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. One new report proves the efficacy of doing just that.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Research from the University of Kansas Center for Research in Learning identifies key conditions for successful inclusion, including teachers’ philosophical commitment to meeting the needs of all students and collaboration with institutions to assess student needs and monitor progress.

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Academe Blog

APRIL 18, 2025

Joey has launched her own consulting business, advocating for policy reform and helping institutions develop inclusive practices for service dog users. She receives inquiries from students and faculty across the globe and regularly gives talks to universities about navigating accessibility in research environments.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and institutions’ sudden pivot to remote instruction, online learning remains entrenched in the higher education landscape. To develop marketable, sustainable programs with clear labor market returns, institutions must treat online learning as a core element of their broader strategic plan.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 29, 2025

Bullying in nursing is a well-documented issue, but less attention has been given to the experiences of nurse educators who face hostility within academic institutions. These behaviors often go unaddressed due to power imbalances, hierarchical structures, and institutional tolerance for incivility. Levecque et al.

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Creatrix Campus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The success of your institution depends on having a clear, data-driven view of what’s happening across your campus. From student retention to faculty performance, keeping an eye on the right metrics is what separates thriving institutions from those that struggle to keep up.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MAY 7, 2023

Duane Watson Duane Watson has been named associate provost for faculty development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Mayborn Professor and professor of psychology and human development at Vanderbilt. in brain and cognitive sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Watson serves as the Frank W.

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WCET Frontiers

MAY 1, 2025

Institutions, faculty, and staff scrambled to keep courses goingand they did, under incredibly tough circumstances. John reflects on the difference between emergency remote instruction and quality online learning and shares how Florida institutions continue to invest in doing online right. We offered two tracks of activities.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 13, 2024

This episode provides valuable lessons for higher education leaders seeking to prepare their institutions and students for an AI-driven future, offering practical advice on curriculum transformation, faculty development, and maintaining relevance by equipping graduates with the skills to thrive in an AI-augmented business world.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Enjoy the read and enjoy your day, Lindsey Downs, WCET The Mississippi Virtual Community College (MSVCC) is a shining example of what can be achieved when institutions collaborate to transform education. MSVCC Academy for Faculty Development: Excellence in distance education relies on well-prepared faculty.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

Universities are increasingly concerned about student success during this era of the Great Disengagement, and faculty success (more specifically, providing care to faculty so they can succeed and in turn support the needs of students) should be an equal priority.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2023

If institutions continue this pattern, baseline criteria for "inclusive excellence" within all campus program content will also remain unacceptable. Institutions must examine the bowels of their infrastructures to advance student, staff, and faculty development from “artificial” to “authentic.”

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JULY 9, 2024

Drumm McNaughton welcomes back Madeline Pumariega, President of Miami Dade College, to discuss their future facing strategy for integrating artificial intelligence across the institution. Miami Dade College President Madeline Pumariega shares their strategy for large scale AI integration across their institution.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2023

Universities are increasingly concerned about student success during this era of the Great Disengagement, and faculty success (more specifically, providing care to faculty so they can succeed and in turn support the needs of students) should be an equal priority.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Despite the fact that faculty are so crucial to students’ academic lives, they are often underutilized as levers of institutional change. Moreover, institutions are grappling with faculty burnout, dissatisfaction, and resignations at growing rates.

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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 20, 2024

From Data to Action: Using Accreditation Performance Indicators to Drive Institutional Improvement editor Tue, 08/20/2024 - 04:38 As everyone knows, accreditation plays a critical role in our institutions. The primary measures we employ to assess the success of your institutions are accreditation performance indicators.

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University Business

JUNE 13, 2024

Likewise, nearly three-quarters (72%) of staff involved in the student recruitment and enrollment process agreed that using AI will spur growth and development, according to a recent survey by UPCEA and EducationDynamics. However, institutions continue to face roadblocks in implementing AI due to resource constraints.

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University Business

JULY 29, 2024

Encouraging participation in faculty learning communities The institution, of course, is essential in creating and sustaining an FLC effort. Many institutions choose to locate their established FLC activities in the provost’s office and offer faculty participation through application.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 5, 2023

What goes into the institutional decisions on defining these terms? WCET – the WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies, gathered information relating to institutional definitions, policies, and procedures relating to digital learning definitions (such as distance, online, hyflex, hybrid, etc.)

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Institutions were founded on lands of Indigenous peoples as part of the larger goals of colonialism and conquest. These institutions offer opportunities for Tribal Nations to determine how, and in what ways, higher education takes form to best serve the peoples, lands, and waters that make up their local communities.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

From 2021 to 2025, she directed the Center for Teaching and Learning at Mercy University, where she oversaw faculty development and strategy across 100 academic programs. McCluskys Theory of Margin and its implications on adult learners in higher education institutions. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

She specializes in faculty development and training, distance education, and instructional design. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D. is currently the assistant director and instructional designer for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Chapman University.

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Creatrix Campus

AUGUST 20, 2024

The top 7 tactics that can help organizations improve their quality control procedures and obtain accreditation—thereby opening the door to both academic success and institutional expansion—will be discussed in this blog. Urge your faculty members to experiment with cutting-edge pedagogy.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

126) And that’s what prompted a faculty research team at North Carolina State University to undertake a qualitative analysis of a collection of feedback students had prepared for faculty. The institution sponsors a “Thank a Teacher” program, which encourages students to express appreciation and gratitude to professors.

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Creatrix Campus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

This post is all about HEC - let’s explore its doings, step-by-step process, the committee involved in accreditation, and how institutions like yours should prepare to attain a good grade. The HEC is a government-affiliated organization that was established to oversee the development of the higher education sector in Bahrain.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

The top 10 online-only institutions enroll 20 percent of the online-only students in the U.S., This imbalance has left many state systems and individual institutions wondering how they can carve out their piece of the pie and how big a piece they should try to cut. spending millions of dollars each year on marketing.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 4, 2023

He also co-owns a module-based DEI training product for faculty, staff, and students. His work has spanned several postsecondary institutions. Ahmed is one of the nation’s true experts on Islamophobia and, importantly, how institutions need to engage this challenge as part of their Inclusive Excellence strategy,” said Dr. Damon A.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. To this end, developing authentic assessment tasks might be the most effective approach for educators.

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ACRLog

APRIL 29, 2024

After a decade as a librarian, I left libraries for a while and was director of faculty development at UNLV, in the provost’s office. Last year I returned to the library faculty as science liaison. And clearly, institutional culture has a huge impact on the roles that librarians find themselves in.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 1, 2025

While the formative-developmental observation aims to enhance and promote the improvement of teaching skills within a supportive and collegial context, the summative-evaluative observation aims to evaluate and judge the faculty based on the observation.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 13, 2024

She specializes in faculty development and training, distance education, and instructional design. Melissa Samaniego, Ed.D. is currently the assistant director and instructional designer for the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Chapman University.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For example, the main characters may be a working parent trying to home-school his children, a migrant worker trying to access state medical services, or a first-generation college student trying to navigate the unspoken rules of the institution. Anna Conway, EdD is a professor and faculty developer at Des Moines Area Community College.

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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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Creatrix Campus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

According to a recent survey by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, institutions adopting OBE witness a remarkable 25% increase in student engagement and a transformative 15% surge in graduation rates. It also leads to a 20% boost in institutional effectiveness, fostering a dynamic learning environment.

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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.

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