The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2023

Brought sharply into focus during the 2007-8 Great Recession — and seemingly every month since in the news and on social media — the U.S. Generally, colleges of arts and sciences are large academic units within a university that offer a range of department-led majors and areas of study, research and creative activity: from the arts (e.g.,

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

As misleading news reports, misinformation and false data spread throughout the world, students of all ages need better instruction on how to assess media and data. Their course covers everything from interpreting data visualizations to understanding publication bias in academic literature to identifying fake news.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

Libraries can help with the issue of quality.” Librarian expertise can be utilized beyond curation to support the creation of new OER, videos, courseware, games, AR and other digital content. If math is more your language, she broke it down this way: “Faculty + Librarians + Digital Media Experts = Engaging Content 4 learners.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2022

Growing student debt, declining college enrollment, faculty layoffs and department closures, to name a few. The world’s complexity has been catapulted to a new level, and higher education is feeling the repercussions like never before. We’re familiar with the higher education headlines. The solution is within reach.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here’s my New Year’s resolution for higher education: extend the reach of research to the people. research practices used to enhance transparency from design to dissemination). It’s part of a growing recognition that research really belongs to the people. The public, less so. These are great to emulate across disciplines.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

However, psychology research shows that uncertainty itself is often the real driver behind rising anxiety. My own research has shown that when people are afraid of math, neural alarm signals go off in the brain before a math test — not during or after. Our anxiety comes from our worries about what might or could happen.

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ProfHacker

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Inside Higher Ed (IHE) recently issued their 2017 Survey of Faculty Attitudes on Technology and we were excited about the big initial finding that more faculty are teaching online and that more are finding that online learning can meet the same outcomes. This is great, but unsurprising news.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In a 2017 study by the American Council on Education, a higher education association, researchers found that individuals who identified as something other than white held just 17 percent of college and university presidencies in 2016, while representing 42 percent of students enrolled in 2015. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2021

Black enrollment in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and math — is among the issues that urgently demand attention, said Cato Laurencin, CEO of the Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science. “We Black people hold 7 percent of jobs in these areas requiring bachelor’s degrees, the Pew Research Center reports.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2024

It’s an existential issue.” At the same time, nearly all faculty tried teaching online in 2020 and that experience chipped away at their previous resistance, said Hill. But there’s a large body of research showing that students don’t learn as much from an online course and are more likely to fail or drop out.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

Employing this method with schools is the way to help higher education’s affordability issue. Higher education is often at the forefront when it comes to researching and reforming other industries, but when reimagining its own institutions, things operate at a dawdling pace. We can move more expeditiously.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 30, 2023

If I’m saying my students are not allowed to do research, if I’m saying my students aren’t allowed to read a book because it’s written by a Black author, then I know I’m going to have legal support.” If I’m saying I’m threatened, I’m going to have someone that has my back,” he said. “If

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edWeb.net

MARCH 30, 2021

Ways to engage students in developing media literacy were recently discussed during an edWebinar , sponsored by the News Literacy Project , which featured Shaelynn Farnsworth, National Director of Educator Outreach and Success, and Ebonee Rice, Vice President, Educator Network.

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Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

Public Interest Research Group, each new edition of a textbook cost 12 percent more than the previous one. He did not rule out the possibility that Pearson may still issue new print editions. “If We can update the content more frequently, and students and faculty will be able to get the updates in real time.”

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Xavier’s effort for inclusion and support in STEM majors bucks patterns of segregation by college major that are typically made worse by colleges, according to a new report from the Economic Security and Opportunity Initiative at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

“It’s a great feeling of satisfaction,” said Logue, now a research professor at CUNY’s Graduate Center, “because it isn’t just CUNY. Some researchers argue that the shift to statistics might have made the difference. But she ran into problems with the algebra faculty.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2019

While institutions continue to work toward improving the diversity of their students, another aspect of diversity work receives precious little attention: faculty. More than three-quarters of full-time faculty members are white , according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Academic leaders must make diversity a priority.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 8, 2018

New faculty at Dickinson College attend a training session about how to help students who might be foundering. Faculty are required to flag any problems by specified dates during each semester. When she walked into his first-year seminar at Dickinson College, Steve Riccio was impressed by his new student’s enthusiasm.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2020

This story also appeared in NBC News. are fueling conflicts with administrators that, amplified by the coronavirus pandemic, have ignited protests by faculty, staff and some students and alumni. Some faculty members say that budget cuts have led to a lowering of the university’s academic reputation. But for schools like O.U. —

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2017

That was a major question we explored at the EdTech Efficacy Academic Research Symposium in Washington D.C. The most common factors, according to our research, include the company’s capacity to deliver high quality products at scale, track record, product roadmap, financial stability, and quality of partner relationships. last month.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2021

While it is too early to tell if these stories are anecdotal or a widespread issue, history tells us that these tales of massive superintendent retirements in the face of adversity are often overblown. Challenges, however daunting, are not new to us. Notably, this edition was researched and written before the pandemic.

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Social Media Survey Study Report 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 16, 2019

The study called into question the survey methods of a variety of sources, including leading researchers from the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice at Temple University, founded and led by Sara Goldrick-Rab. The Hope Center has studied the issue extensively, and its results have been deemed valid by the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

For cultural climate and local policy data, we relied on the work of researchers and nonprofits. What might make them feel welcome is different, but this tool measures a wide array of issues that might be important to students, regardless of what side of an issue they’re on.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 15, 2020

Most American universities are run by a process of shared governance, or the practice of recognizing faculty, administrators, staff and students as integral stakeholders in a university’s success, and the success of the individual members of that university community. higher education. . higher education.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Often hired as “eye candy,” McGee says, black faculty are often made to feel uncomfortable and leave. where he’s now an associate professor of education and on a faculty that is 58 percent black. percent of all faculty nationwide. A small number of these hires were non-faculty employees, which were not broken out.).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 5, 2022

In 2012, the panel issued a joint statement asserting that calculus should not be the “ultimate goal of the K-12 mathematics curriculum.” Subsequent research and statements from math experts questioned the relevance and efficacy of traditional pathways to calculus for all students. It’s time to reconsider the dominance of calculus.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

When I arrived at Cornell University as a member of the faculty, people would sometimes struggle to remember where I got my degree. I wish more institutions of higher learning had the student-to-faculty ratio — 7 to 1 — that Amherst can afford. The mixed funding model can work, but only if all the sources of funding can be sustained.

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Accessibility Report Groups Outcomes 107

Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

EdSurge reporters, researchers and other staff members often frequent these events, where we write about the latest news and emerging trends in education technology. We also host virtual townhalls, called EdSurge Live , where we invite experts to speak about the latest trends and issues. Tell us here.) Not on social?

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 5, 2019

However, today’s public education systems were created over a century ago in a time before computers, before televisions, before airplanes, before cellphones, before radios, before the Internet, before satellites, before equality, before brain research, and entirely before electricity was available in anyone’s home.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Course Hero Faculty Club member, Jon Chin. It] goes back to the larger issue of college affordability,” he says. Participants will use live observation, interviewing, and research to learn more about Chin himself; they’ll then design a tattoo befitting his personality and interests. Source: Course Hero. Are you kidding me?’”

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Software Social Media Course Exercises 138

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Note: This article originally appeared in Stanford News. The researchers talk excitedly about big data helping higher education discover its Holy Grail: learning that is so deeply personalized that it both keeps struggling students from dropping out and pushes star performers to excel. Responsible uses. The site launched Sept.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2022

Community college student Jawanza Corbin in Camden, New Jersey, for example, joined a research group at Stanford that had moved their meetings online. These methods are effective, as my own research on pandemic pedagogy shows. I’ve used the time to find my path. I haven’t really lost too much. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Section Head of the Research and Library Services Section in the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division at Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress OPENING KEYNOTE PANEL & SPECIAL ORGANIZER Julius C. He also formerly served as the Acting Chief of Research & Reference Services at the Library of Congress.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2018

With a major court case on campus diversity heading toward a conclusion, higher-ed officials have already begun planning their next steps on this issue. As director of student diversity and multicultural affairs at Rush University in Chicago, I’ve been looking at inclusion in, among others, these three areas: student body, faculty and ideas.

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Social Media Report Course Libraries 63

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

And I knew before I retired from government service that I wanted to devote the next chapter of my life to this issue. All of the program’s faculty members have experience working in the broad fields of neuro-developmental disabilities and education. The Kennedy Krieger Institute was already engaged in a similar pursuit.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2019

At various locations on campus faculty members assemble to answer students’ questions. And key to UMR’s rise as a mint for medical talent is its partnership with the Mayo Clinic, which hires a good number of its graduates and provides research opportunities for others. Mikhail Zinshteyn for The Hechinger Report. ROCHESTER, Minn.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

That news sent Zoom shares soaring as much as 40 percent, according to CNBC, which reported that the company is now larger than IBM , with a market cap of more than $129 billion. They wanted to enable faculty and students to “hear a piano from 2,000 miles away,” Barzso says. The company is thinking beyond the pandemic.

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