Remove about our-values
article thumbnail

How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Inside Higher Ed

But we can learn from experience and draw upon those lessons as we make decisions that will shape the future. Reflecting on the past is as valuable in our personal and professional lives as it is in policy making. We can also identify patterns and trends that might otherwise go unseen. Priorities conflict.

article thumbnail

Midtier: Broad-Access Universities Are the Key to Increasing Educational Opportunity

Inside Higher Ed

The Ivies, the flagships, the land-grants and the extremely selective and even moderately selective private universities and liberal arts colleges will do fine. The Ivies, the flagships, the land-grants and the extremely selective and even moderately selective private universities and liberal arts colleges will do fine.

university leaders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Best Practices For Ads Targeting K-12 Students’ Parents

HEM (Higher Education Marketing)

Learn how to create and distribute effective targeted ads for this specific audience. As you discover advertising best practices for targeting the parents of young students, remember to be guided by empathy as you center efforts on demonstrating your educational value. We have plenty of effective strategies for creating and sharing.

article thumbnail

Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

Meaningful learning tasks are transformative and deep, and rooted in three key elements: emotional connection, sense, and significance (Barkley, 2010): Emotional connection. Consequently, while we forget most life experiences, we can remember the best and (even more) the worst things that have happened to us. What a waste!

article thumbnail

Which Path Forward?

Inside Higher Ed

The Cal States, Feldstein asserts, lack “a distinctive and valued purpose and identity.” What we need, I think, is what Feldstein calls a “radically conservative” vision that conserves “the best parts of an American-style liberal arts education by re-imagining it but not rejecting it. ” Ugh.

article thumbnail

What Today’s College Students Need

Inside Higher Ed

I thought, what with high rates of inflation, a depressed stock market, and lots of reports of crime, the Democratic party was about to face a red wave. ” Our hunches, instincts, and gut feelings often lead us astray. Why, then, should my thoughts about the future of higher education be any more accurate? Wrong again.

article thumbnail

Assessment is fun?

Dr. Missy Alexander

Specifying my learning outcomes seemed to rein in that wandering to the detriment of a good Socratic learning experience. When I served as the Dean of Arts & Sciences I was responsible for making sure that every program had an assessment plan and that the plan was followed. It is assessment all day every day.