Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

Dr. Nathan Pritts is a leader in higher education, specializing in faculty development, instructional innovation, and the integration of emerging technologies in teaching and learning.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being. References and Resources Almog, N.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Such strategies equip faculty with the tools to effectively respond to students’ needs (Rahimi et al., 2021), emphasizing the establishment of environments conducive to students’ intellectual development. Personalized feedback demonstrates the instructors investment in each students success.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Harnessing the drive and energy needed to maintain motivation over the course of a semester can present challenges, particularly in our post-pandemic years when factors of isolation, stamina, and access to optimal learning environments have taken their toll. References Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Dr. Anna Lees While many TCUs are smaller institutions, TCUs often offer a culturally relevant learning environment that is absent in larger predominantly white institutions (PWIs). These opportunities are interdisciplinary in nature and emphasize Indigenous languages, cultures, and learning.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Foster Emotional Intelligence: Colleges should invest in developing emotional intelligence among faculty and staff. These skills are vital for creating environments where students feel understood and valued. This includes empathy, active listening, and the ability to offer support during times of stress.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

It’s an environment where students have fear [and are] doubting themselves. The study also suggests a policy shift: a move away from assessing, sorting, and tracking students and towards supporting faculty development. These instructors don’t go out of their way to support students. That doesn’t work.”

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

Strengthen collegial support and collaboration : Collegial observations enhance a culture of open dialogue among faculty, fostering a supportive and collaborative academic environment. Currently, she works in faculty development at the Excellence in Teaching and Learning Center at Qatar University.

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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 20, 2024

These insights will provide you, as a stakeholder, educator, or administrator, with the means to cultivate a flourishing learning environment in the long run. Strategy 2: Regular Faculty Development Maintaining your faculty's professional growth and ongoing training is revolutionary.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 14, 2023

Integral to these efforts, the Center for Educational Innovation (CEI) designed and delivered several faculty development opportunities focusing on research-based teaching and learning strategies that support student mental health and well-being. References and Resources Almog, N.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 24, 2024

Jenkins, who is Associate Provost for Faculty Development and a Professor of Higher Education at the University of South Carolina said that the power of Hip-Hop can't simply be reduced to music. In her powerful closing keynote, Dr. Toby S.

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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. The social environment of the group can be enjoyable and exciting for several students compared to independent study or traditional classroom or online lecturing. Purwanto, W., Krismadinata, K., Suhendar, S.,

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EAB

JANUARY 31, 2023

The EAB fellowship has allowed me to focus, on behalf of Ball State University, on the question: What does meaningful faculty development look like at every career milestone?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

Inclusive Teaching Sara Brownell, a professor of life sciences and director of the Research for Inclusive STEM Education Center at Arizona State University, studies how to make science learning environments more inclusive, with a focus on concealable, stigmatized identities.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

Inclusive Teaching Sara Brownell, a professor of life sciences and director of the Research for Inclusive STEM Education Center at Arizona State University, studies how to make science learning environments more inclusive, with a focus on concealable, stigmatized identities.

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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. The social environment of the group can be enjoyable and exciting for several students compared to independent study or traditional classroom or online lecturing. Purwanto, W., Krismadinata, K., Suhendar, S.,

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Education Students Achievement Arts And Sciences 105

University Business

MARCH 28, 2024

Professor, Head of Faculty Recruitment and Retention, and former Vice Provost for Faculty Success, California State University, Sacramento Register Now Sponsored by The post Improving Faculty Well-Being: A 3-Level Strategy to Reduce Burnout and Increase Retention appeared first on University Business.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This includes low expectations from teachers or counselors about a student's ability to succeed in advanced classes, funding constraints for offering such classes, inadequate support for faculty development, and exclusionary policies like pre-requisites or grade cutoffs.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

I’ve been doing faculty development around teaching for almost two decades, and most faculty benefit from having someone help them think through their teaching choices, particularly as they’re adopting new pedagogy. ” Bruff continued, “Part of this is matching [and] making the most of it.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Luc Jacquet, 2005) likely remember the image of the frozen egg, which captures the hardships faced by penguins trying to survive and reproduce in their inhospitable environment—the movie’s underlying theme. Similarly, those who have seen the documentary March of the Penguins (dir.

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PeopleAdmin

JULY 7, 2023

“For so many of us, it’s the on-campus environment and life that makes our jobs interesting and makes an institution a great place to work. We have to realize that our employees and faculty experienced loss of community, along with other losses, during the pandemic. The pandemic shifted all of that for a long time.

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ACPA

MARCH 6, 2023

Her recent book, “ Creating Inclusive Online Communities : Practices that Support and Engage Diverse Students ” focuses on how to better support college students in online learning environments. We got the chance to ask Dr. Berry a few questions about her work: What led you to this research? I started my doctoral program in 2013.

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Creatrix Campus

MAY 6, 2024

Data Compilation: Collating 360 degrees of faculty data, including faculty doings, teaching, research and publications, input, and scholarly contributions, presents huge confusion. Professional Development: Creating an environment where people are always trying to get better requires specific training and assistance.

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Continuous Learning Institute

MARCH 19, 2023

"It has to be acknowledged that when we are thinking about professional development for asynchronous online teaching and learning, it can't happen in a synchronous environment. We have to have asynchronous professional development so that faculty are immersed in the type of environment that we want them to bring into their own classes."

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Creatrix Campus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

It also leads to a 20% boost in institutional effectiveness, fostering a dynamic learning environment. Suggestions: Conduct faculty development sessions on Bloom's Taxonomy application. Suggestions: Provide faculty development programs on diverse pedagogical approaches.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

Dr. Nathan Pritts is a leader in higher education, specializing in faculty development, instructional innovation, and the integration of emerging technologies in teaching and learning.

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Technology Faculty Humanities Model 80

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

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. However, institutions vary in their commitment to faculty development.

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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. [At Georgia] I was largely in charge of … enrollment management and student success. It’s an order of magnitude bigger responsibilities. Monday through Thursday.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Astrobiologists explore Mars’s potential for life, acknowledging inseparable connections between Martian environments and Earth-based life. One approach is for higher administration, deans, and faculty to commit to an interdisciplinary agenda and review course syllabi for evidence of interdisciplinary focus.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 4, 2024

Instructional designers can play a pivotal role by helping faculty understand how to use the lightboard and assist with the video planning process. Lightboards hold the potential to transform learning in the asynchronous online environment. Jeff Puhala is an instructional designer at Penn State University.

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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. We can no longer go back to pre-pandemic practices. They simply won’t work.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

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. However, institutions vary in their commitment to faculty development.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

Infrastructure and Resources: CBCS may require additional resources, such as updated infrastructure, laboratories, and technology-enabled classrooms, to accommodate the diverse course offerings and ensure a conducive learning environment. Foster a supportive learning environment that caters to the diverse needs of students.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Harnessing the drive and energy needed to maintain motivation over the course of a semester can present challenges, particularly in our post-pandemic years when factors of isolation, stamina, and access to optimal learning environments have taken their toll. References Ash, S. L., & Clayton, P.

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Students Retention Higher Education Faculty Development 64

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 15, 2024

Anyone reading this article probably bases their teaching on learner-centeredness and may even aspire to create a transformative learning environment in their classroom. Similarly, the increasing number of international students in my classes brings advantages, but it also challenges my ability to establish a cohesive classroom environment.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

Astrobiologists explore Mars’s potential for life, acknowledging inseparable connections between Martian environments and Earth-based life. One approach is for higher administration, deans, and faculty to commit to an interdisciplinary agenda and review course syllabi for evidence of interdisciplinary focus.

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Mistaken Goal

MAY 22, 2014

That’s made even easier since I have a foot in the world of faculty development and significant formal education in postsecondary education – students, organizations, pedagogies, etc. – so I know about the large collection of tools, strategies, and ideas we have to use in classrooms, workshops, and other environments.

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