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New IT strategies for solving higher ed’s biggest challenges

University Business

Spread across three campuses in Northern California, The University of the Pacific recently faced a familiar dilemma for higher education: How to provide secure network access to an increasingly dynamic, diverse and distributed community of students and faculty while meeting regulatory requirements.

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Berlin for faculty-led programs- a great fit!

AIFS Abroad

With Germany trending in the top ten countries for study abroad, Berlin is an increasingly popular destination for customized, faculty-led programs. So why choose to bring a faculty-led group to Berlin? Students and faculty should not be concerned if they have no prior study of German. English ranks highly as a second language.

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How to Improve College Teaching in 2023

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The first, which initially arose in Italy and elsewhere on the European continent a millennium ago, offered professional training in law, medicine, and the church and later in such fields as architecture, business, engineering, and the sciences. The interests of administrators, faculty, staff, and students frequently collide.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

This can include institutionally (faculty / staff) supported student groups (e.g. cultural and racial or ethnic community groups; LGBTQ2S+ spaces and organizing groups; physical spaces for Indigenous students, faculty and staff; peer mentorship opportunities and programming supporting unique needs of students with disabilities).

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Top Design Trends for Health Sciences Education Facilities

Clark Nesxen

Collaboration between medical specialties to treat the whole patient is changing the way healthcare professionals deliver care and the way health sciences students need to learn. One of the top trends in health sciences and medical education design is developing facilities that integrate multiple medical practice areas.

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Can the English Major Be Saved?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Should research and scholarship by English faculty conform to the same model as that in the biological, brain, physical and social sciences—evaluated first and foremost by quantity and citations—or might it take different forms? Shouldn’t professional associations do more to integrate these Ph.D.s into their operations?

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Alumni Spotlight: Azucena’s January Term Abroad in Rome, Italy

AIFS Abroad

Before applying to this program , I was a participant in a faculty-led program from my university. The Roman Colosseum was unexpectedly big and crowded; the history behind it was interesting and the architecture was really fascinating. So, I already experienced what to and not to bring with me abroad.

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