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4 Online Teaching Strategies To Promote Collaboration and Community

The Scholarly Teacher

Kagan (2001) suggests that strategies like this promote both social interaction and accountability in any learning environment. Upon returning to whole group instruction, the faculty can share each group's Jamboard and encourage students to make observations, connections, or expand upon their peers' work. Strategy 4: Jigsaw.

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Famous Graduates of Liberal Arts Colleges

Great College Advice

In fact, the graduation rate for STEM majors in liberal arts colleges tends to be quite high–because faculty work hard to ensure that students interested in the sciences actually make it through these difficult majors. Bush in 2001. MacRae , Class of 1940, Biochemist at M.I.T. MacRae , Class of 1940, Biochemist at M.I.T.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

And since then, most faculty members and students have been thriving with either a hybrid model or in-person classes. We attempted to do something for Black faculty and administrators and so Black Issues was started. 1, after 35 years on the faculty of Virginia Tech. Biden Administration U.S. History-maker Dr. Ruth J.

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AAUP Report on Political Interference in Higher Education: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 185 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Henry “Hank” Reichman

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton McNaughton and Reichman cover the processes and conclusions of the AAUP report, emphasizing the detrimental effects on academic governance, academic freedom, and the well-being of faculty and students. Notable among these are faculty departures and a discernible decline in academic standards.