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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. Before her latest post, Jones served in various leadership capacities including as an associate provost in the Office of Faculty Affairs at Clark University.

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The end of in-person learning? Setting higher ed’s online goals for 2025

University Business

Higher education is undergoing a profound transformation, with online learning shifting from a temporary solution during the pandemic to a core component of many institutions long-term strategies. Prioritizing faculty development and buy-in: Faculty engagement is pivotal to successful online learning.

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

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Data has become the cornerstone of decision-making and institutional strategy in today’s higher education landscape. To truly support student success, we must move beyond the metrics and prioritize the human connections that make higher education meaningful. ” Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

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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.”

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The Administration of a Higher Education Faculty Online Learning Community

Faculty Focus

Distance learning in colleges and universities is now recognized as more than an alternative to the traditional face-to-face classroom (Higher Ed Partners, 2021), which is how distance learning was largely viewed at the time that institutions turned entirely to virtual teaching and learning during COVID-19 (Suruchi & Dutt, 2021).

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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.