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Rehumanizing the Research University

Inside Higher Ed

With their mammoth lectures, terrible student-to-adviser ratios, heavy reliance on teaching assistants and postdocs, and priority placed on research and grant-getting, many would say that the answer is an unequivocal no, except for the small minority of students who are in honors colleges. Nor was I the first in my family to go to college.

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HBCU’s Augment HyFlex Format Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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During the 2020 global pandemic, Historically Black Universities and Colleges (HBCUs) were challenged with maintaining access to learning and student attendance. HBCUs are rich in diversity and often consist of more disadvantaged and underrepresented populations (NCES, 2020). Fast Facts: Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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Artificial Intelligence: The Rise of ChatGPT and Its Implications

Faculty Focus

While it caught many by surprise, ChatGPT is the result of a series of developments in the use of chatbots (Chatter Robot) or computer programs that simulate and process human conversations, both written and oral. Potential As with any new development, advantages often come with disadvantages.

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Artificial Intelligence: The Rise of ChatGPT and Its Implications

Faculty Focus

While it caught many by surprise, ChatGPT is the result of a series of developments in the use of chatbots (Chatter Robot) or computer programs that simulate and process human conversations, both written and oral. Potential As with any new development, advantages often come with disadvantages.

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Scaffolding key to teaching the art of conversation (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

We are seeing more fear in the classroom for being an outlier in one’s opinions—because of either one’s disadvantage or one’s advantage in life. One class in political science at Middlebury College was focusing precisely on this topic. Scaffolding should be ubiquitous on college campuses in 2022.