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Bringing Authentic Humor into the Classroom

Faculty Focus

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on July 22, 2019 © Magna Publications. This means teachers must make a special effort to connect with students, talking informally with them, keeping up with student activities and events on campus, and otherwise being aware the youth culture (if students are in that age cohort).

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The divestment problem

University Business

A cornerstone of their cause is to pressure their institutions to divest from Israel and all corporations at their aid in the events following Oct. Similarly, student calls for their institutions to cut ties with Israel has a storied history. Investments can be and should be discussed and defended and are open to critique.”

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UPenn leadership destabilized after president, board chair resign

University Business

For example, Penn allowed an on-campus event featuring speakers with a documented history of antisemitic statements mere weeks before the events of Oct. Banks then compared this sanction to Penn canceling an event featuring a then-government official under the Trump administration. Jim Banks (R-N.Y.)

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Augmenting Your Classroom’s Reality

Faculty Focus

History Faculty can use AR in a history class to help students better visualize and interact with historic sites. For example, a history professor might create virtual replicas of ancient ruins, allowing students to explore the detailed layout of the sites. AR can help faculty breathe new life into the study of the past.

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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Their love story didn’t come to fruition until eight years after graduation, when they reunited at a mutual friend’s event. Since we reconnected at that event almost 19 years ago, we’ve been pretty much inseparable.” history, gender and race with the law. At the beginning, their academic journeys followed different trajectories.

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Strategic Blended Learning in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

2019; Vallée et al., This might look like: A makerspace , Shark Tank , or hackathon event: Have students build a physical or digital object that connects to the class content (e.g., Role play or debate : Engage students in acting out or debating an important concept, event, action, or experience. So, what is blended learning?

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Augmenting Your Classroom’s Reality

Faculty Focus

History Faculty can use AR in a history class to help students better visualize and interact with historic sites. For example, a history professor might create virtual replicas of ancient ruins, allowing students to explore the detailed layout of the sites. AR can help faculty breathe new life into the study of the past.