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Why experiential learning should inform curriculum design in the humanities

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Getting out of the seminar room and into the community can be a vehicle for thinking and problem-solving. Katherine Kruger makes the case The post Why experiential learning should inform curriculum design in the humanities appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Five ways my Humanities degree from a modern university has stood me in good stead

The PIE News

Attending seminars has prepared me for work meetings. My performance in seminars was best when I had prepared. I’m grateful to have been building this skill set since I started my undergraduate Humanities degree. Here are a few snippets of them! Do the reading, have an idea of how you want to contribute.

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The University Business Podcast: Why STEM needs the humanities—and vice versa

University Business

Deliberately integrating the humanities into Georgia Tech University’s armada of world-class STEM-based programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the “University Business Podcast.”

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Overwhelmed by complaints on campus? What 75+ cabinet leaders learned about responding to grievances on campus at EAB’s Compassionate Leadership Seminar

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What 75+ cabinet leaders learned about responding to grievances on campus at EAB's Compassionate Leadership Seminar Over the past few months, over 75 college and university cabinet leaders have gone through EAB’s Compassionate Leadership Seminar. Megan Adams: First of all, who has been attending this seminar? Provosts, too.

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Fostering Presence and Belonging in Creative Education: A Compassionate Approach

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A recent CEO seminar organized by David White and Chris Rowell, featuring speakers Vikki Hill and Liz Bunting, explored these ideas in depth. Defining Presence and Belonging in Education At the core of the seminar was the notion that belonging means students feel seen, respected, and valued within their educational communities.

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Courses offer career exploration to undeclared students

Inside Higher Ed

What it is: The 360 seminar is an interdisciplinary course focused on a single theme, featuring guest lectures and atypical assessments. Past courses have ranged from the study of parties (Party 360: Why We Party) to disabilities (Disability 360: Embodied Politics) to race (360 Race) and cities (The Global Metropolis: Inventing Human Life).

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Colleges deploy new strategies to revive English programs

Inside Higher Ed

” The New Yorker article centered on the claim that the number of humanities majors in the U.S. has declined significantly; between 2012 and 2020, institutions such as Tufts University and Ohio State University lost nearly half their humanities students. million Andrew W.

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