August, 2022

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The Transformative Power of Compassionate Reenrollment in Higher Education

MindMax

Education is one of the most transformative experiences in a person’s life. And yet, due to circumstances largely beyond their control, many people who enroll in college don’t have the opportunity to complete their degree. In my experience engaging with students who have stopped out or dropped out of college, I’ve found that almost every single one of them feels a great deal of guilt and shame associated with not achieving their goal.

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LbSD podcast, episode four: Empowering educators and elevating the teaching profession

Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact · Empowering educators and elevating the teaching profession. Subscribe: Learning by Scientific Design is a podcast series by Deans for Impact that explores how an understanding of cognitive science, or the science of how students learn, can lead to more rigorous, equitable and inclusive teaching. . How can the growing adoption of learning science in teacher preparation contribute to systemic change in U.S. education?

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Academic Writing and Finding Community Online with Dr. Lisa Munro

The Academic Designer

Dr. Lisa Munro talks about how to kickstart your journal article. Did you know she has a private community for academic writers on Mighty Networks?

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Teaching argument to college students in a polarized nation (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

How, in a polarized nation, Stephanie L. Liberatore asks, should we be teaching argument in the academy? Should we be focusing less on persuasion and more on understanding? Job Tags: FACULTY JOBS Ad keywords: faculty teachinglearning Section: Teaching and Learning Editorial Tags: Teaching Show on Jobs site: Image Source: DMEPhotography/istock/getty images plus Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?

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Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership (SCM): Igniting Students’ Academic Development P

The article addresses the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. It elucidates the SMC background, key assumptions, and the main pillars of the model to form a a change agent who could be helpful with institutional in-service delivery.

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The role of Universities in accelerating the transition to Net Zero

Cisco blogs - Education

The higher education sector has a major role to play in the journey to Net Zero – both in terms of reducing its own environmental footprint and by helping to develop new climate technologies through applied research and co-innovation with industry. The convergence of digital and Net Zero is a new frontier for innovation and is another major driver for Universities digital transformation.

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Transformational Change: Challenges & Opportunities

Continuous Learning Institute

( A. Solano ). After more than two decades of coaching, keynoting, presenting, and conducting trainings, these high frequency asked culture-related questions from college educators have risen to the top. I address them in a Q&A format. What is the most significant challenge to improving student success and equity? Culture. By far. Exacerbated by an unproductive committee structure and my three-month rule.

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LbSD podcast, episode three: Deepening student relationships and connections

Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact · Deepening student relationships and connections. Subscribe: Learning by Scientific Design is a podcast series by Deans for Impact that explores how an understanding of cognitive science, or the science of how students learn, can lead to more rigorous, equitable and inclusive teaching. . How does learning science influence specific teaching practices?

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Successes and Setbacks of Social Media Cheyenne Seymour, EdD

The Academic Designer

Cheyenne Seymour, EdD joins me to talk about her book Successes and Setbacks of Social Media: Impact on Academic Life.

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Higher ed must change or die (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

In 2011, then Nokia CEO Stephen Elop delivered a poignant and passionate memo to all of the company’s employees. There was no sugarcoating the overarching theme of the sincere but somber and grimly characterized 1,227-word message. Nokia was “ standing on a burning platform.” The reference—to an oil rig explosion and one worker’s choice to either remain on the fiery precipice or jump almost 100 feet into the icy North Sea—illustrated Nokia’s dire future.

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Digital Transformation at the University of Adelaide

Cisco blogs - Education

This post was authored by Bev Wright, CIO for the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, South Australia. The University of Adelaide is a public research university in Australia that is a member of the Group of Eight, a distinction equivalent to the Ivy League in the United States. We have over 23,000 students, including international students from over 100 countries.

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University of Hawai‘i and Hawai‘i Public Schools Partner with AWS to Increase Access to Cloud Computing Education Statewide

Campus Technology

A new collaboration among the Hawai?i State Department of Education (HIDOE), University of Hawai?i System (UH), and Amazon Web Services (AWS) aims to build a cloud computing talent pipeline from high school through higher education, with a short-term goal of training and certifying 150 learners by 2025.

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Exploring GA4 Metrics: Changes that Schools Can Expect in Web Analytics for Higher Education

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 12 minutes By now, you’ve likely heard about the changes that Google is making to its analytics tool. Google Analytics 4 (GA4) will go into effect on July 1, 2023. This gives your school a short window to learn everything there is to know about the new changes in web analytics for higher education —including how to properly set up, track, and compare your metrics. .

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Back to School means back to campus for nearly all…but is it where they want and need to be?

WCET Frontiers

It’s Back to School time and while the season is filled with its typical excitement for new beginnings, this year there are certainly additional considerations when it comes to heading back to campus. Today we welcome back Kara Monroe, who continues her excellent list of guest appearances with a focus on returning to campus and remote work. Does your campus have a remote work policy?

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Foundational Ingredient For Successful Equity Work

Continuous Learning Institute

( A. Solano ). The ability of faculty to change—from external to internal attributions—is a foundational ingredient in student success, particularly for Latina/o/x students. External attributions assign blame for something that is beyond a faculty's control. The primary factor that faculty have control over is their internal attributions--the ability to consistently improve their craft.

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Why did U of Florida suddenly fire its honors director?

Inside Higher Ed

Image: The director of the University of Florida’s honors program, who has been in the role eight years, says he was fired for no apparent reason with two years left on his current, five-year contract. Mark Law, the director, also says he was told that the university’s Board of Trustees insisted on his ouster, against the will of the university’s president and provost.

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Developing our future talent by engaging in solving real world challenges

Cisco blogs - Education

Australia has incredible talent across academia and industry, and one of my great career passions has been working with others to realise their combined potential. The National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN), a rapidly growing alliance between Australian universities and industry is, I believe, the embodiment of that potential. With the NIIN’s goal to realise digital opportunities that can benefit the lives of all Australians, it’s a working example of the whole being greater than the sum of

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The Summer 2022 Terminalfour social media roundup

Terminalfour

Is this year a new dawn for social media? This week, we round up the latest developments covering new platforms, new ways of sharing content, and the shift to more authentic content.

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How to overcome the challenges of campus placement teams?

Creatrix Campus

How to overcome the challenges of campus placement teams? admin. Fri, 08/26/2022 - 06:52. If you are part of a campus placement team in your college or a training institute, you should be able to respond to one of the following questions that a student poses: What is the placement success rate of your college? Which major corporate companies visit your college to hire students?

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What to Consider When Reviewing and Selecting Course Materials

Today's Learner

Reading Time: 3 minutes Donna Sue M. Shellman is a Program Coordinator and Instructor at Gaston College. During the past few decades, my faculty role has changed quite a bit. In my first years of teaching, I used a printed textbook and paper tests in the classroom. Now, I use a learning management system (LMS) for all methods of delivery, including teaching face-to-face, hybrid and online courses.

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Are You Playing Chess or Checkers With Your Team?

Leaders Building Leaders

A mentor once asked me, "Tom, are you playing chess or checkers with your team?". Clearly he was challenging me to think about my strategy to grow my team and the business. I wasn't really sure of his metaphor so I started researching and thinking about his question. What are the actual the differences between the two board games? To someone with a painstakingly low SAT score like myself, the answer is simple: Chess is simply “harder.

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The case for gender-diverse research teams

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Mixed-gender research teams remain significantly underrepresented in science. At the same time, male-female teams are more likely to produce novel and highly cited research than are same-gender teams. Both findings are from a new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper focuses on academic medicine, as its authors started writing it during COVID-19 and academic medicine is a funding behemoth.

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Coming Attractions: Can’t Miss Features from WCET this Fall

WCET Frontiers

The one constant in life is change. The variable is the pace of change. And lately, it seems change has accelerated. Image by Andreas Glöckner from Pixabay. The academic year has either just started, or you are preparing for it to start shortly. And while fall normally is a season of change, we are hearing about more drastic changes from our members this season, including enrollment levels, enrollment patterns across modalities, changes in modalities offered, and worries about quality education

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Use Social Listening to Inform a Student Journey Map

Campus Sonar

A journey map is one of the most helpful tools you can build to inform your marketing and communications strategy. In a business context, a journey map outlines the process a customer goes through—from their initial encounter with a brand, to purchase, and ultimately to loyalty and advocacy. It captures a customer’s goal at each stage, and informs the messaging and content a company develops by providing this customer-centric insight.

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How to Market Your Private School With a Social Media Strategy for Independent Schools

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Reading Time: 8 minutes For a parent, choosing the right school for their child is no easy decision. Parents take pride in their child’s education, and when it comes to private schools, they want to know that they’re making a solid investment for the present and the future. With many parents now browsing social media to research options, your school needs a social media strategy to create and deliver content that appeals to their intent. .

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Accountability, Ethics, and Integrity in the Human Rights, Development, and Humanitarian Aid Sector

The Berkeley Blog

Human rights NGOs are often subject to relentless criticism by those they critique, and this is particularly the case when authoritarian regimes grow furious with them for making these abuses public, demanding an end to them, and affirming the importance of justice and accountability. Non-state actors who are also criticized for human rights violations will.

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New Opportunities for Higher Ed Partnerships and MergersChanging Higher Ed Podcast 117 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Mike Goldstein

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this new merger environment, thinking outside of the box means considering partnerships with all types of institutions, not just other schools. Get insights for discovering new opportunities to strengthen your institution. The evolution of financial mechanisms and accreditation are creating new opportunities for higher ed partnerships and mergers to build stronger insititutions.

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UC Santa Cruz grad student targeted for trans activism

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A conservative commentator is pressuring the University of California, Santa Cruz, to respond to his complaints about a Ph.D. candidate and trans activist there. And he’s urging his more than one million followers to do the same, prompting concerns about targeted harassment of the graduate student, Eli Erlick. Specifically, commentator Matt Walsh says he’s concerned that Erlick is a “confessed drug dealer” targeting children.

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What is Bloom’s taxonomy? Importance and uses explained

Creatrix Campus

What is Bloom’s taxonomy? Importance and uses explained. admin. Tue, 08/23/2022 - 07:59. A fish definitely cannot be assessed for its ability to climb a tree, goes an old saying. I wish to start from this. While the traditional learning methodology had a one-size-fits-all theory, Bloom's taxonomy revitalizes educational practices by utilizing the best teaching methodologies and methods of student performance evaluation.

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Our Community Turns to LCCC

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

In these times of monumental change, our community turns to Lorain County Community College to light a path to the future. As LCCC and University Partnership classes begin today, the campus is alive with the hope and purpose of all students – those starting their first college classes, those returning after some time away, those retraining for new careers, and so many more.

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Racial and Ethnic Inequities in Higher Education Have Lasting Implications

Higher Education Today

Title: Racial and Ethnic Equity in US Higher Education Authors: Diana Ellsworth, Erin Harding, Jonathan Law, Duwain Pinder Source: McKinsey & Company A new report from McKinsey & Company utilizes data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) highlights representation parity gaps for students and faculty and the subsequent implications these gaps have for.

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Starting at the Beginning – The inception phase of microcredential efforts

WCET Frontiers

Welcome to the continuation of the WCET + WCET Steering work group series focused on microcredential initiatives. This series explores microcredential adoption, implementation, and evaluation. Previously, the series has reviewed the importance of understanding the strategic goals of microcredential projects and the value that clarity of terms plays in an emergent area.

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Faces of Faculty: The State of Faculty Jobs in 2022 [WHITE PAPER]

Today's Learner

Reading Time: < 1 minute Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Shifting student expectations. Uncertainty surrounding course modalities. These are concerns we’ve been hearing about for a while now when it comes to faculty well-being. It’s no secret that the state of education is changing, along with the responsibilities and experiences of faculty. Of all the recent changes to higher education, one fact holds true.

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The 'Black Menaces' expand to campuses across the country

Inside Higher Ed

Image: A group of five Black students at Brigham Young University, who call themselves the Black Menaces, started a TikTok account earlier this year where they post videos of themselves posing questions to their mostly white classmates about race and identity. Questions range from what Juneteenth commemorates to whether students have queer friends on campus and whether institutional racism exists.

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Pearson Pairs E-Textbooks with Free Curated Video Library

Campus Technology

Pearson has added Channels, a curated library of educational videos, to its Pearson+ e-textbook subscription service.

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The Inflation Reduction Act charts a pro-climate, pro-worker path

The Berkeley Blog

The IRA will help build a high-road green economy, creating good jobs and clear pathways into them.

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Interview with Dahn Shaulis - Higher Education Inquirer

College Viability

An interview with Dahn Shaulis - from the Higher Education Inquirer