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Engaging with Hope and Beyond

Hope College Network

While a lot of individuals think of college as a mostly academic endeavor, there is much to be said about the experiences that take place outside of the classroom. 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.,

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Fun and games – nurturing students’ ‘being’

SRHE

The gap between higher education and the workplace will only widen should we overlook our role as educators in developing these personal skills in students. This aligns with the thoughts of some academics who mull over whether sometimes having fun in the classroom just seems wrong.

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

Higher Ed Connects: Faculty Development

We can adopt three broad principles in order to allow even non-subject-expert observers to provide meaningful—and legally defensible—assessments of teaching quality regardless of the subject, level, format, medium, or approach being used by instructors: Good teaching practices share seven core elements. Take a minute and think.

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The Value of Micro-Credentials for Higher Ed Institutions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 154 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Matt Frank

The Change Leader, Inc.

9 May · Episode 154 The Value of Micro-Credentials for Higher Ed Institutions By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Understanding micro-credentials' value for higher ed institutions, students, and the ever-changing business world can help institutions grow revenue.

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Student Lifecycle Strategies for Enrollment and Retention: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 150 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amrit Ahluwalia

The Change Leader, Inc.

Amrit discusses the most effective ways in which schools can engage with students and alumni and how to define specific tactics and priorities that will improve enrollment and retention. Drawing from his experience of working with more than 2,500 leaders at various colleges and universities across the US.,

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Looking for Love in 2024

SRHE

Evoking the four-letter word no fewer than fifty times in the English translation of his Pedagogy of the Oppressed (1970) the Brazilian educator and philosopher links love with solidarity, humanisation and liberation, to clarify education’s mission as building a world where it is easier to love, and where educators must risk acts of love.

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The case for Luddism against ChatGPT (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” That was the first thing I heard from a student on campus this January. It wasn’t an auspicious start to the new semester—at least from my perspective as a humanities scholar who believes that our job is to help students acquire the messy skills of information collection, critical evaluation and meaningful synthesizing.