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Survey: Faculty teaching style impedes academic success, students say

Inside Higher Ed

By discipline, this concern is least prevalent among arts and humanities students (42 percent) and most common in the natural sciences (55 percent). ” Outside of the education program at USC Aiken, nearly all of Walsh’s professors lecture nearly all the time, he says. This was the No.

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Rising higher ed leaders tackle campus challenges in EAB’s fellowship

EAB

Our second cohort concluded in December 2021, our third cohort wrapped up in spring 2022, our fourth occurred in fall 2022, and our fifth occurred in spring 2023. All cohorts ended with presentations of the fellows’ capstone projects. The topics covered included student success, budget models, change management, and more.

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A Defense of the Senior Diversity Officer in Politically Charged Times

Insight Into Diversity

Although UC has provided pathways to social mobility for countless Californians, those efforts took place over the past three decades in environments that were often hostile to equity and inclusion. As we have become more diverse and reflective of our state, we have also become better as an institution.”

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High-quality skills as a means of attracting FDI and reducing regional inequalities

HEPI

This guest blog has been kindly written for HEPI by Professor Warren Manning, Provost for Innovation and Research at the University of Derby, and Dr Jenna Townend, FHEA, Principal Adviser to the Vice-Chancellor at the Uni versity of Derby. For more details, including how to book a free place, see here.

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When the presenting problem isn’t the problem: The ‘vital signs’ of organisational health

HEPI

The role of the Vice Chancellor is significantly different, wider, and deeper in span from that of Provost or Deputy VC. The role of the Vice Chancellor is significantly different, wider, and deeper in span from that of Provost or Deputy VC. You can sign up here. Here we share a frame and some insights based on our experience.

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SJSU Public-Private Partnerships Boost Enrollment and Community Relationships: Changing Higher Ed 193 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson

The Change Leader, Inc.

As the first public university in the West, SJSU is the original startup of Silicon Valley and a nationally recognized urban-centered, community-based anchor institution leveraging its strategic location to foster an environment ripe for revolutionary and evolutionary change and growth. Not all news in higher education is doom and gloom.

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Talking across the picket line

LSE Higher Education Blog

With UK academics in the midst of 18 days of industrial action over pay, pensions, workload, and casualisation, we wanted to create a space to hear, understand, and engage meaningfully with different points of view around the strikes. ” Alexander Douglas, University of St Andrews Read more “I’m very proud to be striking.