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Faculty-Student Partnerships in Curriculum Design and Review

The Scholarly Teacher

One of the foundational studies in this field is Healey, Flint, and Harrington's (2014), offering a conceptual model that outlines student engagement through partnership with faculty through four pathways: assessment projects, curriculum consultation, subject-based research, and SoTL (see Figure 1).

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Enhancing Faculty Understanding of Students’ Readiness to Learn

The Scholarly Teacher

2014), contributing to lack of student use. Simple and practical metacognitive surveys can reveal student attitudes and point towards potential interventions, enabling faculty to navigate previously obscured obstacles. Several popular methods of student studying (rereading, highlighting, etc.) References Bandura, A. link] Brown, P.

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Kudos to Black/Diverse Issues for Four Decades of Truth, Insight, Vision, and Integrity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

1994-2004 – Institutional Adjustment and Affirmative Inaction Affirmative action was expected to result in substantially larger numbers of African Americans, Hispanics, and Native Americans as students and faculty members in historically white colleges and universities.

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LEAD Fund Mourns Passing of DEI Leader

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Chris Metzler continuously illuminated our path toward a more inclusive future in which all voices are welcomed and valued,” said Dr. Edna Chun, vice chair of the LEAD Fund, a national not-for-profit organization founded in 2014 and styled as a “Think and Do Tank.”

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WVU Abandons Proposed Faculty Promotion, Firing Changes

Confessions of a Community College Dean

West Virginia University administrators have now abandoned their proposed changes to how faculty members are evaluated, promoted and terminated, following faculty members’ vote last month in opposition. The University Assembly, which includes all WVU faculty members, has approximately 2,700 members. Hide by line?:

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Report: English Majors Employed at Comparable Rates, Educators Can Do More to Prepare Students for Careers

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women comprise the majority of English majors – they earned nearly 69% of all English bachelor’s degrees in 2014 – but are generally paid less, according to the report. In 2018, the median annual earnings for men who are English language and literature majors was about $74,000. But for women, that number falls to around $61,000.

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Using Mini-Lectures to Create Active Learning Space

The Scholarly Teacher

We all have an image of an expressionless, drab faculty member standing at a lectern, droning on while the students in the class struggle to stay awake. Based on my experience conducting faculty workshops and the books I have written, I would argue this is the most recognized phrase in the history of education. Major et al.,