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Career Q&A: UT Knoxville's vice provost for student success

Inside Higher Ed

Williams spoke to Inside Higher Ed about her career journey, managing her own professional development, the value of the student success offices housed within the provost’s office, and how others can position themselves as student success champions. At UT, my job would be much more difficult if I didn’t report to the provost.

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Auburn professor awarded $646k in damages in speech case

Inside Higher Ed

An Alabama jury awarded Michael Stern $645,837 in damages, finding after a two-week trial that Stern’s former dean illegally punished him for speaking out. The jury did not agree with Stern’s similar claims against two former provosts, however. A new dean, Joseph Aistrup, was appointed.

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How Does U.S. News Rank Colleges?

HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)

News & World Report released its first list of annual college rankings in 1983. News college rankings often point out that much of the data used to compile the rankings is provided by “experts” who range from high school guidance counselors to admissions counselors and faculty members at various higher education institutions.

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Five Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Critical Thinkers

Faculty Focus

Memorization remains important in college, but simply regurgitating information generally isn’t the learning goal of our courses. We need to explain what college-level learning requires at the outset of our courses. Most students arrive on campus unaware that a primary goal of college is to mold them into critical thinkers.

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Five Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Critical Thinkers

Faculty Focus

Memorization remains important in college, but simply regurgitating information generally isn’t the learning goal of our courses. We need to explain what college-level learning requires at the outset of our courses. Most students arrive on campus unaware that a primary goal of college is to mold them into critical thinkers.

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Presidential moves: Strong appointments and 2 headscratchers

University Business

School leaders are appointed to lead an institution for their quantifiably successful work, like Ron Patterson at Chadron State College. North Idaho College is stuck paying two presidents although neither technically holds the position. Chadron State College’s Board of Trustees has appointed Ron Patterson at a momentous time.

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Looking to the future of advising: 6 takeaways from the 2023 NACADA conference

EAB

They examine student persistence trends, have in-depth conversations with students about their college experiences and goals, and manage coordinated care processes. These types of roles aren’t new but have been growing as institutions increasingly recognize that one person can’t represent the whole experience or needs of a student.

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