Academe Blog

APRIL 18, 2025

BY ALLISON GAINER As faculty, we often find ourselves balancing pedagogy, policy, and student support. Without guidance, even well-intentioned faculty can find themselves unsure of how to respond, which can lead to exclusion, frustration, and conflict. For students with disabilities, that support sometimes includes service dogs.

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University Business

JANUARY 2, 2025

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? It involves understanding what drives student demand, investing in program quality and securing faculty buy-in.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 28, 2024

To help scale traditional faculty/student models of undergraduate research engagement, institutional leaders can consider research peer mentoring, group-based programs and community-engaged research, write Brett H. Say and Caitlin Pingree.

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HEPI

JUNE 23, 2024

This blog was kindly authored by Professor Robert Dover, Interim Dean of the Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, University of Hull. So, how does the sector fix its financial model? Reforms like these require a different operating model, including changes to student finance and recognition.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In this episode of Changing Higher Ed, Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Dr. Michael Horowitz, Chancellor of The Community Solution Education System, discussing innovative models for higher education consolidation. Faculty Engagement: Understand critical approaches to securing faculty buy-in and support during consolidation.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Connecting First-Gen Faculty and Students Ashley Mowreader Wed, 11/20/2024 - 03:00 AM Many first-generation students can feel alone in higher education. Colleges raise up role models in their first-generation faculty and staff who have been in students’ shoes. Byline(s) Ashley Mowreader

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Faculty Focus

MAY 16, 2024

The difference is in the way that the information is conveyed, and by adopting the simple principles used by NPR a faculty member can radically transform the power and effectiveness of their online content. By contrast, many faculty use their lessons to regurgitate facts, not communicate. Reference Spiegel, A. National Public Radio.

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MindMax

MARCH 5, 2025

Cavanagh shares insights on how institutions can maintain quality while scaling, the role of AI in higher education, and OPMs shifting business models. – Shifts in OPM business models. – The future of OPMs; the potential shift from a revenue-sharing model to a fee-for-service model due to regulatory changes.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2025

Authentically modeling and positively reinforcing curiosity in the classroom contributes significantly to everyones critical thinking, decision-making, program solving, and well-being. She was previously department chair where she led a dynamic faculty for six years. For the following 30 years, she was faculty in higher education.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JANUARY 15, 2025

During her tenure, she championed diversity initiatives for both faculty and students, working to address historical representation gaps at the college. Once known for its innovative tuition-free model, Olin College began scaling back its generous financial aid programs in 2010.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 16, 2024

The difference is in the way that the information is conveyed, and by adopting the simple principles used by NPR a faculty member can radically transform the power and effectiveness of their online content. By contrast, many faculty use their lessons to regurgitate facts, not communicate. Reference Spiegel, A. National Public Radio.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 9, 2024

Colclough hatched an idea — what if they could develop professional learning environments easily accessible for all faculty in North Carolina’s community colleges, and what if that development could move the needle on student success? Course-pass rates are two percentage points higher after faculty have attended a Hub course.

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WCET Frontiers

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Solidifying Digital Skills When digital tools are new territory, both students and faculty can benefit from training that goes beyond the basics. Faculty training is equally important in this endeavor. With BibliU, students and faculty have access to resources they can understand and use confidently.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

JANUARY 28, 2025

This innovative approach, combined with strategic industry partnerships including Google, has created a new model for building enrollment in high-demand fields like cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Faculty Excellence: Master innovative recruitment approaches that ensure collaborative mindsets and industry experience.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 19, 2025

Without considering the emotional and social aspects of a student’s educational journey, particularly the connections they build with faculty and peers, institutions risk overlooking the things that keep students engaged, motivated, and ultimately enrolled. Simply put, data is not enough.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 3, 2024

cohort model representing more than 65 HBCUs across the nation. We do the experiential model. The four-day convening will include administrators, faculty members, policy makers, and innovators interested in the latest trends and strategies for enhancing educational practices and leadership. Dr. Herman J. Felton While H.E.L.F.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2024

What does mentoring other faculty mean? When our department was challenged with establishing a requested program for all faculty, three P’s were apparent: People, Place, and Purpose. Networking with each other establishes collegiality and camaraderie that strengthens reciprocal relationships among faculty.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Its about how you create a model that can serve a wide customer base without the public funding that you have in the UK or US which is so heavily reliant on governments, so people are going to have to build that system from scratch in a way that is affordable.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 9, 2025

They needed long-term, data-driven, institutionally customized strategies to build financial resilience, promote academic innovation, and drive student success models that work for their institutions. It brings together presidents, provosts, faculty, funders, policymakers, and industry leaders to address big questions facing HBCUs.

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University Business

JULY 29, 2024

Faculty learning communities (FLC) as an approach to improving pedagogy have their roots in 1979 when the first FLC was launched at Miami University by Dr. Milton D. FLCs provide faculty with the chance to work in a trans-disciplinary fashion on matters of importance to a cohort or a particular topic for the cohort to work on.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 4, 2025

While community colleges play a crucial role in providing accessible and affordable education to diverse student populations, many still struggle to fully accommodate students with disabilities, according to insights from community college students, faculty, and higher education experts.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 18, 2025

At Georgia Tech, she led the rollout of a new hybrid budget model and served as a board member of several organizations, including the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). Prior to Georgia Tech, Bolton held administrative positions at Washington University in St.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

This article explores AI’s historical evolution, critically assesses its benefits and challenges for teaching, and provides evidence-based strategies for faculty to integrate AI effectively. A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2024

As students enter the online classroom, they bring with them diverse educational experiences, backgrounds, and expectations of faculty interactions. Such strategies equip faculty with the tools to effectively respond to students’ needs (Rahimi et al., Mentors can be faculty members, alumni, or industry professionals.

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The PIE News

APRIL 22, 2025

The collaboration will include student exchange, joint research, and faculty mobility. Outside of France, weve already built models like our partnership with Columbia School of Engineering. The focus is on bridging business education with broader tech needs. Thats where we (IITs and ESCP) complement each other, stated Laulusa.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

It is imperative that all of us, students and faculty alike in higher ed institutions, learn AI basics and earn the right to use generative AI responsibly. Introduction to AI for Teachers and Students: Five videos from Wharton School that provide an overview and a practical approach to AI large language models for educators.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The rise of online learning management systems and inclusive access models are supplying students with materials faster and cheaper than ever before. ” Identifying cost-effective alternatives Campus bookstores can work with faculty to reduce program costs for students. . However, 72% of faculty still purchase printed materials.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Sally Chen By mobilizing the model minority myth, which portrays Asian Americans as universally high-achieving students, SFFA created a cover for its anti-civil rights agenda. Asian American and NHPI populations, among the fastest-growing in the nation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

This interdisciplinary group brings together faculty, researchers, staff, and students to develop innovative solutions for improving recruitment, engagement, and retention. Their work will culminate in a comprehensive set of recommendations designed to strengthen retention and graduation rates.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

I typically introduce my students to the appreciate close on the first day of class, explaining what the practice is and modeling for them one or two examples. Faculty Focus. Faculty Focus. I explain that the appreciation offered should be directed toward a specific individual. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. link] Gabriel, K.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The report provides an outline for how faculty, staff and administrators can infuse the curriculum with informative material, forge partnerships with community-based organizations and create opportunities for students to learn and practice the relevant skills. It cannot be a tangential, peripheral set of activities,” said Watson Spiva.

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SRHE

MARCH 26, 2025

Weak Endogenous Creativity: Overreliance on Western educational models stifles innovative academic approaches. Promotion of Emigration: University environments inadvertently encourage student and faculty migration, reducing local impact. As a result, Iranian universities struggle to develop unique solutions suited to local challenges.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 25, 2025

There can be no question that this reflects a growing infrastructure to support belonging for all faculty, staff, and students in higher education. Sense of belonging model as a blueprint BELONGING 1.0 Its a cabinet-level position at Belmont University, Harvard University, and University of Massachusetts Boston.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

The recognition that DEIB efforts must permeate all levels of academic institutions has led to a paradigm shift from a reliance on a singular CDO to a more distributed model of leadership. This approach fosters greater accountability among leaders, faculty, and staff and promotes a culture of shared responsibility for achieving DEIB goals.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 18, 2025

While many of our conversations have focused on what generative AI means for student assignments and learning outcomes, there’s another question faculty are askingoften individually and quietly: How can we leverage AI in our own academic and administrative work? AI offers many potential applications for faculty work.

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Coursera blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Experts at Wharton created this course in collaboration with OpenAI, the AI research and deployment company that pioneered the revolutionary model. Seventy-seven percent of faculty at four-year institutions do not think their university is prepared for AI-related changes.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

As the holidays approach, today’s colleges and universities are increasingly marked by overflowing donation bins containing canned goods collected by every student organization and faculty department to stock the campus food pantry. In Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries , Dr. Katie S.

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