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York College academic administrator won't leave students behind

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” I think the faculty sometimes think it’s an approval process, where they approve the drop, but it’s not—it’s really just making sure that they’re sharing the right information, so that a student is making a knowledgeable decision. Q: How do you and your office support undeclared students?

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Smart Assessment Solutions: Navigating the Future of Modern Online Examination Systems

Creatrix Campus

Tailor-made for today’s Controller of Examiners (CoEs), Academic Administrators, and Institutional Leadership in higher eds, the tool is a revolutionary solution designed to streamline the assessment process and enhance the overall learning experience. They provide necessary information and enroll in specific courses or exams.

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Learning Outcome Based Curriculum Framework: Best Practices and Case Studies in Higher Education

Creatrix Campus

Within this framework are three major objectives;: Students are guaranteed to acquire particular information and skills thanks to the Learning Outcome-Based Curriculum Framework (LOCF). This alignment ensures that pupils learn the desired abilities and information.

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3 Questions for Sue Lorenson, Vice Dean for Undergraduate Education at Georgetown

Confessions of a Community College Dean

At the very small liberal arts college [Swarthmore College] I attended, I unwittingly pursued a four-year internship in academic administration. Somewhere along the way, I realized that this may have been written in the stars for me (hindsight being 20/20, and all that). I did whatever jobs came my way. I led tours for Admissions.

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Improving Academic Practice with Turnitin

Teaching Matters Academic Support

In many parts of the University, Turnitin is solely used as an academic administrative tool for plagiarism detection rather than also making use of the rich facility within the originality reports to aid students with their academic writing. For more information about the tool or the event contact Amy Burge (Amy.Burge@ed.ac.uk).

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What we learned about community building from our Enhancement Themes PhD internship

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

More importantly, we identified a variety of good community building practices, then divided them into three categories covering academic, administrative and co-and extra-curricular aspects, constructing a triangle model (Figure 1). We analysed the results and handed a written report with illustrations informing future recommendations.

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Practique: A new knowledge assessment platform for the MBChB Programme

Teaching Matters Online Learning

This involved collaboration between academics, administrative staff and information services (IS) to determine all the requirements of the system, ranging from “must have” to “should have” to “could have”. We also wanted to provide better quality feedback to students following formative and summative exams.

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