The PIE News

DECEMBER 8, 2024

A key initiative this November was bringing students from TU Dortmunds Dlab programan interdisciplinary entrepreneurial program to participate in a seminar at IIT Bombays Desai Sethi School of Entrepreneurship.

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HEPI

APRIL 2, 2025

I expressed my views in the classroom, at conferences and seminars, and in print without fear of brutal consequences. Sussex has given a platform to voiceless Afghan girls, whereas, in Afghanistan, asking a question about girls’ education is banned; Sussex made sure to value our voices and let us speak with wider audiences.

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totallyrewired

MAY 17, 2024

In the first seminar of the Creative Education Online series, David White and Chris Rowell from the University Arts London (UAL) hosted Dr. Natasha Bonnelame, Program Director of Digital Learning at the London College of Fashion. Concluding Remarks David White wrapped up the seminar, acknowledging the ongoing nature of the conversation.

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Deans for Impact

DECEMBER 8, 2022

April: We also pushed into other opportunities like grand seminars, which are all practicum-student professional development opportunities that take place five times a semester and operate like mini conferences for students. It was a huge benefit of non-judgmental, non-competitive support around ideas to improve our specific goals.

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totallyrewired

MAY 7, 2024

A conversational seminar series exploring the future of creative art and design education in digital spaces. Digital spaces and practices are evident in almost all creative and learning journeys. This is reflected in students’ experience of Higher Education and in the Creative Industries’ increasing emphasis on online collaboration.

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Wonkhe

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Why are increasing numbers of academic staff reporting lecture theatres and seminar rooms as empty of students these days? Jim Dickinson gets real. The post What if they’re all part-time students now? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 19, 2024

Cornell University communication professor Monica Cornejo was arrested for disorderly conduct Tuesday during a campus seminar led by conservative media personality Ann Coulter, The Cornell Daily Sun reported.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JULY 19, 2024

Harvard University is partnering with Clark Atlanta University to help cultivate and empower the next generation of leaders at historically Black colleges and universities through its Harvard Seminar for New Presidents. The immersion includes the in-person Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, comprising ELI Presidential Fellows.

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The PIE News

JANUARY 3, 2025

While experts have raised concerns on how low English proficiency can impact students participation in seminar discussions, lectures, and more, Singh believes students improve as they continue to live and study in the UK and other countries.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

By Kelly Field University of Maine Students in the University of Maine’s “Explore What You Eat” Research Learning Experience seminar learn about the production of pasta dishes as part of their hands-on exercises in food science. An unusual program for first-year students aims to support their success and keep them enrolled.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 15, 2024

As an undergraduate, I took a seminar dedicated entirely to Ulysses by James Joyce. Murphy outlines five ways to encourage them to shift their focus from the instructor to one another in whole class discussions. Joyce’s modernist novel is mystifying, so question marks hung on the ends of students’ contributions.

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MindMax

JUNE 6, 2023

I used to run seminars for teachers and corporate trainers, and in those seminars, I would ask the question: “How many of you are not great at math?” Listen first—then take action It’s important to acknowledge that admitting to an uncomfortable truth isn’t the same as taking action. Half the hands would go up.

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totallyrewired

JANUARY 27, 2025

Our next guest in the UAL Online Creative Education Online seminar series is Mara Miguliz Valcarlos, Assistant Professor, Eastern New Mexico University. This free online event takes place this Friday 31 January 2025 at 15:00 GMT (Please note later than usual start time 3pm ) see below for details.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

“AP Seminar, for example, offers a college-level discussion experience, where students drive their own learning by exploring topics of personal interest, from climate change and fashion trends to economic disparity across countries.”

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It starts with a first-year seminar program. A first-year seminar provides a perfect structure for this assignment, but it could be used in a variety of courses. 272) An analysis of the reflection papers students (in five seminar sections) wrote after the exam revealed five themes. The first and “perhaps most important” (p.

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EAB

JUNE 20, 2023

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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Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

from lecture to the following seminar class), with instructor direction of the subsequent seminar including design of questions for students to address, perhaps in a roundtable discussion. Additionally, the role of lead student rotates around the seminar group throughout the semester/module.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

You Can’t Tell a Quilt by Its Cover Elizabeth Redden Sat, 11/11/2023 - 09:07 AM Laura Skandera Trombley reflects on the artful stitching together of a first-semester first-year seminar. Byline(s) Laura Skandera Trombley

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HEPI

AUGUST 22, 2024

But now, a Master’s seminar in the disciplines that we both teach typically involves a cohort in which three-quarters of the students (and often more) are from a single country, a few are international students from elsewhere and one or two are home students. The teaching experiences that we summarise here are very common.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Applicants should explain how they shared their pedagogical innovation with the public, which may include one or more of the following: Presentation at a seminar, workshop, or other form of public appearance, or Publication (or acceptance for publication) in a refereed journal, or Other form of communication.

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Academe Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

BY BILL BERGMAN Recently, I participated in an experiment that had several first-year seminar (FYS) instructors attend each other’s classes. It was an effort to see if we could improve our teaching techniques by observing colleagues. My first visit was to a FYS class in physics.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

Delohery is the associate vice president of retention and academic success at Quinnipiac University, where he has also teaches courses in First Year Writing and the First-Year Seminar. JT Torres is the Director of the Houston H. Harte Center for Teaching and Learning at Washington & Lee University.

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University Business

MARCH 27, 2025

One of the key benefits of CAIA will be its shared computing infrastructure, which will assist smaller stakeholders without the sufficient financial capital or expertise to make investments in AI on their own, Behzadan says.

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LSE Higher Education Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

In this instance, I planned to run a Method of the Month seminar on autoethnography for my university. In preparing for this seminar, I shifted from being an author of autoethnographies to an educator, a role that comes with different responsibilities. The motivation for my recent work on autoethnography came from a real-world trigger.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

from lecture to the following seminar class), with instructor direction of the subsequent seminar including design of questions for students to address, perhaps in a roundtable discussion. Additionally, the role of lead student rotates around the seminar group throughout the semester/module.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The program – one of four such programs in the nation and the first in California – will span 17 months, with seven online classes, two one-week classes on campus, and one travel seminar. The first cohort will start next fall.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 8, 2024

The American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) recognizes the following 11 evidence-based practices as integral to student success.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That's significantly less than some other area institutions pay: Barnard College recently increased its adjunct pay to $11,500 from $10,000 per seminar, and New York University bumped its per-course adjunct pay to $10,400. Part-time faculty pay at the New School varies, but some professors say they make around $4,000 per course.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 19, 2024

First-year seminar instructors can leverage the five whys during a discussion of study strategies or a discussion of reflection as students think about their transitional experience. Sarah Forbes, PhD, is the director of student academic success and a first-year seminar instructor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Evaluate” (p.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The initiatives include a summer bridge program for students who have not passed the Texas Success Initiative and have not yet been deemed college-ready; a redesign of its First Year Seminar course to focus on career exploration and academic skills; an improvement to faculty professional development opportunities; and a loan program for laptops.

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The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2024

. “In 2022/23 student contribution to net migration was still a very high 51.7% – that is a 267,000 student contribution of a record net migration of 518,000,” said Rizvi, speaking at a seminar held by the University of Melbourne’s Centre for the Study of Higher Education.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Teaching Graduate Students to Write: A seminar for thesis and dissertation writers. EAL Writers and Peer Tutors: Pedagogies that Resist the “Broken Writer” Myth. Discourse and Writing/Rédactologie , 29 (1), 238–242. link] Delyser, D. Journal of Geography in Higher Education , 27 (2), 169–181. G., & Mason, C.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

What it is: The 360 seminar is an interdisciplinary course focused on a single theme, featuring guest lectures and atypical assessments. In the future, Adelphi officials plan to expand some of its interdisciplinary learning into first-year seminars, capturing students earlier in their undergraduate careers. Tell us about it.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 19, 2024

First-year seminar instructors can leverage the five whys during a discussion of study strategies or a discussion of reflection as students think about their transitional experience. Sarah Forbes, PhD, is the director of student academic success and a first-year seminar instructor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Evaluate” (p.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

Many colleges and universities around the country offer First-Year Seminars (FYS) or First-Year Experiences (FYE). My recent opportunity to teach a First-Year Seminar was educational for both me and my students. Offer choice and connections One of the beneficial experiences in our First-Year Seminar was the book clubs.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The funds will be spent over five years to support the Pharmacy Community College Connect (PC3) and McKesson Foundation Health Equity Seminar Series initiatives. The U-M College of Pharmacy also received about $1.5

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 20, 2023

For example, one successful practice I have used is offering an in-person or virtual seminar during the first or second week after a course begins on the required writing style, along with reviewing the expectations with them. Faculty can even create a quiz for learners who attended the seminar.

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