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

University Business

This shift raises a key question: Are traditional classrooms becoming obsolete, or can a blended model offer the best of both worlds while meeting students’ diverse needs? Prioritizing faculty development and buy-in: Faculty engagement is pivotal to successful online learning.

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Faculty development to improve student outcomes at community colleges (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Jaeger describe a new model that leverages faculty professional development to improve student outcomes at community colleges. Stout and Audrey J.

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Why Data Alone Won’t Improve Retention

Faculty Focus

Encourage Faculty-Student Engagement Outside the Classroom: Encouraging faculty to engage with students outside the classroom through office hours, mentoring programs, and informal interactions can significantly enhance student-faculty relationships and foster a sense of belonging.

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Supporting the Instructional Design Process: Stress-Testing Assignments with AI

Faculty Focus

I wanted to see if I could task AI with modelling hundreds of student responses to my prompts in the hope that this process might yield the kind of insight I was too close to see. The AI modeled responses also revealed that students might have difficulty transitioning between personal narrative and academic analysis sections.

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Embracing a New Model for Higher Education Governance Part 2:The Updated Board Duties

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this second post of our three-part series on the New Higher Education Governance Model, we discuss the updated board duties in higher ed and how boards can embrace their new roles and responsibilities as they work to meet the challenges facing colleges and universities today.

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Running a Workshop: Guidelines for Engagement and Impact

Faculty Focus

Principle 4: Think in units of three: Explain: Walk the participants through a relatively small piece of information or skill, perhaps (as relevant) providing a model or example that participants can build from. Participants are more likely to become involved in a smaller group than in a larger group.

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Empowering Education Through Collaboration: The Success of the Mississippi Virtual Community College

WCET Frontiers

The consortium model united community colleges across Mississippi, pooling resources to offer instructional support, training, and cutting-edge technologies. Key Innovations Driving Success Christa Wilhite leading a faculty development session on Regular & Substantive Interaction at Mississippi Delta Community College.