Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

While being mindful of the concerns of plagiarism, equity, and access, some have argued educators must not only accept AI in the classroom but must help their students use it effectively as part of their digital literacy (Bender 2024, 9). As educators, we believe in the importance of fostering innovation and enhancing learning experiences.

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Coursera blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Pitt is now the fifth university on Coursera in 2023 alone to adopt performance-based admissions, reflecting a growing trend of institutions reimagining how admissions can be more inclusive. Built for working adults, this degree offers the flexibility to balance careers, families, and education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 29, 2024

In April, Dr. Aaron Thompson, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE), participated in the Attaining College Excellence and Equity Summit put together by the U.S. Department of Education and the Institute for Higher Education Policy. It collects, analyzes, and reports comprehensive performance data.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

While being mindful of the concerns of plagiarism, equity, and access, some have argued educators must not only accept AI in the classroom but must help their students use it effectively as part of their digital literacy (Bender 2024, 9). As educators, we believe in the importance of fostering innovation and enhancing learning experiences.

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Empower Learning Experience Arts And Sciences Students 105

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to The Glossary of Education Reform (2016), engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion students show when they are learning or being taught. Engagement can extend to the level of motivation students learn during the process of learning. References Campbell, A.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 6, 2022

That isn’t possible in higher education. Help faculty members grow as educators. Campuses need to do more to encourage faculty members to take initiatives that might advance engagement, learning, and retention. Empower faculty to create learning communities organized around a theme or a career path.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Campus leaders had to rethink the digital learning resources available, and faculty had to rapidly adapt to changes in delivery methods while keeping students engaged. Research in healthcare (Kobayashi et al., 2018; Zhao et al.,

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Though the 28 laureates in attendance this year gave and listened to each other’s talks with optimistic titles such as “Computing for Social Good,” Inside Higher Ed took the opportunity to ask them questions about computer science’s challenges in higher education. “Do we have to choose?

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 3, 2024

The pandemic in 2020 accelerated the adoption of learning technologies in education. Campus leaders had to rethink the digital learning resources available, and faculty had to rapidly adapt to changes in delivery methods while keeping students engaged. Research in healthcare (Kobayashi et al., 2018; Zhao et al.,

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Technology Engineering Learning Experience Faculty 103

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 23, 2024

According to The Glossary of Education Reform (2016), engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion students show when they are learning or being taught. Engagement can extend to the level of motivation students learn during the process of learning. References Campbell, A.

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Environment Retention Faculty Collegial Environment 105

SRHE

JULY 28, 2023

He urged us to think about the frameworks of learning such as ‘deep learning’ (Ramsden), agency and internal story-making (Archer) and his own ‘Will to Learn’, all of which could be lost. Dr Mary Davis is Academic Integrity Lead and Principal Lecturer (Education and Student Experience) at Oxford Brookes University.

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Coursera blog

JUNE 19, 2023

New cutting-edge content and credentials from trusted industry and university leaders In a world where machines are increasingly capable of producing content at scale without guardrails for quality and accuracy, trusted institutions will play an even more critical role in education and skills development.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 2, 2023

Two books that appeared in 2020 – which were mainly written pre-pandemic -- speak to an issue that campuses need to take more seriously: The centrality of interpersonal relationships to students’ learning, retention, and psychological well-being. In Relationship-Rich Education by Peter Felten and Leo M.

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Education Faculty Retention Deep Learning 75

Higher Education Inquirer

OCTOBER 2, 2024

What happens to higher education if Trump wins November’s election? We’ve been exploring this question over the past year, including months of reading, analysis, reflection, and conversation about Project 2025 might mean for higher education. [Editor's Note: This article first appeared at BryanAlexander.org.]

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