Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 11, 2022

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. Rising student loan debt and tuition need to be addressed. Discounting tuition for the humanities reinforces already unsustainable and inequitable practices.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. Community college chatbots need to understand a wide range of academic subjects, courses, and student queries.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

If we want to avoid just burning the whole humanities “thing” down, we need to start applying some of our fundamental humanities skills in order to communicate better with one another, to actually hear one another’s perspectives, and to build together toward something new rather than tearing each other down. (And

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma The December 2022 issue of Jacobin , which bills itself as “a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics and culture,” contains a provocative article entitled “I Love Higher Education. The article’s author, Hannah Leffingwell, A.B.D.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Chatbots are increasingly common in customer service, healthcare, and education; however, in education, chatbots have been used to generate false or misleading information called “hallucinations” and create fake students. Community college chatbots need to understand a wide range of academic subjects, courses, and student queries.

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UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

MAY 11, 2023

We love his warmth, candor, and willingness to put a human face on the challenges of higher education leadership. Leaders Are Human, Too President Sorrell believes that a leader's willingness to show vulnerability can become a strength. It's really important that we just be human." How do you resolve that tension? "In

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Continuous Learning Institute

MARCH 19, 2023

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: Learn about the power of humanizing online learning for college students. We cover the following key topics: 9:00:00 The story behind humanizing online learning. 15:00:00 Foundational mind shifts to implement humanizing online learning and culturally responsive teaching.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Jackson Bartlett describes how to make space for the humanity of students and instructors during troubling national events and crises. Trending: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 3 In-Article Advertisement High: 6 In-Article related stories: 9 In-Article Advertisement Low: 12 Include DNU?:

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There may be no more serious issue for a student than facing an academic conduct hearing because of plagiarism. This certainly is not part of the expected college experience for students or parents. Students may also lack confidence in attempting to implement the expected academic guidelines. Using credible sources is key.

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Continuous Learning Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

LISTEN TO THE EPISODE Learn how to support neurodivergent college students. The focus of the episode is her article, Recap: What Instructors Need to Know When Working with Neurodivergent Students (Scroll down to access the transcript.) It's giving them a fair shot. That is definitely not it." Are the lights really bright?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 14, 2023

Image: To reduce the negative social stigma around mental health services among its student athlete population, the University of California, Irvine, implemented two programs to improve self-care and support the athletic community. UCI , which teaches students to intervene in times of need and provide aid to their peers.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Erickson/Justin Hayworth, Grinnell College Image Caption: Grinnell College’s Humanities and Social Studies Center Image Size: Thumbnail-horizontal Is this diversity newsletter?: Trending: Live Updates: liveupdates0 Most Popular: 3 In-Article related stories: 9 In-Article Advertisement Low: 12 Is this Career Advice newsletter?:

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Early users quickly found that the eerily human-sounding bot produced unhinged , manipulative , rude , threatening and false responses, which prompted the company to implement changes—and AI ethicists to express reservations. Donahoe opted to co-create a course policy on generative AI writing tools with her students.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 21, 2023

With new federal grant funding, the Nevada Center for Excellence in Disabilities (NCED) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) has implemented several programs that bolster support for students with disabilities who pursue degrees and careers in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

At a recent meeting with student leaders, the topic of class attendance policies came up. The students opined that professors teaching in-person classes should require attendance. The result of making attendance optional, they told us, is that most students opt not to attend. Students who attend class regularly perform better.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2023

The following is an article from The Teaching Professor. For more articles like this, consider purchasing a yearly Teaching Professor subscription and use coupon code TEACHING50 for $50 off your total ! My moment of awakening occurred in a conversation with one of the best students in that year’s graduating class.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 7, 2023

Image: Many students think more flexibility on classroom deadlines, attendance and participation would boost their academic success, a recent Student Voice survey found. About a quarter of students also see strict attendance or participation requirements and unrealistic deadlines as actively impeding their success.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 15, 2023

Image: Connecting students’ coursework to their future career is seen as an engagement tool and a necessity for career development. At the Georgia Institute of Technology, gathering data to evaluate how students view their own learning outcomes and how general education courses are targeting those outcomes required creative solutions.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This narrative is not only bad for our students’ mental health, it is also an ineffective strategy for building a lasting movement for change. The problem is not that our students are concerned; critical reflection on the world’s problems does, after all, require emotional work. Partner with local governments.

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Insight Into Diversity

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

More than 450 students at health professions schools around the world are measuring how effectively their institutions address climate change using the Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC). This is something health professions students should be made aware of.” More than 80 institutions in seven countries participate in the project.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Educating the Whole Person “Focusing on character can help many colleges and universities realize their aspirations to educate the whole person and generate the knowledge, capacity and character that our students will need to live and lead well in the 21st century,” says Michael Lamb, program executive, F.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 22, 2023

The following is an article from The Teaching Professor. For more articles like this, consider purchasing a yearly Teaching Professor subscription and use coupon code TEACHING50 for $50 off your total ! My moment of awakening occurred in a conversation with one of the best students in that year’s graduating class.

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Higher Education Inquirer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Related article: The College Dream is Over (Gary Roth) Related article: When College Choice is a Fraud Related article: The Higher Education Assembly Line Related article: Academic Capitalism and the next phase of the College Meltdown Have you ever wondered why US student loan debt has soared past all other debt but mortgages, to more than $1.7

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

When the February 2023 New Yorker article by Nathan Heller declared the end of the English major, I shared this news with my students. Students “critique something as ‘problematic,’” Heller suggests, rather than grappling “with what the problems might be” (Heller 2023).

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on December 13, 2017. Teachers and students can give each other priceless gifts. The comment is usually followed by the story of a teacher in love with content, students, and learning. Teachers who change students’ lives don’t have to be great lecturers.

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The PIE News

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

At a time when the world’s challenges and opportunities are increasingly global and the resources supporting study abroad have never been greater, why are so few American students pursuing international education? million students enrolled in college, just under 170,000 studied abroad in the 2021/22 academic year.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Image: While there’s no shortage of days, weeks and months commemorating mental health—perhaps most notably National Mental Health Awareness Week in May—some students embraced a new one this month: Student Mental Health Week , Feb. The most popular actions students take for mental wellness?

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There may be no more serious issue for a student than facing an academic conduct hearing because of plagiarism. This certainly is not part of the expected college experience for students or parents. Students may also lack confidence in attempting to implement the expected academic guidelines. Using credible sources is key.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

When the February 2023 New Yorker article by Nathan Heller declared the end of the English major, I shared this news with my students. Students “critique something as ‘problematic,’” Heller suggests, rather than grappling “with what the problems might be” (Heller 2023).

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 16, 2023

Image: As part of a new $560,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation, humanities scholars at Wheaton College in Massachusetts are developing 10 curricular modules on the role of race, cultural backgrounds and global perspectives in health and medicine—and professors beyond Wheaton will be able to incorporate them into existing courses.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I always imagined that as my experience with teaching grew, I would be able to better motivate students and help focus my students. It turns out that with each passing year, I’m finding it increasingly difficult to capture and hold a student’s attention and focus during my lessons. 2020, Orhan and Beyhan, 2020).

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Today's Learner

AUGUST 23, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes Kristin McDonald is a Professor and Associate Chair of Human Services and Sociology at Post University As a Xennial (I refute being identified as a geriatric Millenial) in higher education, I can think back to times when online learning platforms confused even the most tech-savvy college professors.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 31, 2023

“But ChatGPT’s answer was so precise that I’m pretty sure it was learning from my own best students,” whom he suspected had posted their work online. Some seek to craft assignments that guide students in surpassing what AI can do. He still encourages his students to use the chat bot.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 31, 2023

Image: Two students have been “debarred” by a top Indian institution after screening a controversial BBC documentary critiquing the country’s prime minister—a move that some academics fear could have a “chilling effect” on free speech on the nation’s campuses.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Give Credit Where Credit is Due I’m always on the lookout for articles about the use of ChatGPT, especially as it pertains to ethical behavior. For example, a student using ChatGPT to write a research paper on the Vietnam war may generate a response that contains incorrect dates or events.

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Insight Into Diversity

JULY 5, 2023

State lawmakers around the country introduced over 525 anti-LGBTQ+ bills during the most recent legislative session, and more than 70 were signed into law, according to the Human Rights Campaign. Established in 2009, the organization is composed of about 50 students, faculty, and staff members at the university’s William H.

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 4, 2023

Image: For students in Sarah Blackwood’s How to Read Moby-Dick class at Pace University, learning about Herman Melville’s work isn’t confined to lectures, essays or classroom discussions. ” The New Yorker article centered on the claim that the number of humanities majors in the U.S.

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