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A New Paper Defends the Use of Race in Medicine. Not Everyone is Convinced.

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Opponents argue that race is socially constructed, with no biological basis. Venkataramani, an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania, don’t disagree that race is a made-up category and that race doesn’t cause any disease. It doesn’t matter whether race is a social construct,” said Manski. Dr. Charles F.

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Report: Faculty development courses raise educator and student achievement

University Business

Unless those educators are naturally talented, you may want to consider enrolling them in a faculty development course if they are student-facing. Consequently, their positive development provided preliminary evidence that students’ academic achievement benefited. One new report proves the efficacy of doing just that.

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Here’s why some Gen Z grads face a tight employment window

University Business

“This departure from the traditional in-person learning environment impacted their ability to hone crucial skills, such as effective communication, handling constructive criticism, and observing others to build their professional acumen.” One cohort sitting squarely in this category is older workers.

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Higher Education’s Moment: Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Equity

Supporting Student Success

Beyond language, of course, RSSI equity must be addressed through institutional policies and practices, as well as research and theory development. Beyond language, of course, RSSI equity must be addressed through institutional policies and practices, as well as research and theory development. Cody Nielsen and Jenny L.

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Don’t Use Zoom Fatigue as a Convenient Scapegoat for Exhaustion

The Scholarly Teacher

Researchers at Stanford even developed a Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue Scale, so it seems we have settled on Zoom being a primary culprit (Ramachandran, 2021). These are independent constructs and not considered to be the same thing (Koutsimani et al., You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

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What is Curriculum Development? Understanding the Fundamentals

Creatrix Campus

What is Curriculum Development? Understanding the Fundamentals editor Tue, 06/13/2023 - 00:09 Curriculum development is critical in structuring educational programs and ensuring better learning outcomes. What is Curriculum Development?

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ChatGPT Wrote This Article and then Totally Stole My Job!

eLiterate

I’ll be developing and calling out tags I use for these themes so that you can go to an archive page on each one. It’s taking a bag of words and putting together pieces it found on the internet to construct something that seems like an appropriate response. Its developers have been working on improving this problem.