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

Creatrix Campus

Additionally, the HEC encourages collaboration between higher education institutions and industry, supports and promotes research in higher education, and works to enhance the international visibility of Bahrain's higher education system.

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

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The non-credit courses are evaluated as either 'Satisfactory' or 'Unsatisfactory' and are not factored into the computation of SGPA/CGPA. It requires careful planning and collaboration among faculty members and subject matter experts. Providing professional development opportunities and support is crucial for effective implementation.

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

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Joining for the discussion were two professors who have both taught in the HyFlex format and done research on its impact. Enilda Romero-Hall is an associate professor in the learning design and technology program at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville; she started teaching HyFlex before the pandemic and got her Ph.D.

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Leveraging Grants for STEM Equity

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Women have been making crucial contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics since long before STEM was an educational buzzword. Women wrote the first computer algorithm and the first programming language to use English words. York lauds the program as “really smart.”

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How to spot a struggling student online and what to do about it

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

I argue that prior to the forced migration of online courses, face-to-face faculty generally felt well equipped to spot struggling students, but may have difficulty in the online modality. In the recent migration to online modalities, faculty have not prioritized the care of struggling students, but they should.

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The Challenges of International Credential Evaluation

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We need to be well informed about our own education system because this is the system that we are measuring an international program against. Or is this some sort of a private proprietary professional development type of institution, or is it a diploma mill, of which unfortunately there are thousands and thousands.