Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Many faculty already use an LMS, but how they use it is important. In creating a course shell, regardless of the course modality (face-to-face, hybrid, or online), it can be helpful to understand the things that students find most frustrating (and most helpful) about faculty use of the LMS. So how do we begin to address these concerns?

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Many faculty already use an LMS, but how they use it is important. In creating a course shell, regardless of the course modality (face-to-face, hybrid, or online), it can be helpful to understand the things that students find most frustrating (and most helpful) about faculty use of the LMS. So how do we begin to address these concerns?

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

From 2021 to 2025, she directed the Center for Teaching and Learning at Mercy University, where she oversaw faculty development and strategy across 100 academic programs. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. References Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 28(1), 98-118.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To tame their anxieties about AI, faculty and administrators might embrace Howard Kabat-Zinn’s maxim, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” Three camps On most campuses, faculty fall into three camps: those who want to “lock and block” AI (just stay out of the water!) It’s time to get in the water.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To tame their anxieties about AI, faculty and administrators might embrace Howard Kabat-Zinn’s maxim, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” Three camps On most campuses, faculty fall into three camps: those who want to “lock and block” AI (just stay out of the water!) It’s time to get in the water.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Faculty and staff serving Indigenous students at PWIs must be aware of the varying institutional contexts and how students navigate and experience their educational pathways. Roueche Center for Community College Leadership, Department of Educational Leadership, College of Education, Kansas State University. Roueche and Margaretta B.

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PeopleAdmin

JULY 7, 2023

In the last few years, the HigherEd landscape has undergone significant changes, leading to challenges in faculty recruitment and retention. In a recent webinar, Best Practices for Faculty Recruitment and Retention , experts broke down some of the top challenges and solutions for both hiring and retaining faculty.

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ACRLog

APRIL 29, 2024

After a decade as a librarian, I left libraries for a while and was director of faculty development at UNLV, in the provost’s office. Last year I returned to the library faculty as science liaison. All of this is where I find the most satisfaction and energy as a librarian.

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 30, 2023

This new report, released today, details the results of a survey on faculty and student desires regarding digital learning offerings and faculty readiness for the digital learning shift. Some senior faculty are not able to fill their course loads during in-person traditional timeframes. This has had some real impacts.

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WCET Frontiers

JANUARY 23, 2024

Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET Scenes from a Faculty Office As I was sitting in her office discussing plans to sub for her upcoming classes, my friend and colleague paused a moment and said, “Hold on, I forgot I need to call my nurse back. So why are women faculty with disabilities of concern?

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 15, 2024

It also added professional development for all the tutors and faculty. Therefore, the program works closely with other departments of the college, particularly admissions and advising, to identify students who would benefit from EAP. “We Most of the individuals leading sessions are faculty of color. are Hispanic.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

million faculty, over half of which are either tenured or on tenure track. Here, then, are 10 very basic, practical strategies for new faculty to consider during their early exploratory quests in the profession, based upon my experience of faculty development over the past 40 years.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 18, 2023

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the nation’s medical schools have successfully partnered to advance innovations — and the impact of this 77-year partnership continues to influence education, health care, and research. Richard Lieber, PhD Northwestern alumni and faculty advance cooperative studies with the VA as well.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Such strategies equip faculty with the tools to effectively respond to students’ needs (Rahimi et al., Mentors can be faculty members, alumni, or industry professionals.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

While many of our conversations have focused on what generative AI means for student assignments and learning outcomes, there’s another question faculty are askingoften individually and quietly: How can we leverage AI in our own academic and administrative work? AI offers many potential applications for faculty work.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 22, 2024

Department of Education would surprise us when they released the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) and proposed regulations related to the most recent negotiated rulemaking. Earlier this week, the Department released the distance education-related regulations and returned to Title IV regulations for public comment.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

million faculty, over half of which are either tenured or on tenure track. Here, then, are 10 very basic, practical strategies for new faculty to consider during their early exploratory quests in the profession, based upon my experience of faculty development over the past 40 years.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Moreover, while student evaluation statements may be modified to a limited extent to fit a given course, largely they are a one-size-fits-all measuring instrument meant to apply to all faculty in a department or at an institution. When teaching grows tired: A wake-up call for faculty [Blog post]. New York, NY: Dutton.

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University Business

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Invest in faculty development and support The collaboration between faculty members and instructional designers is essential for successful online programs. A dedicated support desk should be available 24/7 to address online student and faculty issues.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Now I’m provost, so I’m basically overseeing all of those, plus research and faculty development and institutional infrastructure. A lot of that happens in a dedicated building or in a special room assigned by the department. [At Georgia] I was largely in charge of … enrollment management and student success.

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Continuous Learning Institute

MARCH 31, 2024

Increased Accessibility: From the use of alt text to a greater awareness of how to support neurodivergent students, there’s been a strong faculty-led charge towards inclusivity for individuals with disabilities at many campuses. Grading Reform: More faculty than ever before are reimagining grading practices.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. She also presents regularly on topics related to pedagogy and faculty development. Mind Maps: New Perspectives.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. She also presents regularly on topics related to pedagogy and faculty development. Mind Maps: New Perspectives.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

From 2021 to 2025, she directed the Center for Teaching and Learning at Mercy University, where she oversaw faculty development and strategy across 100 academic programs. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. References Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P. Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 28(1), 98-118.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Moreover, while student evaluation statements may be modified to a limited extent to fit a given course, largely they are a one-size-fits-all measuring instrument meant to apply to all faculty in a department or at an institution. When teaching grows tired: A wake-up call for faculty [Blog post]. New York, NY: Dutton.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 5, 2023

This survey and analysis builds upon previous work of WCET to develop an understanding of the institutional practices relating to digital learning definitions and the challenges that institutions face in: defining terms, maintaining compliance, and, achieving clarity and transparency with faculty and students.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 3, 2023

That report, Supporting Instruction and Learning Through Artificial Intelligence: A Survey of Institutional Practices and Policies , found that only four percent of respondents reported that their institution had an overall institutional strategy for approaching AI, and only seven percent had strategies at the department or college level.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The offices of diversity and inclusion and development have partnered to ensure cultural proficiency-themed research grants are available for faculty, students, and staff. MUSC’s membership in the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity further expands resources and programs available to all faculty and staff.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

The problem: Faculty and students alike are dealing with massive and varied post-traumatic stress issues due to the increase in gun violence on our campuses, the COVID-19 shutdown, and an increasingly divisive political environment.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 9, 2024

The professionals who complete this work often must work closely with legal counsel, regulatory affairs professionals, academic officers, faculty, and staff. Department of Education. The additional responsibilities range from instructional design and faculty development to accreditation and student success.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

With the rapid changes in whats available in devices and software, leaders of higher education institutions and faculty are being forced to think creatively about how to utilize and even embrace online education. However, their resistance tends to be due to the following: Faculty lose control of the presentation of the materials.

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WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Rather than “going back to normal,” faculty are teaching more online and hybrid courses and more students are enrolling in them. At another, their campus Wi-Fi is overtaxed, even though there are fewer faculty and students on campus. Department of Education. And what do we do with those empty classrooms?

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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. This is so welcoming indeed.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Below are a few of the key themes that appeared in multiple capstone projects from past participants. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words. Scholastica Student Success Improving success for pre-health students Joe Fritsch, Ph.D.,

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 5, 2023

EQUIS is a rigorous and comprehensive accreditation system that assesses the quality of an institution's management education, including its programs, faculty, research, and operations.

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WCET Frontiers

JULY 20, 2023

Support, Incentives, and Training Online and Distance Education Administrators and Staff, including Instructional Designers, are the primary roles who are leading this work on their campuses, with faculty and Chief Academic Officers and Provosts (as well as Associate and Assistant CAO/Provosts) close behind. What is a college education?”

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ACPA

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

I have taught at the Assessment Institute as faculty member in 2024. I was a faculty member at this year’s (2024) student affairs assessment institute. Candidate Response: I was ACPA Assessment Institute Faculty in 2024 and hope to serve ACPA when asked and where appropriate in the future. higher education.

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