University Business

JANUARY 14, 2025

The key to unlocking student engagement and success may have as much to do with how faculty curate a successful social-emotional learning environment as their ability to instruct, says Karen G. ” However, before faculty can cultivate deeper connections with their students, they must first help themselves.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Data has become the cornerstone of decision-making and institutional strategy in today’s higher education landscape. From tracking retention rates to measuring academic performance, data offers a clear, quantifiable view of how students and institutions are progressing. Simply put, data is not enough.

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University Business

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Your faculty may be made up of world-renowned professors, but that doesn’t mean students are grasping the material. Unless those educators are naturally talented, you may want to consider enrolling them in a faculty development course if they are student-facing. 2022 to May 2023.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students. These skills are required for these students to be successful.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Eighteen students crammed themselves into a stuffy classroom assigned for my first-year seminar course on a sunny day in September. These students appeared motivated to learna direct contrast to the disengagement narrative that permeates todays education circles.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students. These skills are required for these students to be successful.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 3, 2024

MSVCC’s innovations, including their custom-built enrollment tool, have transformed the student experience by streamlining processes for both learners and faculty. Their efforts have not only expanded educational opportunities but have also strengthened connections within the community and delivered significant cost savings.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. Most of today’s college students grew up with computers in their homes, laptops in their classrooms, and cell phones in their pockets. A key theme here is the organization and consistent use of the LMS by faculty.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 23, 2024

million to advance Black student success in California. Dr. Dilcie Perez The California State University (CSU) recently announced the one-time allocation ($4,630,846) as part of the university system’s $10 million, three-year Black Student Success funding commitment. Twenty-three universities are expected to receive a share of $4.6

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

When he was first asked to educate people on Islamophobia, DEI expert Dr. Amer F. Ahmed – who is vice provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of Vermont – has been working in the field of diversity for over 20 years, educating, consulting, and training people about DEI matters, mostly focused on higher ed.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

“ According to the latest research on college students and mental health, three out of 10 students have struggled with depression in the last two weeks, and over one in four have expressed issues with anxiety. Described below are three ways that instructors support student well-being and mental health.

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ACRLog

APRIL 29, 2024

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. How about you?

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EdTech Magazine - Higher Education

MAY 19, 2023

I wholeheartedly believe that HyFlex is the future of higher education, but I also believe that many professors are intimidated by the time required to learn, design and build these types of courses efficiently and effectively.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) has transitioned from a speculative concept to a transformative tool in higher education, particularly within community colleges. Drawing on the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), it argues that AI can enhance accessibility and efficiency while preserving the human essence of education.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

consider how it might be used as a tool for enhancing student learning and engagement. Most of today’s college students grew up with computers in their homes, laptops in their classrooms, and cell phones in their pockets. A key theme here is the organization and consistent use of the LMS by faculty.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The landscape of higher education has witnessed a significant shift in recent years, with an increasing number of students opting for nontraditional avenues to pursue their academic goals. This trend underscores the growing popularity of online education as a means of accessing higher education opportunities.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

PHILADELPHIA— Despite the ongoing attacks to diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education, more than a thousand educators gathered in-person and virtually late last week to share strategies and brainstorm ways to center equitable outcomes for the students who attend their institutions. Dr. Michael A.

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Creatrix Campus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

20 step guide for implementing Outcome-Based Education admin Wed, 11/29/2023 - 07:24 In a fast-paced educational realm, Outcome-Based Education (OBE) emerges as the catalyst for student success. Higher education institutions have started raving about the practical adoption of Outcome Based Education within their campuses.

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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? And more importantly, should we?

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Its students way of saying that they dont want to sit at this learning table weve so carefully set. Students talking, making comments, to each other, preferably about the content. Students impatiently raising their hands while Im talking, thinking what theyve got to say is more important, and sometimes it is. and Michaelides, P.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 24, 2024

While this playful interaction between users may seem like the antithesis of serious learning, Tara Martin (2017) found a way to channel student interest in sharing annotated images toward an educational purpose by creating what she calls a BookSnap. Expressing a passage as an image will thus help students retain its meaning.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

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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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Interdisciplinary Studies: Breaking Boundaries for Comprehensive Learning Interdisciplinary studies, as an approach to education, research, and problem-solving, break down traditional boundaries between academic fields, encouraging collaboration and integration of knowledge from diverse areas. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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WCET Frontiers

MARCH 30, 2023

The mix of courses with digital components demanded by students and offered by institutions has changed. 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. Buildings feel a bit emptier.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Bartell, Sandra Robinson & Willie McKether Only two-thirds of new college students will complete their degree within six years. For Black, Latinx, and Native American students, this number is much lower. Moreover, institutions are grappling with faculty burnout, dissatisfaction, and resignations at growing rates.

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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 20, 2024

Assuring the Best: Top 7 Strategies for Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Education editor Tue, 08/20/2024 - 04:22 Overview Achieving accreditation in education and guaranteeing quality have become crucial imperatives given the current higher education space. Clearly state what you mean! Consider it a kind of road map.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

This means the center of attention should be on the students doing work, not on the expert talking about their expertise. A lecture has the spotlight on the speaker, but a workshop has the spotlight on the students. The word workshop implies that work will be done by the participants. The best questions need crafting and design.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

As higher education professionals, we are still struggling to process the convergence of crises, fear, and violence we have witnessed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We believe many faculty have not had the time, space, or support to process feelings of grief and loss.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 16, 2023

12 ways online curriculum mapping supports competency-based education admin Sat, 06/17/2023 - 02:44 Competency-based education (CBE) is an innovative approach to learning that focuses on students' mastery of specific skills and knowledge rather than traditional seat time. Here's an overview.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

“ According to the latest research on college students and mental health, three out of 10 students have struggled with depression in the last two weeks, and over one in four have expressed issues with anxiety. Described below are three ways that instructors support student well-being and mental health.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 30, 2023

As online education continues to evolve, the challenge to create meaningful and engaging learning experiences is paramount. Traditionally, the one-size-fits-all approach to assessment has been dominant, with all students completing the same activities throughout the course.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

This is especially true for higher education. As educators, in order to advance our assessment methods so that it serves the learning of our students, it’s important to prioritize aligning the intended learning outcomes with assessment tasks.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Image: Fifty-five percent of students say a teaching style that didn’t work for them has impeded their success in a class since starting college. 1 reported barrier to academic success in the recent Student Voice survey of 3,004 undergraduates on academic life, conducted in January by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Interdisciplinary Studies: Breaking Boundaries for Comprehensive Learning Interdisciplinary studies, as an approach to education, research, and problem-solving, break down traditional boundaries between academic fields, encouraging collaboration and integration of knowledge from diverse areas. 2009; Kezar & Elrod, 2012).

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Image: Fifty-five percent of students say a teaching style that didn’t work for them has impeded their success in a class since starting college. 1 reported barrier to academic success in the recent Student Voice survey of 3,004 undergraduates on academic life, conducted in January by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 2, 2023

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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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 25, 2025

Louisiana Expands Corequisite Integration to English Courses Ashley Mowreader Tue, 03/25/2025 - 03:00 AM A statewide overhaul of remedial education has seen early success, with passing rates jumping over 40 percentage points among corequisite English students. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader

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