Creating Dialogue in the Interest of Social Justice on Campus
...grant-making agencies ensure that institutions receiving federal research funds comply with laws and regulations that involve free academic inquiry. The Trump administration has filed statements of interest in five free-speech...
Supporting International Students
...faculty and administrators assume that if a student passes a language proficiency exam, then the student is prepared to be in the classroom, and that’s not the case. These exams...
Best Practices for Conducting a Faculty Search
...search requires thoroughness and consistency. Because the search committee will be amassing a substantial amount of materials and communications during the search, it is important to collect it in an...
The (Surprising) Benefits of e-Textbooks: A Study
...http://catalog.flatworldknowledge.com, and it is also into competency-based learning and courseware. We purchase seat licenses that allow our students to access the e-textbook content through the company’s online portal or by...
More than Words: Looking at the Context of Consent
...campus or at the workplace. For example, a college professor who attempts to initiate sexual activity with one of their students cannot obtain valid consent – the same applies for...
Lessons Learned from the Chinese System of Higher Education
...Western China spent three years studying for the exams leading to entrance into the master’s degree program at Beijing University, having taken the exams twice. Students realize that going to...
Supporting the Mental Health of LGBTQ+ Students in a Post-quarantine Academic Year
...especially harsh for transgender people. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/16/us/coronovirus-covid-transgender-lgbtq-jobs.html Kim, J. (2020, June 23). U.S. 7-day average of coronavirus cases surges 30% from week ago. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/23/us-7-day-average-of-coronavirus-cases-surges-30percent-from-week-ago.html Kosciw, J. G.,...
Developing a New Faculty-Evaluation System
...Scholarship Categories Weight (Percent) Faculty Evaluation Score (1–4) Chair Composite Score (Chosen Percent x Evaluation Score) Professional Research 40 2.0 .80 Professionalism in Academic Field 60 3.0 1.8 Total 100...
Translucent Academic Leadership in 3 Steps
...you can’t reveal information that went into the making of a decision, to reveal the reason that information must be protected. For example, a student may miss an exam because...
Six Questions to Ask to Successfully Establish a Program
...and (3) psychomotor (skill and behavior) objectives to prepare for exams. Goals and objectives are also a great means to communicate the essence of the curriculum to others, such as...