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Seven ways to leverage faculty development for student success

Inside Higher Ed

Image: Maximizing faculty development’s impact on student success and equitable learning requires targeted action. The report , which is based on survey and interview data from 95 responding institutions, also draws on evidence-based standards for high-impact faculty development.

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Jones Cultivates Inaugural Role in Faculty Development at Brown

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Esther Jones Dr. Esther Jones has been named associate dean for faculty development in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty at Brown University. Jones is also an associate professor of Africana Studies.

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Discussing the 4 Pillars of Immersion: The Educational Role of Librarians in Higher Education

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In this second post, Daisy Benson and Melissa Bowles-Terry reflect and share their perspectives on the changing roles of librarians in higher education. Melissa) When we brainstormed this question as a group, there were many potential roles we could think of: educators, partners, researchers, stewards, interlocutors.

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The Shift in Digital Learning Modalities: Is Higher Education Ready?

WCET Frontiers

Some senior faculty are not able to fill their course loads during in-person traditional timeframes. Some faculty and staff now live in other states. An accrediting team questioned an institution as to why faculty development was not keeping up with increases in digital courses. Buildings feel a bit emptier.

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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

Faculty Focus

Distance learning is viewed today as a parallel learning modality, and is both valued and entrenched in higher education (Marcus. 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). 2022; Nworie,2021).

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Hard Truths That Higher Education Has Evaded for Too Long

Inside Higher Ed

Anyone who cares deeply about American higher education needs to come to grips with a series of hard and unpleasant truths: That this country’s system of postsecondary education relegates the students with the greatest needs to the most underresourced institutions. Without innovation no organization can thrive.

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A Big Chunk of Professors Flunked U of Florida Post-Tenure Review

Inside Higher Ed

Post-tenure reviews aren’t a new phenomenon in higher education. The American Association of University Professors has had a stance on them going back to 1983, and in 1999 it released a report saying they should be for “faculty development” and not “undertaken for the purpose of dismissal.”