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Colleges Are More Than Just an Education but a Capital Investment into Our Future

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Inferior campus facilities impact the ability to both recruit and retain students as well as attract the best faculty, and the evidence is apparent across the entire higher education landscape. Dr. William Broussard A common refrain is that HBCUs must raise money to address this situation. Also, there is the affordability of college.

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Political tensions erupt at Bakersfield College

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Image: Some members of the Renegade Institute for Liberty, a controversial group of professors at Bakersfield College, are enmeshed in an increasingly vitriolic dispute playing out on the California campus that has pitted students and faculty members against each other and prompted their supporters and critics to take sides.

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Trying to teach students to tolerate disagreeable speech

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The survey itself initially received pushback from some faculty members who objected to its sponsor, UW Stout’s Menard Center for Public Policy and Service, which was named for Republican donor John Menard and funded through a Charles Koch Foundation donation, according to The Wisconsin Examiner.

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The case for Luddism against ChatGPT (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

There are probably few faculty lounges around the world that haven’t witnessed exasperated discussions about what the availability of generative AI to the wider public entails. So many questions raised. Historically, we’ve tried to achieve this through the essay form. Why the Essay? ” So many assumptions.

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Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 165 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Sethuraman Panchanathan

The Change Leader, Inc.

25 July · Episode 165 Funding Research for Tier Two Institutions with NSF 37 Min · By Drumm McNaughton Funding research for tier two institutions enables building robust infrastructures, achieving groundbreaking discoveries and expanding STEM. Dr. Panch also discusses NSF’s mission and vision.

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Why Quality & Rigor Matter In Dual Enrollment

Parchment

And so they need to be at the table for federal and state policy conversations as the folks that are often tasked to implement those policies to kind of ground truth and make sure that what is developed makes sense, moves objectives forward in a way that is thoughtful and manageable for the field. How do I do this to ensure that rigor?

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10 Steps to Increase Study Abroad Participation

Study Aborad Association

Faculty can share their stories as well, giving students information they need about how the programs can help further their education. Organize a Faculty Development Workshop. Faculty development workshops are for professors who are interested in learning more about organizing and leading their own study abroad programs.