Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2023

"I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and learned how to serve." --Albert Schweitzer While growing up in the Arkansas Delta, my parents, preachers, and teachers agreed on one thing above all else: education is the engine of opportunity for individual success and the transformation of the Black community

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Leadership Success Higher education Humanities 225

Steve Keating

MARCH 26, 2023

I suppose we need to begin with what the heck “judgecerning” is. Simply put it is the active use of Judgecernment. That probably doesn’t help much so let’s try that again. Many people would tell you that good judgement is the most important characteristic for anyone in a leadership position. I’d say it’s very important but likely not the most important.

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Leadership Humanities Success Communication 113

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2023

Patricia Bruckenthal Patricia Bruckenthal has been named dean of the School of Nursing at Stony Brook University in New York. Bruckenthal holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Stony Brook University and a Ph.D. in nursing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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University 207

I'm First!

MARCH 26, 2023

As an old TikTok goes, “the height of luxury is drinking three liquids at once… one for fun, one for hydration, and one for energy” But instead of luxury, imagine midterm season. I must admit that this round was more challenging than last semester for a variety of reasons.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

Teaching

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MARCH 26, 2023

Clusterluck , a documentary short produced by Dr. Candace N. Hall, graduate program director and assistant professor for the higher education and student affairs program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), begins on a sobering note. White text on a black background tells us that African Americans make up only 5.4% of the full-time faculty in post-secondary education.

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