When the End Is in Sight
...their culminating projects (theses, action research, etc.) will be handled. Communicate with students actively enrolled in the program. Let them know that the program is being changed (or discontinued) but...
5 Tips on Closing Programs
...them how their culminating projects (theses, action research, etc.) will be handled. Communicate with students actively enrolled in the program. Let them know that the program is being changed (or...
Closing the Skills Expectations–Performance Gap
...10-26. doi:10.1177/1080569907312859. “Partnership for 21st Century Skills Assessment.” 2007. E-paper. Accessed: June 29, 2016. http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/21st_Century_Skills_Assessment_e-paper.pdf Lolita A. Paff, PhD, is associate professor of business and economics at Penn State Berks....
Establishing Effective Relationships Between Faculty and Instructional Designers
...better questions. Questions such as: What’s the purpose? How do you know you’ve achieved it? What are your students experiencing? Asking better questions can help identify information gaps that may...
Promoting Faculty Development on a Tight Budget
...Iverson, E. R., Manduca, C. A., Rutz, C., & Willett, G. (2016). Faculty development and student learning: Assessing the connections. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Gillespie, K. H. (Ed.) (2002). A...
Working with Complaining Students—and Their Parents
...results. Eric Daffron, PhD serves as vice provost for curriculum and assessment at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Reprinted from Academic Leader, 31.9 (2015): 2, 4, 5. © Magna...
STEM Fatigue
...that it’s not good enough to do research. If you do not commercialize and create jobs, what’s the point? . . . Commercialize. Create jobs. Spin off companies.” (www.politicususa.com/2012/02/08/john-kasich-fail-teleprompters.html.) That...
Why Colleges Shouldn’t Focus on Failure
...September 10, 2014. Accessed September 20, 2016. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/09/10/maximize-graduation-rates-colleges-should-focus-middle-range-students-research-shows. “What Is InsideTrack Coaching?” InsideTrack Coaching for Students at NDNU, accessed September 20, 2016. “Support.” ASU Online Degree Programs, accessed September 20,...
Rebranding a University: Lessons Learned
...to the president for Marketing and Communications for Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver). Reprinted from Academic Leader, 32.2 (2016): 1, 3. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved....
Collective Terms Perpetuate Stereotypes and Biases: Change Begins with Leadership
...Institute. (n.d.). Implicit bias. Retrieved from https://perception.org/research/implicit-bias Project Implicit. (2011). About us. Stereotype. (n.d.) In Merriam-Webster.com. Retrieved from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stereotype Richard L. Riccardi, ScD, is senior associate provost and dean of...