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Becoming a Mission-Driven University

Inside Higher Ed

Dozens of Illinois schools report having no students meet the state’s proficiency standards in either math or reading , and seven of these schools were deemed “commendable” by the state board of education.

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What is a ‘research culture’?

SRHE

by GR Evans Should higher education providers foster a ‘research culture’? As the body responsible for research under the Higher Education and Research Act (2017), UK Research and Innovation offers its own definition. Teaching-only’, ‘Teaching and Scholarship’ and ‘Teaching-focussed’ academic jobs have become increasingly common.

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Using Tentacular Pedagogy to change the HE culture

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However, the ‘dog-eat-dog’ culture of Higher Education (HE), austerity measures and more are leading to harmful consequences, and stakeholders with protected characteristics are worst affected ( Berg, Huijbens, and Larsen 2016 ; UKRI 2021 ; Bhopal 2020 ; Blell, Liu and Verma 2022 ). Three Hearts and Nine Minds.

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Carnegie Mellon–Africa receives $275M investment

Inside Higher Ed

million investment in the institution, and in higher education development across Africa. The MasterCard Foundation—whose work is focused on empowering youth in Africa and Canada’s Indigenous populations— began funding scholarships for CMU-Africa in 2016 and has been involved with the institution ever since.

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

Faculty Focus

Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). Maynard is the director of the Teaching and Scholarship Hub at the University of Richmond. Universal Journal of Educational Research , 5(12A), 1-7.

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Using Mind Maps to Improve Assessment and Group Work

Faculty Focus

Over time, they have also become learning tools in educational contexts–especially for note-taking, brainstorming, and studying for exams (Erdem, Farrand, Bandera, Mugnai). Maynard is the director of the Teaching and Scholarship Hub at the University of Richmond. Universal Journal of Educational Research , 5(12A), 1-7.

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Reflections on the state of Chaucer studies (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

He considered him his earliest precursor, the father of English poetry and creator of literary English, powerful mythographies that have enjoyed a longue durée despite nuanced later scholarship. For about a century, this iconic status protected the medieval poet from being publicly impugned.