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Are we assuming all students will cheat?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In this post, Dr Donna Murray guides the academic community to think about moving our ongoing conversations from AI-assisted plagiarism detectors and the lack of trust in students to exploring what it means to equip students to belong to an academic culture.

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Flipped Classrooms: A Next Generation Nursing Case Study

The Scholarly Teacher

Anne Marie Welsh , Doctoral Student, Gwynedd Mercy University Key Statement: Flipping case studies lets students practice critical thinking in real-world scenarios while also imparting knowledge required for licensure. It was interesting to see the students bounce ideas off one another.

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08 - Dr. Kirk Manning

StudentAffairs.com

We chat with Dr. Kirk Manning, the former Vice President and Dean for Student Development at St. Dr. Manning has been in the field of student affairs for over 30 years. Thomas Aquinas College. Full transcript available at [link

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Breaking Bread in Communities of Learners

The Scholarly Teacher

To support faculty in any discipline to survive this inevitable pushback and avoid burning out, they recommend developing a long-term, transformational relationship with a peer (a Table of Fellowship). Rethinking college student development theory using critical frameworks.

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Benefits of Integrating Service-Learning With Other High-Impact Practices

The Scholarly Teacher

Students in a post-COVID world desire a learning experience that has more value—flexible, hands-on, and engaging—at the course, campus, and community levels (Mandernach et al., Further, students want to be challenged and be in the role of creator (Morales, 2022). By: Dawn M.

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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. Experiential learning is currently a “hot” approach for allowing students to develop these skills in authentic settings.

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UP cuts Title IX position amidst budget shortfall - Brie Haro, University of Portland Beacon

Ray Schroeder

Tammy Herdener, associate vice president for student development, will be acting as the interim Title IX coordinator while the program undergoes restructuring. The administration has eliminated the Title IX coordinator position in an effort to deal with the University’s $13.4 million budget deficit. Over the summer Ethan Snyder was hired as Title IX coordinator, but has recently left UP.

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20. Dr. George McClellan

StudentAffairs.com

Previously, he served as the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Indiana University - Purdue University and as Vice President for Student Development at Dickinson State University. We chat with Dr. George S. McClellan, Professor of higher education at the University of Mississippi.

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University of Miami Computer Science Student Fuels “Accelerate Tech” Pilot Program

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The participating students in the program took a computational thinking assessment which informed what version of a computer science curriculum they are receiving. The primary challenge with the coupling of computationally talented college students with K-12 schools is a logistical one.

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NASPA Survey Reveals Further Declines in Campus Mental Health

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated the problem, with over 60% of college students meeting the criteria for at least one mental health issue in the 2020-21 school year. 93% of respondents thought that students have become more comfortable talking about mental health.

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Report: Caring Campus Program Tied to Increased Connection for Students and Faculty

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Caring Campus, a program to have faculty contribute to fostering a culture of caring for students at schools, is related to observable benefits, according to a recent report by the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Columbia University.

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Practical Pedagogy Tips for Educators at Minority-Serving Institutions

The Scholarly Teacher

Key statement: This post offers suggestions about ways faculty can improve student learning experiences at MSIs with small changes to classroom practices. Introduction Minority-Serving (MSIs) enroll high percentages of students facing systemic barriers to higher education access.

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Report Finds Broad Base Skills Help Students Post-Graduation, But Inequity Remains

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

First-generation students are less likely to earn over $50,000 after graduation, and Black graduates are the least likely to experience both economic and noneconomic benefits after acquiring these skills. Look said higher education can make students feel like the only reward is the degree.

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Women's Liberal Arts College Allows Students to Travel Globally as Part of First-Year Course

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At Agnes Scott College, first-year students are given the opportunity to take their first step into becoming global citizens through its Global Journeys program. Over 60% of our students are students of color. Many of our students are first-generation students.

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Middle and High School PBL: 10 Earth Day Project Idea Driving Questions?

Experiential Learning Depot

Are you looking for an awesome way to engage middle and high school students in Earth Day? This post offers 10 Earth Day project idea driving questions that challenge your students to protect, conserve, and preserve the Earth for generations to come. Students could design the habitat.

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Engaging with Hope and Beyond

Hope College Network

For me, an international student from Nigeria, building a sense of community was an important aspect of what I set out to do in the U.S., The Phelps Scholars program provides a way for students to learn about the entire world while living at a smaller Liberal Arts campus.

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10 Inspiring Women's History Project Based Learning Ideas to Celebrate Women's History Month

Experiential Learning Depot

Students immerse themselves in community ideas and issues, utilize community resources , and deeply examine topics that are relevant and meaningful to students and/or the community. Compile the photos and descriptions into a gallery and invite community members to view student work.

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I Would Have Cheated in College Using ChatGPT

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. ChatGPT is creating all kinds of buzz about students cheating on essays. My social contract with the teacher was no less broken than the student who copied somebody else’s work. I’ve conducted a fair few focus groups with students over the years. I have created an assignment asking students to write an essay on a particular topic.

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Is An Expensive Private College Education Worth the Money?

Great College Advice

Even with salary averages by college, educational ROI would not be predictive for an individual student. Other skills a student develops beyond the major (e.g., Jobs or internships the student might have had during college (e.g., Controlling for all these variables so that we could develop a scientific study that gave us meaningful comparisons to help us predict educational ROI for a particular student is virtually impossible.

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Developing a Strengths-Based Campus: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned

Supporting Student Success

It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. Liana presenting a workshop to students. “My

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What is Student-Led Interest-Based Learning and Why is it Important?

Experiential Learning Depot

Student-led interest-based learning is the process of learners developing and leading their own learning experiences that are designed around their interests, passions, values, culture, and more. What is Student-Led Interest-Based Learning? Student interests.

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On Power and Climate Change

Will Richardson

And it’s connecting really deeply with my recent thinking about the tension between schools as a public and private good and the greatest aspirations we have for students as they experience school. Kreisberg’s book tells many stories of teachers and students who were involved in a group called Educators for Social Responsibility which was founded in 1982 to address the concerns of both students and teachers about the possibility of nuclear war.

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Succession Planning in Higher Education: Implications and Considerations 

Collegis Education Higher Ed Trends

The success of an academic institution depends on its ability to attract and retain high-quality students, faculty and staff. and students), money and equipment. . Effective succession planning helps maintain consistent, high-quality resources for student development. .

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Team Growth: Get to Know Denecia and Yassine

Campus Groups

This vision is reflected in how we: Develop our product. Our belief is that by embracing diversity, we can foster a better world for our team, partner campuses and students. Denecia is passionate about student success and experiential learning.

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3 Super Simple Ways to Teach Self-Direction Skills to Student-Led Learners

Experiential Learning Depot

I often get asked about tips for helping students build self-direction skills. Your excitement gets squashed and you are disappointed because your student-led learning plans didn’t unfold the way you expected. How can you help students build self-direction skills proficiency?

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10 Fun and Engaging Experiential Holiday Activities for the Classroom

Experiential Learning Depot

I engage students in experiential holiday activities for the classroom that are fitting for the time of year. Before diving in I want to note that the resources mentioned in connection to some of the activities below are really designed for secondary students (7th-12th grade).

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Leveraging the Power of Teaming

Kay Peterson

In our recent podcast, Michellana Jester describes her experiences with MIT Sloan’s Global Entrepreneurship Lab where business and graduate student teams provide insights and analysis to startups in emerging and frontier markets.

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All Eyes on Career Prep Leads Institutions to Writing Tech

University Business

After all, this work with students is essential. Career services are critical to student success while matriculating through an institution and after graduation. Students want more: more resources, more tools, more direction, and more answers. If you’re looking for a way to take career prep and student support to the next level, here are three critical ways a tool like Grammarly can help: . Prepare students to communicate effectively across multiple channels .

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Warning: Why incoming college students don’t feel ready for college and career decisions

University Business

A startling three-quarters of high school grads say they do not feel prepared to make these important choices about their futures, according to a survey of 500 students from the classes of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 conducted by YouScience, an integrated college and career readiness platform.

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NYU interdisciplinary experiential learning takes off

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: At New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering, the seven-year-old Vertically Integrated Projects program has grown from five teams to almost 50, involving hundreds of students each semester. All NYU students can apply, and there are no prerequisite courses.

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Teaching students to think beyond themselves

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The Program for Leadership and Character already offers scholarships, courses, seminars, speakers and retreats to Wake Forest students. Some 350 students have participated in extracurricular discussion groups that explore such topics as “What Is College For?”

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‘Critical’

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The context was a discussion of student responses to controversial topics. Someone mentioned that in the K-12 world, students are taught—sometimes deliberately, sometimes by default—that the book they’re reading is true. ” A student who understands “critical” in this sense is likely to resort to one of two habits: either ducking engagement altogether or fully attacking.

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University of Dayton, Sinclair CC share students

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Setting community college students up for success can result in institutional partnerships, as demonstrated by the University of Dayton’s work with Sinclair Community College in Ohio. The first cohort will begin in fall 2023 with a total of 20 students.

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U of Iowa business school students build storytelling skills

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: As students at the University of Iowa’s Tippie School of Business prepare to embark on their careers, a new program is teaching them to tell their stories and personal experiences—a communication skill that will be important during their initial job searches and beyond.

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[Infographic:] 5 Ways to Foster a More Equitable Learning Environment with Grammarly for Education

University Business

Equipping students with next-level writing support fosters inclusive learning by helping students develop clear, confident, and compelling communication skills, no matter where they are starting. Topics include: Empowering students to communicate effectively.

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Team Growth: Get to Know Maria and Anthony

Campus Groups

This vision is reflected in how we: Develop our product. Our belief is that by embracing diversity, we can foster a better world for our team, partner campuses and students. Maria is passionate about student affairs and success.

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K-12 Design: Career & Technical Education Spaces that Improve Student Outcomes

Clark Nesxen

Department of Education, students who focused on career and technical education (CTE) during high school had higher annual median earnings eight years after graduation than students who did not. Right: Students preparing electrical circuits in Carpentry lab at Apex High School.

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Should professors eliminate deadlines?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: When Hannah Snyder, assistant professor of psychology at Brandeis University, first began teaching, she did not set multiple midsemester deadlines for students to report progress on their end-of-semester papers. But many students nonetheless procrastinated.

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No Winners in a Curriculum War

Confessions of a Community College Dean

It is contingent on what one values about writing, the kinds of writing products you want students to complete and writing experiences that you believe are important for students to have.

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It’s official: Joe Paul is named president of the University of Southern Mississippi

University Business

” Paul, a Southern Miss alumnus, retired in 2015 after he served as an administrator in student affairs for the university for more than 40 years. ” More from UB : Student debt relief moves ‘full speed ahead’ despite temporary block.

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

Creatrix Campus

This hype is due to several reasons such as meeting established standards and offering high-quality academic programs, enhancing reputation worldwide and attracting more students, increasing credibility, funding opportunities, and inviting global recognition.

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Trying to teach students to tolerate disagreeable speech

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: About a dozen students gathered at the Culver Family Welcome Center on the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh’s campus in February to participate in the first of a new discussion series designed to promote open and civil discourse on the First Amendment.

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Authentic Ways to Demonstrate and Share Learning Digitally

Experiential Learning Depot

Let's say a teacher assigns students to research invasive species. Students create a poster board with information on that species and present final products to their classmates. Think about WHO could benefit from the information or final products that your students have to offer.

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