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Professional Learning Communities: A Meaningful Approach to Faculty Professional Development

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Teaching and learning is the fundamental mission of educational institutions and researchers have documented that the right levels of continuous and job-embedded professional learning opportunities will improve the quality of teaching and learning. On common ground: The power of professional learning communities. References: DuFour, R.,

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Professional Learning Communities: A Meaningful Approach to Faculty Professional Development

Faculty Focus

Teaching and learning is the fundamental mission of educational institutions and researchers have documented that the right levels of continuous and job-embedded professional learning opportunities will improve the quality of teaching and learning. On common ground: The power of professional learning communities. References: DuFour, R.,

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Getting started with professional development

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It got me thinking about professional activity as it relates to tenure (or in Salisbury University’s case for librarians, permanent status). I am not someone who comes from a family of academics; I distinctly remember getting “librarian” on one of those career profiles in high school, and immediately thinking, “Oh, no.

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UC Irvine to Launch Pre-Health Professional Development Program to Support Students from Underserved Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The University of California, Irvine, will launch an interdisciplinary, pre-health professional development program, which aims to support students from underserved communities interested in healthcare careers. Dr. Belinda Campos UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways (UCPPP) – it is receiving funding from a five-year, $3.6

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Mentoring Program Addresses Dental Faculty Retention

Insight Into Diversity

A mentoring program being developed at the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine (UB SDM) will support the professional development of dental faculty to help curtail turnover and increase faculty diversity. The program is set to begin this July.

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Enhancing Graduate School Admissions With MyLiaison Solutions

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Streamlining the Grad School Application Process With CAS The application process is often the first major challenge of graduate school for prospective students and the institutions aiming to attract them. CAS simplifies this journey, providing a unified platform where students can manage and submit applications to multiple programs.

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Old Dominion University Launches Program to Address Lack of Minority Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Old Dominion University’s (ODU) Darden College of Education and Professional Studies is launching a program to help address disparities in the number of minorritized higher ed faculty. The priority deadline for applications for the two- to three-person initial cohort is Dec.

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