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Discounted tuition by major devalues the humanities (letter)

Inside Higher Ed

Before we start down this slippery slope, let’s consider what we can do to address the assumptions and change the crisis narrative surrounding the humanities. Discounting tuition for the humanities reinforces already unsustainable and inequitable practices. First, the job market outside of academia is not shrinking for humanists.

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Racial and Gender Inequities Found in Field of Educational Measurement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Racial and gender inequities still plague the field of educational measurement, from professional rank to salary, across academia, industry, and leadership roles. Rodriguez said he hopes to learn more about these written responses, particularly as they relate to leadership positions both in academia and the industry.

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From Likes to Learning: Enhancing Classroom Culture through Social Media Engagement   

Faculty Focus

Particularly interesting is the notable increase in social media interaction among everyone, including undergraduate students, during the COVID-19 pandemic, as documented in a March 2021 Vox article. Social media reflects the spectrum of human emotion and can be a powerful educational tool. Frontiers in Digital Humanities, 5.

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Dr. Terza A. Lima-Neves: Living Life on Purpose

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She feels it’s important to share her stories with women — in and out of academia — and build community with other scholars. I was always very conscious of the small number of Black women in the profession, in academia, but then in the discipline of political science,” she continues. Lima-Neves believes everything is political.

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From Likes to Learning: Enhancing Classroom Culture through Social Media Engagement   

Faculty Focus

Particularly interesting is the notable increase in social media interaction among everyone, including undergraduate students, during the COVID-19 pandemic, as documented in a March 2021 Vox article. Social media reflects the spectrum of human emotion and can be a powerful educational tool. Frontiers in Digital Humanities, 5.

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A ChatGPT generated post (and a first year librarian’s thoughts)

ACRLog

As I’m sure anyone in academia is aware, ChatGPT and its AI counterparts are taking us by storm. Have you been staring at a blank document for hours, unsure where to start? Note: The ChatGPT generated content is in a linked Google Doc and labeled as such! Try prompting ChatGPT to write it. Get ChatGPT to generate something.

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Colleges Look to Cluster Hires Amid Diversity Hostilities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But all of that changed in 2022, when Steele saw a listing for a job at the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education and Human Development. Hughes, dean of the SIUE School of Education, Health, and Human Behavior, who shepherded the cluster hire that included Hall, says she encountered all kinds of opposition. Dr. Robin L.

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