Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To tame their anxieties about AI, faculty and administrators might embrace Howard Kabat-Zinn’s maxim, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” Three camps On most campuses, faculty fall into three camps: those who want to “lock and block” AI (just stay out of the water!) It’s time to get in the water.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

To tame their anxieties about AI, faculty and administrators might embrace Howard Kabat-Zinn’s maxim, “You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.” Three camps On most campuses, faculty fall into three camps: those who want to “lock and block” AI (just stay out of the water!) It’s time to get in the water.

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Professional Development Faculty Administration Policy 93

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Dr. Siham Al Amoush is an experienced educator who specializes in teacher education and higher education professional development.

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Learning Experience Professional Development Faculty Development Achievement 131

Continuous Learning Institute

MARCH 19, 2023

Michelle Pacansky-Brock, Faculty at the Foothill-De Anza Community College District (Scroll down to access the transcript.) 25:20:75: Reframing faculty professional development as equity infrastructure. 47:48:24: Words of advice for those shepherding online professional development at their campus.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Although faculty development programs and curriculum designers have been calling for such (assessment practice) forms of assessment, today, we are more in need of it than ever before. Dr. Siham Al Amoush is an experienced educator who specializes in teacher education and higher education professional development.

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Learning Experience Professional Development Faculty Development Achievement 104

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Through a faculty survey and a review of syllabi, Dadgar and her team found a number of practices that were particularly helpful to Black and Latinx students in gateway math courses. The study also suggests a policy shift: a move away from assessing, sorting, and tracking students and towards supporting faculty development.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Anna Conway, EdD is a professor and faculty developer at Des Moines Area Community College. Dr. Conway has served as director of Teaching and Learning for seven years at DMACC and is one of the content developers for the Inclusive Stem Teaching Project.

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Students Learning Experience Professional Development Inclusivity 128

Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2023

An interesting exercise we do during our faculty development program is reminisce about the very first day we taught as a teacher. If you can write down the ways in which you have evolved as a teacher since that first day, it can become a record of your professional development.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 13, 2023

An interesting exercise we do during our faculty development program is reminisce about the very first day we taught as a teacher. If you can write down the ways in which you have evolved as a teacher since that first day, it can become a record of your professional development.

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Faculty Development Professional Development Faculty Degree 79

EAB

AUGUST 25, 2023

How to effectively manage people: Faculty, staff, and school leadership Independent school leaders are responsible for a host of management duties, including faculty recruitment, professional development, performance evaluations, and determining compensation, so it’s no surprise that people management was our most requested topic.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer. 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.).

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Inclusivity Faculty Faculty Development Policy 113

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Anna Conway, EdD is a professor and faculty developer at Des Moines Area Community College. Dr. Conway has served as director of Teaching and Learning for seven years at DMACC and is one of the content developers for the Inclusive Stem Teaching Project.

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Students Learning Experience Professional Development Inclusivity 91

Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 24, 2022

While we agree with some of the key points in their article, we feel that others underestimate the potential of virtual and hybrid professional development. Our ongoing conversations have helped us realize just how significant a gap there is in traditional professional development worldwide. Schedule wisely.

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Professional Development Equity Organization Humanities 97

Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

ATSU is also creating a Grow Your Own faculty development program that offers a low-to-no-cost education designed to support students interested in academic medicine. For employees, including Zucker School of Medicine faculty, business employee resource groups foster a diverse and inclusive work environment.

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Medical School Inclusivity Equity Scholarship 130

WCET Frontiers

AUGUST 3, 2023

Why this is important Students need transparency when it comes to faculty expectations around AI use in class. A great example of a comprehensive task force is the one that the University of Alberta created that includes students, instructional design, faculty, IT, and the Dean of Students.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 24, 2023

It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. So, when faculty come to me with a problem, they want an answer. 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.).

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Inclusivity Faculty Faculty Development Policy 82

Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

It requires careful planning and collaboration among faculty members and subject matter experts. Faculty Training: Training faculty members to adapt to the CBCS framework and adopt innovative teaching methods can be a time-consuming and resource-intensive process.

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Inside Higher Ed

JANUARY 10, 2023

Because whatever their professed claims, neither student learning nor equitable outcomes are pre-eminent institutional or faculty priorities. Accreditors could, for example, require institutions to undergo professional development training in teaching. First, however, let’s ask why those inequities realities persist.

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Higher Education Education Professional Development Equity 85

Creatrix Campus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Accreditation from the HEC ensures that an institution meets a set of rigorous standards related to program quality, faculty qualifications, and student support services. Providing guidance and support to institutions in the development of their academic programs and the implementation of new technologies and pedagogical approaches.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 14, 2023

These cuts include cutting 28 majors and 143 faculty. Convincing faculty and other stakeholders to embrace new business models, pedagogies, and technologies requires a delicate balance of respect for academic values and the persuasive articulation of a new vision for the future. Faculty members, too, experienced a shift in perspective.

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Insight Into Diversity

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The offices of diversity and inclusion and development have partnered to ensure cultural proficiency-themed research grants are available for faculty, students, and staff. MUSC’s membership in the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity further expands resources and programs available to all faculty and staff.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 9, 2023

“Financial aid, retention, and faculty/staff representation are part of the Seal,” says Dr. Deborah Santiago, co-founder and CEO of Excelencia in Education, who says she is delighted to see institutions with intentional practices actively working toward increasing Latino representation in key positions. Dr. Erika D.

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EAB

AUGUST 9, 2023

Below are a few of the key themes that appeared in multiple capstone projects from past participants. Scroll down to read about each of the capstone projects in the fellows’ own words. Scholastica Student Success Improving success for pre-health students Joe Fritsch, Ph.D.,

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Arts And Sciences Provost Deans Retention 52

Creatrix Campus

MAY 29, 2023

Gives specific and quantifiable goals and targets that can be measured and evaluated by different stakeholders, such as students, faculty, employers, and accrediting organizations, promoting accountability and openness. Develop Rubrics: Create rubrics to assess each learning outcome's performance by the students.

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