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A (Dorm) Room of One’s Own

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Academic work requires material access to information in libraries, and other resources like computers and (relatively quiet) space in which to write. Gramsci, toiling away at his notebooks in his prison cell, and other geniuses who have done important research and literary creation under the hardest circumstances, are the exceptions.

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Sadhana Lolla named 2024 Gates Cambridge Scholar

CAPD

Lolla, a senior from Clarksburg, Maryland, is majoring in computer science and minoring in mathematics and literature. At Cambridge, she will pursue an MPhil in technology policy. At MIT, Lolla conducts research on safe and trustworthy robotics and deep learning at the Distributed Robotics Laboratory with Professor Daniela Rus.

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To Weather the Storms of Higher Education, Remember Why You’re There

Supporting Student Success

As you think about those inciting incidents that drew you to higher education, take time to connect with those who have been by your side on your journey. Higher education is heading into the eye of the tornado. In education, we are really good at focusing on what and how and when, at solving the problems before us.

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The Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain: Ensuring Quality and Excellence in Higher Ed Institutions

Creatrix Campus

What is the Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain? What is the Higher Education Council (HEC) in Bahrain? The HEC is a government-affiliated organization that was established to oversee the development of the higher education sector in Bahrain.

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How the Choice Based Credit System can Improve the Quality of Higher Education in India

Creatrix Campus

How the Choice Based Credit System can Improve the Quality of Higher Education in India editor Mon, 06/26/2023 - 01:39 A robust and high-quality higher education system plays a vital role in the advancement and prosperity of any nation in today's rapidly changing world. What is a Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS)?

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Is HyFlex a viable teaching approach in 'normal' times?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

But it moved from a fringe phenomenon to the mainstream, at least temporarily, during the COVID-19 pandemic, as colleges brought students back to their physical campuses but needed flexibility so that students who were sick or otherwise unable to be in the classroom could continue their educations. They provided the basics.

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Announcing a Design/Build Workshop Series for an AI Learning Design Assistant (ALDA)

eLiterate

For a price that you may well have in your professional development budget? Here’s how we’ll do it: Guided prompt engineering: Your learning designers probably already have interview questions for the basic information they need to design a lesson, module, or course. What are the learning goals?