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Why we need applied humanities approaches (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

The humanities might not-too-facetiously be labeled the black sheep of academia. After all, the humanities are frequently characterized as being in crisis and, since 2008, have suffered massive hemorrhaging in the numbers of new majors. To put it simply, an applied humanities approach is needed in STEM education.

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How To Be Conspicuously Human in the Online Classroom 

Faculty Focus

Many of us have received university-level guidance which helps us know how to respond to AI-assisted writing when we see it (or when an online checker tells us to take a deeper look). It’s about humans being human in the classroom, doing the complex, emotional, and messy labor that (as of right now) only we can do.

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How AI can add the human touch that today’s college students need

University Business

AI is helping us help our students in ways that feel much more human than skeptics of this new technology might have thought possible. But the best chatbots also incorporate a human touch that manages to be engaging and empathetic. That makes humans more effective at doing what they do best, which is to dig into complex problems.

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Dr. Ruth Simmons to Deliver 2023 NEH Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Simmons will deliver the 2023 Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities, the highest honor from the federal government for distinguished intellectual achievement in the humanities. Simmons The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) lecture – “Facing History to Find a Better Future” – will take place 7 p.m. Dr. Ruth J.

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Building careers in the humanities

Marcia J. Ballinger, Ph.D.

Lorain County Community College is the community’s college, providing pathways to rewarding careers in all fields, including liberal arts and the humanities. This semester, the first cohort of the Mandel program came together, comprised of students with interests in the arts, writing, communication or the humanities.

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How To Be Conspicuously Human in the Online Classroom 

Faculty Focus

Many of us have received university-level guidance which helps us know how to respond to AI-assisted writing when we see it (or when an online checker tells us to take a deeper look). It’s about humans being human in the classroom, doing the complex, emotional, and messy labor that (as of right now) only we can do.

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‘So to Speak’ podcast: Nature Human Misbehavior

FIRE

Jonathan Rauch discusses new ethics guidance from the journal Nature Human Behavior Should academic journals appoint themselves social justice gatekeepers?