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Standardized Personalization

Will Richardson

Just for the record, if you’re an advocate for “personalizing” learning, then you need to do more than just offer some options for how students might work their way through the curriculum. That’s just a starting point.

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Update: Moving back to the US

Eric Stoller

Just a quick life update. We’re moving back to the United States in April. It’s been a big decision for sure as we’ve made a lot of great friends during our time in the UK and it’s a fantastic place to live.

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TRACS Annual Meeting Learnings | Changing Higher Ed 028

The Change Leader, Inc.

The TRACS Annual Meeting Learnings - Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, an accreditation body for Christian institutions of higher education, works with approximately 100 institutions.

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The Elf on the Shelf visits Wrexham Glyndwr University

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Find out where Owain created havoc and how his creative naughtiness has given the university’s social media engagement a spike before the Christmas break

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Dealing with harassment at academic conferences: An interview with lawyer Paula Brantner

Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

by Terri E. Givens. During my recent trip to Washington, DC, I was able to connect with attorney Paula Brantner — and given our current newsletter’s focus on ethics, I was interested to hear about the work she is doing with academic associations and conferences.

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How to Spot and Avoid Red Flags in Leadership

Higher Ed Connects: Faculty Development

by Isabel Thottam. Leadership is one of the most important functions of a management team in higher education. Not only do the members of the team represent the organization to its students, stakeholders, and the world—but leaders also represent the organization to its employees.

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Trends in Curricular Change

Higher Ed Connects: Curriculum

by Chris Mayer. Undergraduate curricular change at colleges and universities is undertaken for many reasons. At some institutions, the curriculum has been in place for many years, even decades, and it is time for a change.

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College Finances: Not Only a First-Generation Struggle

Higher Ed Connects: Student Success Blogs

by Terri E. Givens. There are many stories to be told about students of color in college, and as I wrote in a column for Inside Higher Ed, finances are often the main issue for these students. For example, when I was an undergrad at Stanford University, it was a struggle for me financially.

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Your Typical College Student Has Changed—Why Haven’t College Policies?

Higher Ed Connects: Policy

by Kimberly Yavorski. Despite ever-changing demographics on college campuses, policies have remained largely stagnant. If they are to succeed in today’s world, colleges need to adapt to meet changing needs. In this article we will cover: Understanding the demographics. More older students.

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Faculty Diversity and Policy in Higher Ed

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

by Terri E. Givens. Support for diversity and inclusion underpins everything we do at CHEL. Two of the most important issues facing higher education leaders today are the increasing diversity of students entering college, and the ongoing lack of diversity of the faculty. .

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5 Crisis Communication Tips Every Higher Education Institution Needs

Higher Ed Connects: Leadership

This article originally appeared in The Biz Blog on January 30, 2018. Universities across the globe face different crises on a daily basis.

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Maximizing the Impact of Experiential Learning: Empowering Students by Developing Transferable Skills in the Classroom First

Higher Ed Connects: Assessment

The following article describes an approach to maximizing the impact of experiential learning by first developing transferable skills in the context of in-class activities. By Steve Joordens.

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The Future of Online Program Management Serviceswith Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Grant Aldrich | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 026

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This program focused on the future of online program management (OPM). Over time, OPMs have expanded to include student recruitment, student retention, and support.

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How to build a university SEO strategy that adapts

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Here are the latest developments and our thinking on how to factor Google’s features into your digital activities

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The Ethical Debate in Using Trigger Warnings

Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

By Fatma Katr. In a world where education is constantly developing, curriculums are rapidly adopting new learning techniques and content that grasp world reality.

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Secret Boss Training: How to Observe and Assess Teaching in any Format

Higher Ed Connects: Faculty Development

by Thomas J. Tobin. Much of what we know about observing and assessing teaching comes from our own experiences as learners, and many widely-held practices are not supported by best practices.

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Book Review of College Made Whole: Integrative Learning for a Divided World

Higher Ed Connects: Curriculum

by Chris Mayer. High tuition and the resulting loan debt, along with low completion rates and concerns about how much students are actually learning in college, have led critics to call for the unbundling of higher education.

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Our newest In-depth Guide to Artificial Intelligence is released

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

We have a new in-depth members Guide to Artificial Intelligence. This is the third in our series of in-depth guides that are published quarterly.

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Grad Students Should Consider Administrative Work

Higher Ed Connects: News

This article originally appeared on Inside Higher Ed on August 5, 2019. Colleges and universities are great places to work. Many Ph.D. students who are no longer are attracted to faculty careers are still interested in working in higher education.

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Student Assessment of Faculty: Does it Work or Does it Need to Go?

Higher Ed Connects: Policy

by Alicia Betz. Student evaluations of teaching effectiveness (SETs) are such a common practice at the end of the semester that many people don’t even bat an eyelash at their use. But are they really that effective? Are they statistically significant? Are they biased?

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Ed Tech Spotlight: GoCulture

Higher Ed Connects: Ed Tech

Go Culture International (GCI) exists to provide the most reliable intercultural competency assessment tool. With a reliability score of 93% (Cronbach’s Alpa.93), GCI offers industry-leading data accuracy for global citizenship aptitude.

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Race on Campus: Debunking Myths with Data—book review and author Q&A

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

by Shelley Seale. In a Higher Ed Connects issue centered around the theme of diversity, we introduce some provocative questions on the topic: Is diversity counter-productive? Is affirmative action still needed? Do students self-segregate in ways that defeat diversity measures?

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Campus Resources and Tools for Mental Health Advocacy

Higher Ed Connects: Mental Health

by Shelley Seale. Mental health issues are a serious, pressing issue on campus today — and one that administrators and leaders need to address with a full arsenal of resources to assist students, faculty, and themselves when needed.

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Neg Reg 2019 and HEA UpdatesHigher Ed News Washington updates with Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Tom Netting | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 027

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Neg Reg 2019 and HEA updates on this Higher Ed News Washington update podcast with guest Tom Netting. The Department of Education published final regulations that had achieved unprecedented consensus prior to the reporting deadline for the master calendar.

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UCAS extends its influence with new student hub and Unibuddy partnership

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The UK admissions body is gaining more power and influencing prospective students earlier in the recruitment cycle. Read more about the recent initiatives

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The Increasing Relevance of Honor Codes

Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

by Kimberly Yavorski. The recent admissions cheating scandals highlight a potential crisis in academia, indicating that perhaps we need to place more focus on personal responsibility and good citizenship—in effect, to restore “honor” to our campuses.

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Faculty Development and Student Success

Higher Ed Connects: Faculty Development

by Terri Givens, Founder & CEO of The Center for Higher Education Leadership. When a graduate student makes the transition to faculty member, there are a variety of issues they face, and support they need.

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10 Steps to Increase Study Abroad Participation

Study Aborad Association

Studying abroad has been shown to give students invaluable learning opportunities that aren’t available in a traditional classroom setting. International education also opens doors to increasing cultural awareness and better career opportunities after graduation.

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How Virtual Reality is Being Used in Curriculum to Develop Empathy

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

By Fatma Katr. In a fast-paced world where rising human relation issues are often misrepresented or misinterpreted, higher education institutions are moving forward to diversify teaching methods when introducing these issues.

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What a Tech Company’s Big Shift Portends for the Future of the Master’s Degree

Higher Ed Connects: News

This article was originally appeared in The Chronicle for Higher Education on August 7, 2019, written by Goldie Blumenstyk. The end of the master’s degree as we’ve known it?

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Guide To Assessment

Higher Ed Connects: Assessment

by Kristen Lee You jump from one meeting to the next—strategic planning, curricular committee, program decisions, faculty evaluations, and so forth—only for you to have the “A” word crop up on your radar as the next meeting you must attend.

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Ed Tech Spotlight: Relecura

Higher Ed Connects: Ed Tech

Relecura is a technology exploration and invention analysis platform for researchers, academics, IP professionals and business leaders.

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The Ongoing Fight for Diversity in Higher Ed

Higher Ed Connects: Diversity

Terri E. Givens, Founder and CEO of The Center for Higher Education Leadership, and William Devine, Adjunct Professor of Law at Menlo College, take a look at the current state of diversity and affirmative action in higher education.

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The State of Mental Health in College Students Today

Higher Ed Connects: Mental Health

by Alicia Betz. College students today are facing mental health issues more than ever before, and counseling centers are having trouble keeping up as students struggle and even drop out due to mental illness.

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A Primer for Transforming Higher Ed in Turbulent Times

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Transforming Higher Ed in turbulent times may seem impossible, in "normal" times is difficult enough. Preparing for what comes next and strategically managing the transformation will make or break your institution.

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The De Montfort digital detox & what we can learn by switching off social media

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Could you imagine a university turning off social media entirely to promote emotional well-being at a busy point in the year

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Academic Freedom is no Basis for Pedagogical Malpractice

Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

By Steve Joordens. This article makes a case for professors undergoing formal training in education, just as doctors undergo formal training in medicine.

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