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AAUP: How wealth is being weaponized to manufacture backlash

University Business

What we may not realize is that this backlash is primarily manufactured, according to a new whitepaper from the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). “However, these same think tanks have not stopped at manufacturing outrage over the teaching of ideas they don’t like.”

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Enrollment design project: The student experience from admission to alumni

EAB

Blogs Enrollment design project: The student experience from admission to alumni January 31, 2023 Heather Veeder Assistant Vice President of Student Success, Policy, and Planning, Eastern Washington University The views and opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of EAB.

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Building a Meaningful Microcredential Program

Parchment

So our team of talented faculty and administrators identified transferable skills as one of those critical areas that we needed to help remove that barrier of communication between a student and what they truly have learned, practiced, mastered, and how they can better share that with employers in a transparent way. Can you help us?

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Colby revitalizes downtown Waterville

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Waterville’s manufacturing base, which was centered around paper and textile mills, was long gone, and no other industries had replaced them over the two decades since they shut down. Students, faculty and staff say the institution’s involvement in the community has had a positive impact on the culture of the college.

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President’s Corner: Why a strategic “pathway” is better than a plan

University Business

Alumni, trusted donors and friends of the college have placed so much confidence in his leadership that the Pennsylvania-based liberal arts college is coming off a record-breaking $77 million year of fundraising. Cole believes the center will empower faculty to do what they do best: teach in meaningful and innovative ways.

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Simulation gives students experiential learning opportunity

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A simulation , as defined by Ben Dotger, education professor and director of the Center for Experiential Pedagogy and Practice at Syracuse, is a manufactured live interaction that is recorded and takes place person-to-person with specific learning objectives. What’s a sitch? Share here.

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12 key traits of a successful higher education leader

University Business

They have a clear idea of who else they need to be responsive to—including their alumni, parents, local community, funders, boards, faculty and staff. The conversations have occurred formally and informally in leadership development programs that I oversee for those aspiring to move into these roles.