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Resilient and Equitable Teaching and Assessment Require a Paradigm Shift

Faculty Focus

However, adapting is not enough if our mindset is still rooted in traditional teaching, learning, and assessment values and systems that do not serve our current students well, and that do not meet the demands of the context within which we now exist. First, I’ve observed that our conversations often seem mis-focused.

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Can Cheating on Steroids in Colleges and Universities be Stopped?

Higher Ed Ethics Watch

Chegg, a publicly traded technology company that hosts answers to questions and problems in popular textbooks, skyrocketed in value during the pandemic. is in danger of losing our competitive advantages in higher education if we do not act to place academic integrity at the heart of our institutional activities.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. Some of the faculty who want a quick fix already “get it,” meaning they come in valuing diversity and inclusion and/or come in with a strong critical analysis (think antiracist, feminist, queer, critical disability, etc.). Who are you to your students?

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Resilient and Equitable Teaching and Assessment Require a Paradigm Shift

Faculty Focus

However, adapting is not enough if our mindset is still rooted in traditional teaching, learning, and assessment values and systems that do not serve our current students well, and that do not meet the demands of the context within which we now exist. First, I’ve observed that our conversations often seem mis-focused.

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Inclusive Teaching Begins with Authenticity

Faculty Focus

Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. Some of the faculty who want a quick fix already “get it,” meaning they come in valuing diversity and inclusion and/or come in with a strong critical analysis (think antiracist, feminist, queer, critical disability, etc.). Who are you to your students?

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More Quit ‘U.S. News’ Rankings of Medical, Law Schools

Inside Higher Ed

He said, “Critically, the rankings measure more about the students who enter the school than about the physicians who graduate, or about the actual substance and quality of the medical education we provide along the way. On Thursday, Francis Lee, interim dean of Weill Cornell Medicine, announced that it would join.

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A futurist’s perspective on generative AI in the classroom

University Business

It’s no secret teachers are skeptical —fearful, even—about the explosion of generative AI like ChatGPT and its influence over the classroom. Students can now dedicate more time to analyzing sources and writing with values that the technology currently lacks: empathy, passion, and an understanding of its audience.