Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

In a white paper published by Claire Liu and colleagues, sponsored by the LEGO Foundation, the authors identify five key characteristics of playful learning which facilitate cognitive development: joy, meaning; active engagement; iteration; and social interaction. Though anecdotal, these results are hopeful to me.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

In a white paper published by Claire Liu and colleagues, sponsored by the LEGO Foundation, the authors identify five key characteristics of playful learning which facilitate cognitive development: joy, meaning; active engagement; iteration; and social interaction. Though anecdotal, these results are hopeful to me.

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WCET Frontiers

JANUARY 5, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI): Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence group defines artificial intelligence as “a term coined by emeritus Stanford Professor John McCarthy in 1955, was defined by him as ‘the science and engineering of making intelligent machines.’ Often times this now happens via neural networks.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Research from psychologists at Arcadia University found that BIPOC students have experienced greater emotional stress and felt more pressure to drop out or postpone their academic pursuits during the early-pandemic years. Expand the communication conversation beyond English and the humanities . Here’s How Colleges Can Address It.

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eLiterate

MAY 20, 2024

It’s hard-wired into humans. In a recent keynote on AI and durable skills, I argued that our tendency to teach and learn from each other through communications and transportation technologies formed the engine of human civilization’s advancement. Working at design time also puts a human in the loop.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Blogs Implementing a caseload management model in a newly centralized division August 9, 2023 Melissa Grant Associate Dean of Advisement, Office of the Provost, Pace University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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SRHE

DECEMBER 5, 2023

by Michael Shattock From decentralised to centralised Until 1919 UK universities, except Oxbridge and Durham, were primarily civic institutions created by wealthy citizens and governed by councils strongly represented by the founders and by local authorities and the local industrial community.

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WCET Frontiers

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Extending access to college and university classes is possible with an evolved approach to academic offerings. However, universities that integrate online education fully as part of their DEI strategy can lead the revolution and digital transformation of higher education and support the quality-equity bond.

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eLiterate

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I recently ran across a white paper called Ideas for an Affordable New Educational Institution out of MIT’s J-WEL center. While the paper contains no groundbreaking new ideas, the gestalt of it is interesting and timely. To what extent is the university’s leadership aware of the paper?

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 31, 2023

This approach ensures that universities are responsive to the unique needs and aspirations of today’s diverse student body. She led Grand Valley State University through the challenges of the global pandemic with a focus on growth and relevance. Her leadership consistently improves student outcomes and market positions.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Drumm McNaughton This conversation–rooted in the findings of E&Y white paper: How are you balancing the books for a digital future? For universities that don’t have the cushion of the Ivy League list, the stark reality of declining enrollment and soaring costs looms large. covers the global shift in Higher Education.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

University campuses have been at the vanguard of these public displays of dissent , which gained momentum after an apartment fire Thursday in the northwestern city of Urumqi killed 10 people who many say could have been saved if not for strict lockdown measures. “If we try to do something, the university would not allow us to graduate.”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Image: The University of California system has never had any fully online undergraduate degree programs at any of its 10 campuses. That loophole was closed this month when the University of California Academic Senate approved Senate Regulations 610 and 630, which instituted an undergraduate residency requirement.

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Campus Sonar

MARCH 13, 2025

Actions that stop applications for income-driven student loan repayment plans , cut funding to public schools , eliminate Head Start and universal access to quality early childhood education , and limit knowledge of the broad spectrum of the human experience , will be catastrophic for higher education. Download the white paper.

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