Best Practices for Conducting a Faculty Search
...Academic Leader, chair of the Leadership in Higher Education Conference, and owner of Hilltop Communications. Reprinted from Academic Leader, 31.6 (2015): 1, 6. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
An Intellectual Property Policy for Online Education
...at Doctorate-Granting Universities. The American Journal of Distance Education, 2013, Vol 27, pps. 165-178. Reprinted from Distance Education Report, 20.20 (2016): 4, 8. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Designing Meaningful Institutional Assessment Plans: Putting It All Together
...during checkout! Visit here to subscribe! References Miller, R. and Leskes, A. (2005). Levels of Assessment: From the Student to the Institution. Association of American Colleges and Universities: Washington, D.C....
Creating Dialogue in the Interest of Social Justice on Campus
...Classroom: Campus Free Speech in a Divided America. https://pen.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2019-PEN-Chasm-in-the-Classroom-1.pdf. Stanger, Allison. 2017. “Understanding the Angry Mob at Middlebury That Gave Me a Concussion.” New York Times, March 13, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/13/opinion/understanding-the-angry-mob-that-gave-me-a-concussion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share....
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...
What Encourages Faculty to Include Diversity Materials in Their Courses?
...Reference: Mayhew, M. J. and Grunwald, H. E. (2006). Factors contributing to faculty incorporation of diversity-related course content. Journal of Higher Education, 77(1), 148–168. Reprinted from “What Encourages Faculty to...
Freedom of Speech Issues: A Legal Primer for Academic Leaders
...Hampshire (professor freedom to teach controversial topics), Keyishian v. Board of Regents State Univ. of NY (protecting faculty in “subversive organizations”), Healy v. James (regarding controversial student organizations), Papish v.Board...
To MOOC or Not to MOOC? That Is Just One of the Questions!
...edX, Udemy, Moodle, and CourseSites (by Blackboard). You can find a comparison of these tools at www.edtechmagazine.com/higher/article/2014/02/comparison-five-free-mooc-platforms-educators. Once the hosting decision has been made, it’s time to consider options for...
Translucent Academic Leadership in 3 Steps
...book, Positive Academic Leadership: How to Stop Putting Out Fires and Start Making a Difference, is available from Jossey-Bass. Adapted from “Translucent Academic Leadership” in Academic Leader 30.8(2014)4,7 © Magna...
How to Encourage Faculty to Adopt Open Educational Resources
...Educational resources in U.S. higher education, 2017. Retrieved from http://www.onlinelearningsurvey.com/reports/openingthetextbook2017.pdf Staben, C. (2019, February 13). A new way to motivate faculty adoption of OER. Inside Higher Education. Retrieved from https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/views/2019/02/13/encourage-faculty-adoption-oer-share-savings-departments-and...