Wonkhe

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Why are increasing numbers of academic staff reporting lecture theatres and seminar rooms as empty of students these days? Jim Dickinson gets real. The post What if they’re all part-time students now? appeared first on Wonkhe.

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Inside Higher Ed

AUGUST 15, 2024

As an undergraduate, I took a seminar dedicated entirely to Ulysses by James Joyce. Murphy outlines five ways to encourage them to shift their focus from the instructor to one another in whole class discussions. Joyce’s modernist novel is mystifying, so question marks hung on the ends of students’ contributions.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It starts with a first-year seminar program. A first-year seminar provides a perfect structure for this assignment, but it could be used in a variety of courses. 272) An analysis of the reflection papers students (in five seminar sections) wrote after the exam revealed five themes. The first and “perhaps most important” (p.

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totallyrewired

OCTOBER 4, 2024

A recent CEO seminar organized by David White and Chris Rowell, featuring speakers Vikki Hill and Liz Bunting, explored these ideas in depth. Defining Presence and Belonging in Education At the core of the seminar was the notion that belonging means students feel seen, respected, and valued within their educational communities.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Department heads can organize seminars on grant application writing, or how to identify grant foundations that best match one’s research focus. Research seminars can provide exposure to academics from other universities, enabling networking and feedback.

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Deans for Impact

DECEMBER 8, 2022

April: We also pushed into other opportunities like grand seminars, which are all practicum-student professional development opportunities that take place five times a semester and operate like mini conferences for students. It was a huge benefit of non-judgmental, non-competitive support around ideas to improve our specific goals.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

By Kelly Field University of Maine Students in the University of Maine’s “Explore What You Eat” Research Learning Experience seminar learn about the production of pasta dishes as part of their hands-on exercises in food science. An unusual program for first-year students aims to support their success and keep them enrolled.

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HEPI

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

The business school leader can create mentor plans for junior faculty; organize seminars on research and research funding; and organize other activities such as brown-bag seminars or writing clubs. Other activities. To achieve the newer, higher research culture level: Take action that builds academic citizenship.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

from lecture to the following seminar class), with instructor direction of the subsequent seminar including design of questions for students to address, perhaps in a roundtable discussion. Additionally, the role of lead student rotates around the seminar group throughout the semester/module.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

AUGUST 22, 2024

Two large buildings on the university’s main campus, where students attend hundreds of lectures and seminars each academic year, will be closed owing to concrete degradation and the corrosion of steel reinforcements that support the structures. Continue reading.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Applicants should explain how they shared their pedagogical innovation with the public, which may include one or more of the following: Presentation at a seminar, workshop, or other form of public appearance, or Publication (or acceptance for publication) in a refereed journal, or Other form of communication.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

You Can’t Tell a Quilt by Its Cover Elizabeth Redden Sat, 11/11/2023 - 09:07 AM Laura Skandera Trombley reflects on the artful stitching together of a first-semester first-year seminar. Byline(s) Laura Skandera Trombley

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Academe Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

BY BILL BERGMAN Recently, I participated in an experiment that had several first-year seminar (FYS) instructors attend each other’s classes. It was an effort to see if we could improve our teaching techniques by observing colleagues. My first visit was to a FYS class in physics.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

from lecture to the following seminar class), with instructor direction of the subsequent seminar including design of questions for students to address, perhaps in a roundtable discussion. Additionally, the role of lead student rotates around the seminar group throughout the semester/module.

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Students Higher Education Degree Retention 84

MindMax

JUNE 6, 2023

I used to run seminars for teachers and corporate trainers, and in those seminars, I would ask the question: “How many of you are not great at math?” Listen first—then take action It’s important to acknowledge that admitting to an uncomfortable truth isn’t the same as taking action. Half the hands would go up.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

Many colleges and universities around the country offer First-Year Seminars (FYS) or First-Year Experiences (FYE). My recent opportunity to teach a First-Year Seminar was educational for both me and my students. Offer choice and connections One of the beneficial experiences in our First-Year Seminar was the book clubs.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The program – one of four such programs in the nation and the first in California – will span 17 months, with seven online classes, two one-week classes on campus, and one travel seminar. The first cohort will start next fall.

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The PIE News

JUNE 27, 2024

In addition to this, phase four of the initiative will seek to raise awareness of key aspects of the European Strategy for Universities and initiatives linked to the establishment of the European Education Area through annual seminars on EU policy.

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The Guardian - Higher Education

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Robert Van de Noort says vice-chancellors must be bold in protecting academic freedom and promoting diversity of thought Universities risk becoming “uniformities” of rigid ideas and self-censorship, according to the vice-chancellor of the University of Reading, who accused the government and his fellow university leaders of creating echo chambers on (..)

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The Guardian - Higher Education

AUGUST 26, 2023

Compact teaching timetables, where lectures and seminars are scheduled over two or three days rather than dotted throughout the week, are being introduced by a number of institutions. The move makes it easier for the growing number of undergraduates who have to take on part-time jobs to make ends meet.

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The PIE News

MARCH 21, 2024

. “In 2022/23 student contribution to net migration was still a very high 51.7% – that is a 267,000 student contribution of a record net migration of 518,000,” said Rizvi, speaking at a seminar held by the University of Melbourne’s Centre for the Study of Higher Education.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Attend this web seminar to learn more about the advantages of EAM, and some key strategies for success when it comes to managing and maintaining all physical assets across a college or university.

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The PIE News

JULY 18, 2024

Attending seminars has prepared me for work meetings. My performance in seminars was best when I had prepared. Here are a few snippets of them! Do the reading, have an idea of how you want to contribute. Being prepared is something that I have carried into my working life.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The initiatives include a summer bridge program for students who have not passed the Texas Success Initiative and have not yet been deemed college-ready; a redesign of its First Year Seminar course to focus on career exploration and academic skills; an improvement to faculty professional development opportunities; and a loan program for laptops.

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Insight Into Diversity

APRIL 19, 2023

This information will be relayed through one-on-one meetings, presentations by guest experts, quarterly seminars, and more. To ensure faculty receive the support they need, the STEER curriculum will cover a range of topics, including clinical practice, leadership, promotion and tenure, teaching and research , and service.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 20, 2023

For example, one successful practice I have used is offering an in-person or virtual seminar during the first or second week after a course begins on the required writing style, along with reviewing the expectations with them. Faculty can even create a quiz for learners who attended the seminar.

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Inside Higher Ed

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Program for Leadership and Character already offers scholarships, courses, seminars, speakers and retreats to Wake Forest students. Kirby Foundation Chair of Leadership and Character, and associate professor of interdisciplinary humanities at Wake Forest.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

That's significantly less than some other area institutions pay: Barnard College recently increased its adjunct pay to $11,500 from $10,000 per seminar, and New York University bumped its per-course adjunct pay to $10,400. Part-time faculty pay at the New School varies, but some professors say they make around $4,000 per course.

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Continuous Learning Institute

JANUARY 18, 2024

in Community College Leadership program at New Jersey City University and worked at Middlesex County College for 18 years in a variety of roles including professor of psychology and student success, director for the Center for the Enrichment of Learning and Teaching, first-year seminar course coordinator, counselor, and disability services provider.

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HEPI

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Plato around a seminar table this ain’t Wildavsky usefully nails the idea that higher education is contrary to skills-based learning, noting that even the ‘land-grant institutions’ founded in the US over a century ago provide practical experience.

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Insight Into Diversity

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The funds will be spent over five years to support the Pharmacy Community College Connect (PC3) and McKesson Foundation Health Equity Seminar Series initiatives. The U-M College of Pharmacy also received about $1.5

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MindMax

MAY 22, 2024

I went on to start my own company, where I facilitated and ran week-long, intensive seminars for teachers and corporate trainers on the nature of learning and how to create better learning environments. The experience ended up being quite formative. I knew from that point forward that building relationships mattered to me.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

JUNE 8, 2023

Page was a United Negro College Fund/Mellon International Faculty Seminar Fellow and is a certified Supplemental Instruction Supervisor. Page has been lauded for her work, having been given the Council of Independent Colleges Chief Academic Officer Award in 2020 and recognized as one of Diverse’s 25 leading women in higher education in 2017.

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University Business

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Attend this web seminar with two experts in higher ed facilities to learn more about the pressing issues facing facilities and finance leaders today. Business as usual is unsustainable.

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Insight Into Diversity

AUGUST 27, 2024

The new library features over 150 computer stations, 17,000 square feet of study area, and versatile rooms for events and seminars. Lewis Memorial Library, which had served the university since 1962.

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University Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

3, in a visual arts seminar, Scanlan, who is white, used the n-word when discussing a poem by poet Jonah Mixon-Webster, who is Black. Princeton has defended the professor, Joe Scanlan, saying the incident fell under the university’s policies protecting academic freedom.

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Inside Higher Ed

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

” Joe Scanlan, a professor of visual arts at Princeton, used the word this month in a seminar while discussing a poem by Jonah Mixon-Webster. Scanlan is white and Mixon-Webster is Black.)

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