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The Missed Opportunity: Student Affairs and Human Resources Collaboration to [Re]engage College Communities

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Stop-Out, Drop-Out, The Great Resignation There are countless books, articles, and dissertations framed from scholar Dr. Vincent Tinto’s theory of social integration. The premise of the theory is the more engaged students are, the more likely they will succeed. Compare Dr. Tinto’s research to the recently termed “great resignation”.

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Meet the Syllabus: engaging in current research

Teaching Matters Student Employment

While many courses of this kind are excellent, there is nevertheless the danger of conveying an impression that research and teaching are disconnected. Research is something that happens upstream, where experts produce ideas. The course is designed to bridge the gap between teaching and research. General discussion ensued.

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From students to scientists: The impact of interactive engagement in lectures

Teaching Matters Student Employment

These two questions formed the basis of my final year research project, which looked at interactive engagement lecture strategies in the second-year genetics course Genes and Gene Action 2 (GGA). You can read more about this project in the following article: McMillan, C., And where are the opportunities for these skills to be learned?

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The benefits of blogging for PhD students

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

It may seem counterintuitive to add to the significant task of writing a thesis with more writing, particularly when the blogging style is so different, but I hope here to convince you of the benefits for PhD students. Obviously during a PhD, as with any research, there will be restrictions about what can be openly shared.

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Welcome to the November issue of Teaching Matters: Student author month

Teaching Matters Academic Support

. ‘ Students as Researchers ‘ is one such movement where the traditional teacher/student binary is disrupted, and undergraduate students are invited to research and contribute to the broader base of their discipline (Walkington, 2015). Again, this takes time, and perhaps extra research methods teaching.

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Searching Uncertainty – determining the value of your university experience

Teaching Matters Student Employment

I was reminded of an article I read at the very beginning of my studies in 2012. This work, along with a strong research interest in the pedagogy and practice of Architecture, has formed the basis of a philosophy for him: that reflecting on the experiences you already have will grant you a foothold in an uncertain future.

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The Changing Face of Higher Ed Part 1: The Purpose of Higher Ed

The Change Leader, Inc.

Therefore, we at The Change Leader want to offer a series of articles to lay out where we believe higher education is going in the face of all of these challenges and what higher education leaders need to think about in moving forward. This focus can but doesnt have to be detrimental to what happens in the classroom.