Faculty Focus

APRIL 4, 2023

As a faculty member, I often hear the blatant dismissal of students and their preoccupation with technology. How can we help develop ethical leaders, solid communicators, critical thinkers, and diversity-minded, community-engaged students if students in today’s generation are focused so heavily on technology and their phones?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Blog: Learning Innovation Should top university leadership roles be open to non-PhDs? " The (mostly) accepted consensus within academia is that a terminal degree is almost always table stakes for most academic leadership roles. Increasingly, I've become convinced that the answer to this question should be "yes."

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University Business

APRIL 1, 2024

We are also seeing educators and students adopt AI faster than previous disruptive and transformative technologies. Here are some common challenges to implementing AI on-campus networks: Legacy Equipment: Most AI technology will require modern equipment and higher ed is known for legacy technology due to limited resources.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Image: Iranian academics face being forced out of their jobs as the regime clamps down on any remaining dissent in universities, researchers have warned. He listed examples of those already targeted, such as Mohsen Borhani, a law lecturer at Tehran University who was fired after he questioned the legitimacy of death sentences for protesters.

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totallyrewired

DECEMBER 14, 2023

In a recent video conference, Chris Rowell engaged Helen McAllister and Jo Bloxham from the University of the Arts London (UAL) Language Centre in an enlightening discussion about the use of machine translation tools by university students. The following blog post was created entirely by AI (MS Teams/Claude/ChatGPT/DALL-E).

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University Business

MARCH 6, 2024

While there has been little movement to address this gap, a new report from Times Higher Education (THE) suggests that colleges and universities are moving steadily—if slowly—in the right direction. Their exit from the world of elite academia means that the U.S. However, the number of women U.S. Comparatively, the U.K.

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University Business

MARCH 1, 2024

This erosion of faith stems partly from universities’ overemphasis on abstract knowledge. Simultaneously, technology and automation place growing importance on capabilities—like critical thinking, collaboration, and adaptability—rarely honed in lecture halls. Today’s universities enjoy no such insulation.

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Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Press coverage of recent cryptocurrency disruptions and the significant staff reductions at Twitter and Meta is giving pause for thought amongst investors and futurists, as well as university leaders considering the future of the Metaverse. I received some negative feedback for comparing 3D Cinema and VR technology adoption curves.

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HEPI

JANUARY 4, 2024

Professor Guo spent 34 years at Imperial College London studying AI, data mining, machine learning, and large-scale data management before becoming Provost of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2022. In academia we still place a great deal of emphasis in scholarship on the capacity to recall and recite.

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Insight Into Diversity

MARCH 20, 2024

Through the November 2023 HBCU/MSI Research Summit — a joint effort between Virginia Tech’s Graduate School and the Pamplin College of Business — the university welcomed 25 visiting faculty and staff from participating institutions. Photos by A’me Dalton, courtesy of the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business.)

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University Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A plagiarism war has erupted since Claudine Gay announced her resignation from Harvard University. It’s totally unpredictable,” said Michael Berube, an author and professor of literature at Penn State University, according to Government Technology. AI can be used now to help detect plagiarism at a higher rate.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Former University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) Chancellor Dr. Rebecca Blank died Feb. Dr. Rebecca Blank Blank stepped down from the role in 2022 to become the first female president of Northwestern University, was one of the longest-serving chancellors in recent UWM history, having led the school for almost 10 years. She held a Ph.D.

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University Business

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As might be expected, the Ivy League Pluses were responsible for producing the majority of leaders across sectors such as law, media and academia. However, colleges and universities offering premium programs in specific trades like engineering and agriculture helped diversify the list.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 4, 2024

Metzler, a true visionary in academia, healthcare, and diversity, passed away on Saturday, March 23, at his home in Grenada. ” With degrees in law and human rights from both Columbia University and the University of Oxford, and doctorates from Aberdeen, his academic journey was distinguished. Christopher A.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Bolstered by state and national workforce needs and their promising return on investment, the STEM track represents a gold mine for colleges and universities that want to ensure credentials from their institution are providing students with good job prospects and gainful employment. What can we do?

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University Business

JANUARY 12, 2023

After a long and demanding search for George Washington University’s 19th president, the Board of Trustees has officially recognized Dr. Ellen Granberg to the position. George Washington University marked its 200-year anniversary in 2021 during a time of uncertainty, but school leaders believe they have turned a corner.

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WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 31, 2023

This week, we welcome Marc Watkins, Academic Innovation Fellow from the University of Mississippi. Enjoy the read, Lindsey Downs, WCET Preparing Faculty to work with AI The University of Mississippi is pioneering new approaches to prepare faculty for emerging technologies, like generative AI, in the classroom.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 9, 2022

During the 2020 global pandemic, Historically Black Universities and Colleges (HBCUs) were challenged with maintaining access to learning and student attendance. 2016); however, the model should be accompanied by a course design that applies the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework to augment accessibility. Representation.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Preparing STEM-focused professionals to see the world through technological, human, societal, and cultural lenses is distinctive, especially when so brilliantly coupled with WPI’s research and innovation ecosystem.” in polymer materials from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, and a Ph.D. Wang holds a B.S. and an M.S.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But if the many doomsday projections actually come to fruition, losing Twitter will be a sad day for academia. In a frequently alienating world of academia, that is huge. In addition to aiding in research discovery, Academic Twitter has become a go-to resource for locating job postings, both in academia and beyond.

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MindMax

MARCH 18, 2024

Moreover, the rapid pace of change in technology means that learners may be better off dividing their investment in education over a period of years to keep up with the latest trends. After spending years in the Greater Boston area, a hub of academia teeming with colleges and universities, I relocated to upstate New York.

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University Business

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In the short few weeks that professor Alex Lawrence has taught his sales technology course this semester at Weber State University, he finds the level of discussion his students are already having “remarkable.” These educators think you’re looking at it wrong appeared first on University Business.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has donated an additional $350 million to Harvard University to support the research center that bears his name: the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Wyss, a graduate of Harvard Business School, donated $125 million to establish the institute in 2009.

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University Business

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Colleges and universities are always actively seeking ways to boost their retention and persistence rates. Rowan University (N.J.) is joining the first cohort of colleges to license the new technology and curriculum. But for Mike Matthews, vice president of innovation and technology at Oral Roberts University (Okla.),

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 1, 2023

A recent study by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) researchers highlights significant financial and professional obstacles faced by PhD graduates with disabilities in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields in academia.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sloan Foundation and RTI International have engaged in a study of Black and Hispanic individuals who have achieved PhD degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields. Half of the top 20 bachelor’s degrees of Black STEM PhD recipients from 2010–20 were earned at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Barrington Price, Dominican University’s vice president of student success and engagement, knows this well—because he was a struggling first-generation college student himself. To help ease technology costs, Dominican partners with CDW Corporation to offer our Stars Align Tech Access Program. Share here.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 10, 2024

Can we learn lessons from the sci-fi canon and reframe the debate around AI technology and writing studies? Writing intensive disciplines still matter, and maybe some of our more technologically advanced colleagues can learn a few new tricks—like teaching “deep” thinking and voice in a project-based learning style—from us old dogs.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Delving into the dynamic crossroads of technology and education, this episode shines a spotlight on the transformative power of structural disruption. Drawing parallels between the seismic shifts in the entertainment industry and today’s higher education landscape, this discussion underscores the urgent need for academia to adapt.

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Alumni possess a dynamic blend of experiences, insights, and connections that can serve as a catalyst for transformative change within colleges and universities. However, they can play a vital role in helping us build our classes. Faculty members, while experts in their fields, might be removed from the current industry landscape.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Northeastern University will open a campus in Miami in 2023, the Boston-based institution announced Tuesday. The campus—the university’s 14th—will be located in the city’s Wynwood neighborhood and will offer more than 20 graduate programs with a focus on technology, health care and finance.

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Coursera blog

APRIL 17, 2024

As an Authorized Instructional Platform, Coursera’s assessment framework, course design, and teaching and learning experience meet ACE’s rigorous psychometric, technology, and information security standards. Enable faster progress toward a larger credential like a degree. Remove barriers to degree pathways to reach more students.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 5, 2023

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges and universities have made cuts to humanities departments, and the financial exigencies of the pandemic have only made the situation worse. Why is fiction particularly useful in such a class?

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Liaison International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Alumni possess a dynamic blend of experiences, insights, and connections that can serve as a catalyst for transformative change within colleges and universities. However, they can play a vital role in helping us build our classes. Faculty members, while experts in their fields, might be removed from the current industry landscape.

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University Business

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Its ability to reduce workloads to a fraction of what it once was for students and faculty and administrators alike is invigorating forward thinkers to leverage the technology even more. Here are a few ways the University of Utah is creating socially responsible AI by reducing bias, according to Manish and his team at SCI.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 20, 2023

Blog: University of Venus Burnout has been the focus of much of my work life for the last five years—first experiencing it as a tenured faculty member, then writing about it as a researcher and memoirist, and now coaching about and facilitating workshops on it as well as burnout resilience for faculty across the country.

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