Academe Blog

JANUARY 13, 2023

BY RODOLFO ROSALES Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship recipients have formed a community in which we can share the products of our knowledge, our talents, our research, and our work in the arts, humanities, and sciences—along with many other intellectual accomplishments across the disciplines that have been significant in establishing our footprint (..)

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Coursera blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

UNT’s 100% online Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (B.A.A.S.) program at UNT accepts traditional common core credits earned from community colleges (American history, political science, English, etc.) military credit. or other universities. But what makes the B.A.A.S The UNT B.A.A.S

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Coursera blog

MAY 11, 2023

from Rutgers University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science from Rutgers University. The post Coursera elevates Alan Cardenas to the role of General Counsel and Secretary appeared first on Coursera Blog. He holds a J.D. Anne will transition into an advisory role at Coursera.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 29, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Are you old enough to remember The Reader’s Diges t’s most popular feature: “The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met”? When I was a callow 19, I had the incredible good fortune met three truly unforgettable geniuses: Arna Bontemps, Aaron Douglas, and Georgia O’Keeffe.

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Inside Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Somehow, I came across a post on the Conversable Economist blog, which, as a chemist, is not on my reading list. Schelling won the 2005 Nobel Prize in economic sciences with Robert J. This is where the liberal arts education gains considerable value. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary gives two definitions of the liberal arts.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A recent correspondent shared a memorable quotation from the Nobel prizewinner Ernest Rutherford: “That which is not Physics is stamp collecting.” ” In other words, that which isn’t science is a trivial and inconsequential waste of time. Americans once revered science and scientists.

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#Deaning

MARCH 19, 2023

◾ The Bachelor of Arts and Science Degree Program is having a belated celebration for it’s 20th Anniversary on March 22nd. REGISTER HERE ◾The Juried Art Show, in its 55th incarnation – the oldest student-run show in Canada – will take over Zavitz Hall ,March 17-19. link] The building is open all weekend.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 9, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask ChatGPT why you should read fiction and it will spout literature’s many benefits: entertainment, increased empathy, cognitive stimulation and learning about different cultures, historical events and social issues. All very general and abstract; not very profound or compelling. As New York Times film critic A.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 5, 2023

Blog: Learning Innovation Sue Lorenson , vice dean for undergraduate education at Georgetown’s College of Arts and Sciences, is a close colleague and good friend of Eddie’s. A liberal arts education is the ultimate preprofessional education; it can prepare you for any career. Q: Your Ph.D. is in linguistics.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Start spreading the news. Which leaves the liberal arts, and especially the humanities, where? As Georgetown’s Center for Education and the Workforce says : “Majoring in business pays off. ” Wait a second. My undergraduates already know that. million, well above the median of $3.2

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 29, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Perhaps as an undergraduate you read Oscar Wilde’s mirthful, satiric essay “The Critic as Artist.” Ironically, it’s the essay’s major source of satire—the primacy of criticism over the art that it interprets and evaluates—that has, to a surprising extent, been realized.

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HEPI

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This post was kindly authored for HEPI by Gill Evans, Emeritus Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. Publishing its Second Report in July 2012, the Lords’ Science and Technology Committee said it had ‘received substantial written evidence on the recent HE reforms’.

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Helix Education

APRIL 21, 2024

Aaron Basko This is a guest blog from Aaron Basko , vice president for enrollment management at Lynchburg Universit y. Everyone loves a David and Goliath story, and at this moment in the history of higher education, small colleges could use one. The news has not been good. percent between 2015 and 2019.” higher education in the world.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 6, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A freshman dormmate won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry nearly a decade ago. His book sold, according to the last count that I saw, 353 copies. The days when school children were required to memorize long passages from Romantic and Victorian poetry are, alas, over. I can still quote passages on demand.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Bitter controversy has recently swirled around California’s revised Mathematics Framework, a set of recommendations about how math should be taught in the state’s K-12 schools. A data science pathway as an alternative to the standard Algebra II, precalculus and calculus sequence.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 17, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A recent article in The New York Times , “Does the Meaning of a Song Change Depending on Who Wrote It?,” I found the essay touching, but thought it evaded the question posed by its title: To what extent should works of art be judged by their creators?

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 29, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma As psychological anthropologist Nat Kendall-Taylor recently noted , When the College Board revised the draft African American studies curriculum, it removed the word “systemic.” Systemic and structural bias are often manifest in disparities in education, healthcare, housing, employment, and criminal justice.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Remember Bluto’s classic line in Animal House —“Christ. ” Mastery of such vocational fields as physical therapy, accounting, marketing, hospitality management and culinary arts ought not “require a uniform four-year program,” the authors claim. I sure do.

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HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

APRIL 24, 2024

Marketing to the parents of young ones is empathetic, with few decision-makers being as selective and thorough in their research as guardians who desire only the best for their children. How can you design your marketing strategy to appeal to those seeking educational excellence, especially the ones who matter most to them?

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma David Copperfield (1850), the most autobiographical of Charles Dickens’s novels, begins with one of literature’s most famous lines: “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.”

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Can a research-intensive university also be learning- and learner-centered, as dedicated to the quality of students’ educational experience as it is to scholarship, publication and invention? What, then, would it take to achieve a greater balance between scholarship and teaching?

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Inside Higher Ed

APRIL 6, 2023

Blog: Beyond Transfer While Michigan is synonymous with mobility when it comes to manufacturing vehicles of all shapes and sizes, every Michigander knows that a car is only as good as the road it is driven on—and we also know that many of Michigan’s highways have fallen into disrepair.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 11, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma. The company that Tony Blair’s son Euan founded, Multiverse, arranges professional apprenticeships in business operations, data science, and software engineering. I’m not referring to the Beta, Delta, or Omicron BA 1, BA4, and B5 COVID strains. It’s not alone.

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Susquehanna President's Blog

JUNE 17, 2022

Pomp and Circumstance Throughout graduation season, I have had a variety of conversations about the traditions, pageantry, and symbolism connected to commencement ceremonies and the trappings of the academy. I thought it would be timely to share some of the arcana that arises most frequently in those conversations.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Similarly, in a science class, students can collaborate on a virtual whiteboard to solve complex problems, draw diagrams, and illustrate scientific processes—promoting collaborative problem-solving skills. For example, in a history course, students can form groups to research and present on different historical events or periods.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

Similarly, in a science class, students can collaborate on a virtual whiteboard to solve complex problems, draw diagrams, and illustrate scientific processes—promoting collaborative problem-solving skills. For example, in a history course, students can form groups to research and present on different historical events or periods.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 22, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Ask any registrar: optimizing a departmental or course schedule is among the most thankless tasks there is. The goals of course scheduling are obvious: To ensure that no student is closed out of classes essential for graduation. To use instructors most efficiently while being responsive to their needs and preferences.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma. I’ve gotten a fair amount of pushback on my piece on K-12 school reform and the failure of grade schools, middle schools, and high schools, to close achievement gaps. Those comments deserve a detailed response. As some of my correspondents have pointed out: 1.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Perhaps you’ve heard of the Kobayashi Maru scenario, a training exercise at Star Trek ’s Starfleet Academy. Cadets who are being considered for leadership positions are confronted with an unwinnable situation in order to test their command capabilities.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 31, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A now forgotten turn-of-the-20th-century song, “Do You Believe Your Baby or Your Eyes?” ” apparently gave birth to one of that century’s most famous witticisms. If you are caught red-handed in an undeniably awkward, embarrassing or illicit situation, one way out is to beg for trust.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 30, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma When I was young, I was transfixed by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! As I viewed and reviewed the drawings that appeared in the newspaper, I learned about a great many jaw-dropping oddities. You perhaps recall that Bentham asked that after his death his remains be preserved, dressed in his own clothes.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 12, 2023

Let us delve into the core concepts and principles of curriculum development, examining its importance in education and the fundamental components involved in this blog. Let us delve into the core concepts and principles of curriculum development, examining its importance in education and the fundamental components involved in this blog.

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Inside Higher Ed

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma I, like you, have no doubt asked ChatGPT, the open AI-powered text generator, to respond to some questions and been dazzled by the results. It really will make my courses – one on the history of childhood, the other on museums, past, present, and future -- better. I found the results thought-provoking.

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Inside Higher Ed

MARCH 8, 2023

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma Not a day goes by that I don’t read something that shocks me, annoys me, frustrates me, rouses me, or inspires me. ” Or I don’t know whether to laugh for cry. Consider the following examples: Wealthy colleges have found a new way to separate potential students from their dollars.

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HEPI

MAY 13, 2024

This HEPI blog was kindly authored by Annabel Dukes, Research Associate at the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York. The humanities are the study of the arts, history, language, religion and philosophy. And yet it is a crucial element of the value of humanities subjects. The second is rediscovery.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In the years since Leon and Rosenzweig’s volume was published, history museums and historic sites have undergone a reckoning of, yes, historic proportions. In the years since Leon and Rosenzweig’s volume was published, history museums and historic sites have undergone a reckoning of, yes, historic proportions.

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Inside Higher Ed

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma What is an honors college? I think the answer is yes and, as we will see, this builds on the history of university honors, which has radically reworked its model over the past century. Today’s honors college is the product of a complex history.

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