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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Faculty Faculty Development Higher Education Empower 108

WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Key Innovations Driving Success Christa Wilhite leading a faculty development session on Regular & Substantive Interaction at Mississippi Delta Community College. MSVCC Academy for Faculty Development: Excellence in distance education relies on well-prepared faculty.

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Community College Empower Education College 104

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

As scientists produce new knowledge in their labs, Schon believes that practitioners like scholar-teachers should generate their knowing-in-action connecting knowledge generation, best practices, and administration policy. Ideally, faculty development programs could promote and illustrate that reflection during the action can be learned.

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Model Faculty Faculty Development Professional Development 53

University Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Creating high-quality online courses involves leveraging subject matter expertise, developing policies and infrastructure and investing in resources, support and—of course—technology for students and faculty. Expanding access to face-to-face courses by creating online versions of those courses is neither quick nor easy.

Education 52

Education Students Faculty Faculty Development 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

To study the elements causing success—or failure—in gateway math courses, a team of researchers at Education Equity Solutions (EES), an organization focused on higher ed policy reform, examined records for over 22,000 students at four California community colleges.

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Equity Professional Development Community College Faculty 138

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.

Inclusivity 131

Inclusivity Students Faculty Development Environment 131

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement.

Inclusivity 122

Inclusivity Faculty Faculty Development Policy 122

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.

Faculty 89

Faculty Faculty Development Higher Education Empower 89

WCET Frontiers

MAY 1, 2025

faculty development, and support for teaching utilizing technology to better meet the needs and expectations of students. Since the 1990s, when a distance learning renaissance began, colleges and universities have invested significantly in digital technology (i.e.,

Professional Development 52

Professional Development Faculty Technology Postsecondary Education 52

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2023

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

Inclusivity 110

Inclusivity Faculty Development Institution Degree 110

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2023

An interesting exercise we do during our faculty development program is reminisce about the very first day we taught as a teacher. Dr. Jayanti Dutta is faculty in the Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, India.

Faculty Development 112

Faculty Development Faculty Professional Development Degree 112

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

At the heart of it all, experts in policy and governance collaborate to establish a legal framework and rules for the Mars colony. Some have created policies to reduce the expense and faculty time devoted to team teaching, such as developing the expertise within existing faculty or hiring faculty with interdisciplinary backgrounds.

Students 111

Students Faculty Higher Education Engineering 111

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Many colleges and universities have struggled to prepare for generative AI on campus, for instance, by providing guiding policies or pedagogical support. What follows is a case study that can be adapted by a wide range of academic programs, such as faculty development centers, university learning centers, and writing centers.

Professional Development 114

Professional Development Faculty Technology Policy 114

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips, and programs that faculty developers are rolling out to “support” their career advancement.

Inclusivity 97

Inclusivity Faculty Faculty Development Policy 97

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Many colleges and universities have struggled to prepare for generative AI on campus, for instance, by providing guiding policies or pedagogical support. What follows is a case study that can be adapted by a wide range of academic programs, such as faculty development centers, university learning centers, and writing centers.

Professional Development 110

Professional Development Faculty Technology Policy 110

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2023

An interesting exercise we do during our faculty development program is reminisce about the very first day we taught as a teacher. Dr. Jayanti Dutta is faculty in the Human Resource Development Centre, Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh, India.

Faculty Development 96

Faculty Development Faculty Professional Development Degree 96

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 29, 2024

At the heart of it all, experts in policy and governance collaborate to establish a legal framework and rules for the Mars colony. Some have created policies to reduce the expense and faculty time devoted to team teaching, such as developing the expertise within existing faculty or hiring faculty with interdisciplinary backgrounds.

Students 98

Students Faculty Higher Education Engineering 98

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.

Inclusivity 93

Inclusivity Students Faculty Development Environment 93

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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Retention Faculty Provost Faculty Development 52

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.

College 134

College Educational Systems Equity History 134

Insight Into Diversity

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

High schools pay a fee to NEEL of $250 per student and colleges provide the faculty member, teaching fellows, and course curriculum. Faculty develop and co-facilitate courses with the high school teachers. NEEL currently has partnerships with 12 universities across the country.

Schooling 52

Schooling Faculty Development Equity Organization 52

WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 3, 2023

That report, Supporting Instruction and Learning Through Artificial Intelligence: A Survey of Institutional Practices and Policies , found that only four percent of respondents reported that their institution had an overall institutional strategy for approaching AI, and only seven percent had strategies at the department or college level.

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Model College Policy Faculty 52

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Faculty Training and Development Preparing faculty to create inclusive online learning environments is crucial for promoting access, engagement, and inclusion. Encouraging faculty to engage in ongoing professional development and self-assessment can enhance their ability to create inclusive and supportive learning environments.

Inclusivity 105

Inclusivity Education Environment Scholarship 105

WCET Frontiers

MARCH 30, 2023

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.

Higher Education 105

Higher Education Education Faculty Technology 105

PeopleAdmin

JULY 7, 2023

A focus on mental health According to Janice, faculty today are much more aware of their mental health and much more likely to prioritize work-life balance. To support them, UAB is creating policies, processes, and initiatives around mental health and holistic employee well-being. We’ve launched a mentor matching program.

Retention 52

Retention Recruitment Higher Education Faculty 52

Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 30, 2023

” ‘Listen to Students’ Dynamic teaching can work for neurodivergent students, with some clarifications, says Liz Norell, an associate professor of political science at Chattanooga State Community College and faculty developer who identifies as neurodivergent.

Students 111

Students College Inclusivity Achievement 111

Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

” ‘Listen to Students’ Dynamic teaching can work for neurodivergent students, with some clarifications, says Liz Norell, an associate professor of political science at Chattanooga State Community College and faculty developer who identifies as neurodivergent.

Students 111

Students College Inclusivity Achievement 111

University Business

JULY 21, 2023

Joanna Brooks, Associate Vice President for Faculty Advancement and Student Success at San Diego State University, believes higher education leaders must reexamine their institutional structures to ensure the focus of faculty affairs goes beyond equipping staff with the tools to “survive the system.”

Faculty 52

Faculty Faculty Development Higher Education Humanities 52

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

As scientists produce new knowledge in their labs, Schon believes that practitioners like scholar-teachers should generate their knowing-in-action connecting knowledge generation, best practices, and administration policy. Ideally, faculty development programs could promote and illustrate that reflection during the action can be learned.

Model 64

Model Faculty Faculty Development Professional Development 64

WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 5, 2023

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.) There are also increased faculty development and instructional design needs and requirements.

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Institution Policy Faculty Department 59

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

We begin not with the syllabus, not with the table of contents, not with the attendance policy, not with lame jokes but with the real questions that delight us in our own work. I know, I know, there are a whole slew of objections we can raise against this approach: I can’t do this in a big lecture.

Faculty 108

Faculty Humanities Community College Achievement 108

Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

“These findings lead to a very concrete policy recommendation: increase access to active learning spaces,” says the study, led by Michael C. The authors warn that limited access to active learning spaces may create a marginalizing force that pushes women, in particular, out of the sciences. The solution? Ralph, a Ph.D.

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Arts And Sciences Technology Faculty Engineering 136

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2024

We begin not with the syllabus, not with the table of contents, not with the attendance policy, not with lame jokes but with the real questions that delight us in our own work. I know, I know, there are a whole slew of objections we can raise against this approach: I can’t do this in a big lecture.

Faculty 105

Faculty Humanities Community College Achievement 105

Academic Tech Tips

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Key questions implicated by AI machine learning and data science include responsibility for use, bias and discrimination within development, transparency in development, and responsibility for stakeholder action or policy.

Technology 40

Technology Faculty Development Faculty Scholarship 40

Continuous Learning Institute

MARCH 31, 2024

Technology as a Pedagogical Ally: The technology faculty were forced to use during the Great Shift to Online is now being leveraged to improve their craft for in-person instruction. This has cleared the stage for fresh ideas and voices to champion student success and equity.

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Faculty Faculty Development Technology Equity 52

ACPA

MARCH 6, 2023

I found more support in communications and sociology, but I was in an Education Policy Ph.D. For example, instructors can make online courses more accessible by partnering with instructional designers, faculty developers, and disability support services to ensure that they are employing technology in equitable ways.

Technology 59

Technology Equity Inclusivity Faculty Development 59

WCET Frontiers

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

S tay up to date on our work in these areas: WCET Policy , WCET resources on Artificial Intelligence, State Authorization Network (SAN). At the workshop, I was so impressed with the inquisitive and knowledgeable minds gathered together in the room to explore effective AI practices and policies. Enjoy these reflections and comments.

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Technology Policy Faculty Institution 59