Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

University faculty members are usually immersed in various tasks related to teaching, research, committees, and office hours. Benefits of Formative-developmental Observations When approached as a developmental or formative practice, peer observations afford faculty valuable opportunities to improve their practices and grow professionally.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

JULY 8, 2024

Hundreds of pages of documents, scores of emails, and hours of audio recordings reveal a strange, complex story. But the tenured crusader isn’t going down without one more fight. By Alex Walters Jeremy Hernandez for The Chronicle Louisiana State University at Shreveport revoked Brian Salvatore's tenure and fired him.

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WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

It will affect students, faculty, and staff. This includes converting pictures and documents so they can be read with assistive technology for individuals with vision loss and providing captions for live and prerecorded videos for individuals with hearing loss.” Start working with faculty now! What is the Deadline?

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Today's Learner

APRIL 18, 2025

Reading Time: 3 minutes We recently shared three ways faculty are using generative AI (GenAI) to help them handle the more administrative aspects of their roles gleaned from ongoing research that culminates in our annual Faces of Faculty report.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Image: There’s a lot to like about proposed changes to West Virginia University’s appointment, tenure and promotion guidelines, from a faculty rights perspective. But the same draft is alarming to some faculty members at WVU. WVU published the draft document on Oct. 7, and an open comment period ends Nov.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2024

What does mentoring other faculty mean? When our department was challenged with establishing a requested program for all faculty, three P’s were apparent: People, Place, and Purpose. This document is a sample of how mentoring has strengthened a department that offers four undergraduate and two graduate programs.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Using a shared document like Google Docs allows everyone to see and engage with each others comments in real time. I wrote an article on this in Faculty Focus, highlighting different first-day stations I use in class. Another tool to use could be Perusall as the annotation tool. Harvard Business Publishing Education.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

An excellent and diverse faculty is vital to individual colleges and universities and to our communities, states, nation and globe. A diverse faculty brings diverse perspectives, and these diverse perspectives enhance teaching and advising, research and scholarship, clinical practice, and engagement with the community and world.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 26, 2024

Real average salaries for full-time faculty members remain below pre-pandemic levels, according to a report released by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Its findings come from AAUP’s annual Faculty Compensation Survey.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Casamento’s recommendations weren’t a “mirror image” of what’s in the document, the member said. Walker, the AAUP’s grievance officer, alleged in a letter to the provost that the university had failed to follow the union contract’s procedures by circumventing the Faculty Senate Curriculum Committee.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Image: Tenured and tenure-track faculty members at Eastern Michigan University went on strike indefinitely Wednesday over stalled negotiations for a new contract. Many professors did not, following a 91 percent faculty vote in favor of striking Tuesday. Negotiations were ongoing Wednesday, with no agreement reached.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When applying for the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement, MDC emphasized the large numbers of faculty involved with community engagement, including their having formal leadership roles in deepening and expanding community engagement across the curriculum.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 21, 2023

Teaching and learning is the fundamental mission of educational institutions and researchers have documented that the right levels of continuous and job-embedded professional learning opportunities will improve the quality of teaching and learning. Martin is the director of the Quality Enhancement Plan at Miles College. References: DuFour, R.,

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 6, 2025

Morris's scholarly contributions include his latest book, Central City's Joy and Pain: Solidarity, Survival, and Soul in a Birmingham Housing Project , which combines historical analysis with memoir to document residents' efforts to sustain their community despite housing and educational inequities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 24, 2025

The February directive had sent shockwaves through higher education institutions across the country, with many administrators and faculty expressing concern that their diversity programs could trigger federal funding cutoffs.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 28, 2024

The Virginia women’s college made the change to comport with its founding documents, creating a stricter gender admissions policy than many of its peers.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 23, 2023

There are two words that often cause faculty to become disgruntled: professional development. As a PD facilitator, I try to do what the concept implies; that is, to develop faculty professionally because the experience should empower, encourage, and engage all learners. Why are we here?

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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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University Business

OCTOBER 24, 2023

While staff retention may already be a well-documented issue in the higher education workforce , female professors have a far higher risk of turnover and are less likely to be promoted than men at every stage of their careers, according to a study on ScienceAdvances. Other cohorts of women reported a lack of belonging.

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ACRLog

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This time of year, at my university, and perhaps at yours as well, we are preparing to submit documentation for our annual performance reviews. Serving our students, faculty, and staff is a group effort. Culture of Personality So, whats with this dissidence?

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 15, 2024

I call my document simply Course Notes and in it I enter brief comments to myself on whats working well and what could be handled differently next time. The post Creating a Course Calendar that Aligns to the Rhythms of the Semester appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2024

What does mentoring other faculty mean? When our department was challenged with establishing a requested program for all faculty, three P’s were apparent: People, Place, and Purpose. This document is a sample of how mentoring has strengthened a department that offers four undergraduate and two graduate programs.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 7, 2025

For instance, students might apply principles of narrative analysis to make sense of a patients medical history in a clinical setting, or students might conduct a historical analysis on a textual document in an attempt to date it for a manuscript library. The 10 Commandments of Experiential Learning. Inside Higher Ed, August 2.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 29, 2025

Bullying in nursing is a well-documented issue, but less attention has been given to the experiences of nurse educators who face hostility within academic institutions. When bullying is added to these pressures, the result is often faculty disengagement or attrition. Levecque et al. Levecque et al.

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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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MindMax

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Document your business process. Document your processes so that when someone else steps in mid-cycle, they can easily pick up the thread. The best value propositions convey not what you or a faculty member think is valuable, but what your advisory board has proven to you is valuable. Configure your CRM.

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Liaison International

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Graduate colleges, central enrollment offices, individual program recruitment teams, and faculty members all play important roles in the enrollment process. Faculty involvement, in particular, can be instrumental in building the relationships needed to convert admitted applicants into enrolled students.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Day 3: Writing and Research Alignment On the third day, each group was tasked with creating a document that contained a minimum of five references, with each group member responsible for contributing at least one reference. The document consisted of chunks of article drafts accompanied by their respective references. Verywell Mind.

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Higher Education Inquirer

APRIL 19, 2025

This analysis examines the gaps between the campaign's focus and the well-documented concerns Americans have about today's college experience. Faculty Ideological Imbalance Research from Harvard University reveals striking ideological homogeneity among faculty, with 37% identifying as "very liberal" and just 1% as "conservative" 12.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 25, 2024

This document, a roadmap for the next conservative presidential administration, frames diversity and inclusion efforts as a coordinated attack on American values, advocating for a radical restructuring of federal education policy that would have devastating consequences for historically underrepresented students.

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ACRLog

AUGUST 4, 2023

In early 2023, the University Libraries at Appalachian State University issued a call for volunteers to join a committee tasked with evaluating the Library Faculty Guidelines and creating accompanying Bylaws. These Bylaws are meant to assist with faculty governance at the department level. Without it, important meaning can be lost.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 31, 2023

I spend quite a bit of time and effort into creating this document every semester. I enjoy showcasing my personality and interests throughout this course document. Is the document accessible? Let’s return to the question posed by all my colleagues: “Is the document accessible?” Is the document relatable?

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

JANUARY 15, 2025

Hosting webinars with faculty and student panels can also provide authentic insights that make prospective students feel more connected to your institution. Ensure that your application portal is user-friendly, deadlines are clearly communicated, and the required documents are easy to upload.

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The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2025

Moreover, according to a CIC News report , Carney’s policy aims to address Canadas housing crisis by capping immigration until it can be returned to its sustainable pre-pandemic trend, as stated in policy documents released in February 2025.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 7, 2024

At the heart of composition faculty in particular, but of the entire higher education community as well, are those of us looking for solutions for students using AI to write papers. More importantly, an academic integrity policy could be developed via documenting the recursiveness. References Helmond, J. 2023, August 9).

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 3, 2025

In graduate school, we began exchanging documents for awards, fellowships, grants, and other opportunities and we realized that while our research was separate, it was also complementary, allowing us to strengthen each others applications. asked Samuel.

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