September, 2022

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A generational mission: Benjamin Riley on the founding of Deans for Impact

Deans for Impact

“ True social transformations are measured in decades, not years ,” our founder Benjamin Riley wrote in 2017. It’s a maxim that has guided Deans for Impact (DFI) since its formation. Benjamin describes the origins of Deans for Impact. Everyday we’re seeing evidence of impact.

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Ford Foundation to end diverse fellowship program

Inside Higher Ed

We understand and respect that some may disagree with our judgment. ” Yet thanks “in large part to our extraordinary community of Ford Fellows—through their scholarship and mentorship—we see the seeds of change taking root, and a new ecosystem of support emerging around them,” Walker continued.

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PeopleAdmin and Duke University Launch Collaboration to Tackle Complex Faculty Processes

PeopleAdmin

Our new collaboration with PeopleAdmin will bring our technology to a well-established SaaS platform, allowing more colleges and universities to benefit from TAMS,” said David Bowersox, Vice Dean, Finance & Administration at Duke University School of Nursing and the leader of TAMS. About PeopleAdmin. About TAMS.

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Guest Post: It’s Never Too Late to Realize You’re a Writer

Inside Higher Ed

And yet, somehow, the misconceptions about writing remain widespread. ” Our ideas have consequences in the world. And in this case, our bad ideas about writing have negative consequences in the world, and on real people’s lives. Four common myths about writing constitute the course “units.”

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Story Swap

ACRLog

Because of the complexity of the rest of the search, there were about two pages of results so I looked through all of them and behold, one of them was about… radishes. But I’m thinking about it with fresh eyes through the lens of this post’s theme. Radi*, easy. Truncate responsibly, everyone!

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The Post-Pandemic College Campus as a Design Challenge

Inside Higher Ed

On Star Trek , of course, the mission is visionary: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before. Decisions about building siting, architecture, layout, maintenance, remodeling rarely occur without controversy. Where would we hold office hours?

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Assessment and evaluation of microcredentials: What success looks like and to whom

WCET Frontiers

In this blog post, we will present what we learned about how to assess and evaluate the efficacy of microcredentialing approaches through a variety of stakeholder perspectives. Shireman also invited us to consider how microcredentials impact students. Multiple Perspectives on Success.