hill provost Chris Clemens cited to faculty.

Schooling 98

Schooling Faculty Arts And Sciences Provost 98

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 30, 2024

Gabriela Torres, Wheaton College Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Community is everything! What I’m really interested in is people’s experiences with the environment, particularly environmental change, and documenting how they navigate these changes,” Treviño Peña says. Treviño Peña has been a proud community builder.

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Inclusivity Environment Humanities Department 115

Creatrix Campus

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The Role of Deans in Fostering Innovation in Higher Education: Strategies for Enhancing Teaching and Student Engagement editor Fri, 10/04/2024 - 04:43 Hello Deans, you are crucial in determining how education will develop in the future because you are the designers of your higher ed’s academic vision.

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Deans Higher Education Education Environment 40

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What you don’t see, except obliquely, is the faculty’s critical role in retention and completion. Faculty – through their instructional, policy making, and mentoring responsibilities -- matter more to student success than any other individuals on campus. Strengthen faculty-student connections.

Learning Experience 111

Learning Experience Faculty Professional Development Equity 111

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Image: Patty Limerick, co-founder and longtime faculty director of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s Center of the American West, says her firing last week continues to shock her, especially as she had been planning to step down soon anyway. An assistant dean for advancement reportedly seconded Limerick's account.

Arts And Sciences 98

Arts And Sciences Deans History Faculty 98

Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

Planning and development of the BHC began in August 2023, and “has been a joyful, intensive, and very efficient experience,” said Boatomo Ati Mosupyoe, PhD, dean of students and chief administration officer for the BHC. “We When the Black Honors College was first announced, we asked for faculty feedback.

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College Dean Of Students Achievement Degree 105

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The pandemic opened the door for many faculty to experience teaching online that hadn’t before,” said Dr. Elizabeth M. Making the shift and continued development Luoma was on Yale University’s faculty initiatives team when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020. I knew we needed to up our usage of it. … Dr. Rebecca S.

Technology 116

Technology Computer Science Faculty Professional Development 116

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

For example, consider a faculty member who pursues assessment for the strict purpose of “satisfying the Dean.” This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience.

Educational Psychology 126

Educational Psychology Faculty Scholarship Achievement 126

Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

“As an interdisciplinary hub for the campus community, libraries provide a suite of digital services that have often been treated as discrete offerings but can also be brought together into a comprehensive support network under this storytelling,” writes Shan Sutton, UAL dean and principal investigator of the grant project.

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Empower Scholarship History Faculty 94

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 11, 2024

That animals avoid environments which seem unhealthy due to predators or poor conditions is a well-documented ecological phenomenon. Protect faculty governance in colleges and universities. Humans are no different. We, too, instinctively avoid environments that look unhealthy or unwelcoming.

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Recruitment Environment Advise Higher Education 131

Continuous Learning Institute

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For example, the faculty member who has had low expectations of students can adopt higher expectations if the faculty learns how to successfully teach toward that expectation, then sees student progress.[2] First consider this notion. Change in attitudes follows or accompanies gradual change in behavior. But how does the work get done?

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Equity Students Model Achievement 98

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 18, 2023

Large-scale quantitative data such as these provide an invaluable evidence-based context about the areas of scholarship in which institutions are investing new faculty lines, a matter of interest to deans of graduate schools and provosts alike. granting universities in the humanities decreased by 16.8 percent between 2011 and 2021.

Arts And Sciences 105

Arts And Sciences Humanities Liberal Arts Provost 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

For example, consider a faculty member who pursues assessment for the strict purpose of “satisfying the Dean.” This faculty member may give exams and may collect student artifacts, such as projects or papers, but the faculty really doesn’t connect student performance with the course design or classroom experience.

Educational Psychology 111

Educational Psychology Faculty Scholarship Achievement 111

Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Jonathan Williamson, associate dean for academic programs and faculty affairs in the honors college, explains, “Because honors is not bound by the disciplinary silos of the modern university, we can offer students opportunities to explore complex societal issues from multiple perspectives. But that work has already begun.

Deans 98

Deans Scholarship Inclusivity Organization 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

I found that both students and faculty have several common uses: Save time: With more non-traditional students entering the higher education space, they are pulled between multiple life demands. The time-saving tool’s abilities are not always student-centered though, as faculty can also employ AI to save time.

Learning Experience 111

Learning Experience Higher Education Faculty Organization 111

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 9, 2024

For many of them, the school has scheduled a “day of service,” wherein students, faculty, and staff can volunteer in their community. In addition to multiple forums and the school’s annual showing of documents from its Martin Luther King Jr. Penn State , for instance, has events lined up for a number of its campuses.

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College University Humanities Provost 131

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Dr. Doris Espiritu EPW was created by Dr. Doris Espiritu, Senior Advisor to the Provost, dean of the Center of Excellence for Engineering & Computer Science, City Colleges of Chicago. The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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Computer Science Engineering Advise Organization 130

GlobalHigherEd

JANUARY 2, 2018

It’s certainly the opposite of the ‘ghost MOU’ approach to internationalization where symbolic representations of internationalization are signed but lead to little but the creation of document after document buried in international unit filing cabinets. Hawawini is a professor of finance and former dean of INSEAD (2000-2006).

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Model Medical School Higher Education Institution 130

Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 26, 2022

To prepare students for workplaces in which AI writing tools will be ubiquitous, some faculty members are embracing the tech and reimagining teaching to help students learn to write prose that differs from what machines could produce. Faculty members might take note. “We look forward to their evolution to accommodate AI."

Humanities 138

Humanities Technology Faculty Model 138

Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

” A “group of faculty,” added Burbules, Edward William and Jane Marr Gutgsell Professor of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, “is not the same thing as a department. The university says it’s reviewing the Senate’s work, but the document remains advisory. Departments vs. Individuals.

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Department Guidance Policy Faculty 98

Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

As David spent the last 40 years working as an academic librarian and the last 20 years as a library dean, his critique carries some weight. A: The academic library is, at its core, about making scholarship available to students and faculty and preserving it for future generations. Hardball will be played. Think a legal Sci-Hub.

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Scholarship Organization Model Faculty 105

PeopleAdmin

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Faculty Information System: Course Evaluations: Automatic imports from the course catalog – no more manual uploads Course Evaluations now features an automatic import of course catalog data from Ellucian’s Banner student information system. Improved the online analytical data presentation. Learn more about the partnership.

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Provost Deans Recruitment Organization 52

EAB

MAY 16, 2023

The three share tips on collecting and using data to convince faculty and senior leaders to become enthusiastic partners in the effort. DC: And I'll add on to that, even more so with the faculty component. Students may, you know, they're going to see their faculty more than they see their academic advisor. Learn more.

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Students Technology Advise Faculty 94