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Report Shows the Shift Away from Tenured Faculty in the U.S. Academic Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Utilizing data from the National Center for Education Statistics on patterns of faculty appointments and graduate student employment, AAUP makes clear that there is an ever-increasing reliance on contingent faculty. Further, he hasn’t seen rigorous evidence that demonstrates adjuncts reduce student outcomes. “If

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Teaching presentation skills and engaging students in large lectures

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Richard Gratwick, University Teacher in the School of Mathematics, describes how he redesigned the “skills” component of a third-year mathematics course to ensure that students in a large lecture got extensive practise in developing their presentation skills… Giving a presentation will be an unavoidable exercise for most of our graduates.

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Promoting Higher Education for Native Americans in Minnesota

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Of them, 2,718 were first-generation college students. One of the first 10 questions that a student encounters in the FAFSA is ‘Who is your parent or guardian and what is their income information?’ Director Nizhoni Marks says what the support entails depends on a student’s needs.

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The NHS and Performance Psychology: A partnership that presents an enriched learning opportunity

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Ashley presenting an academic poster Through this partnership with the NHS, I not only honed both my research, critical thinking and interview skills further, but it also allowed me to gain valuable insight into how the core concepts of the performance psychology are applied in practice.

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Student learning revisited: How these educators empower their assessments with AI the right way

University Business

Educators on the cutting edge of generative AI and its application in the classroom are discovering fascinating new ways to assess learning, uprooting centuries-old reading- and writing-based assessments as more and more students employ ChatGPT and related tools. Students complete traditional output. Decrease the value of their essay.

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How the pandemic has changed graduate recruitment: Preparing students for a changed & changing landscape

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Image credit: Christina Morello Lucy Everett, Employer Engagement manager at the Careers Service, offers an overview of how the COVID-19 pandemic has utterly transformed the relationship between students, employers, and careers services. How have students been responding to this?

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Why placements and fieldwork matter to future employers

Teaching Matters Student Employment

This is essential to help students make more informed choices about the kind of work they will really enjoy, and also because employers really value that experience in their recruitment processes. So what is the value of work experience from an employer’s perspective? They also advertise around 10,000 vacancies annually.