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WEBSuccess Program Launch: AI-Powered Study Tools for Students. A new initiative at the University of Delaware uses generative artificial intelligence to identify key themes and ideas in professors’ lectures, which can be transformed into flash cards and other digital learning tools. 1. 2.
A Pocket Guide to Academic Ranks - Inside Higher Ed
WEBA Pocket Guide to Academic Ranks. Explaining what titles mean for faculty members and academic administrators. By Kathy Johnson Bowles. “When I look at the position titles in academic affairs, I have no idea what they mean.”. While job titles in most higher education divisions seem straightforward, academic affairs structures its position ...
4 Worries About Higher Education in the 2020s
WEBJan 21, 2020 · Worry No. 1: Intensifying Inequality. Higher education seems to be mirroring, or perhaps driving, trends in the labor market. Our graduates are entering a world with a small number of good jobs (secure, well-paid, etc.) and a large number of lousy jobs (insecure, low paid). The great middle swath of medium …
7 Hard Truths and a Few Lies - Inside Higher Ed
WEBNov 17, 2021 · Truth No. 2: You might be hired because of your innovative thoughts, but be aware that most faculty members will resent change. Graduate students and junior faculty bring to our campuses the most current research and pedagogical approaches, along with the lack of the jadedness of how it was “all better 30 years ago.”.
8 Tips for Balancing Grad School and Full-Time Work - Inside …
WEBJun 2, 2021 · No. 3: Work your classwork into your professional work, and vice versa. One of the most rewarding aspects of working full-time while completing graduate school is being able to put theory into practice and bringing real-world examples and issues to class discussions. Take advantage of your anecdotal evidence …
Fewer High School Graduates Go Straight to College - Inside …
WEBJan 9, 2022 · Data from the University of Wisconsin system show there were 1,710 fewer new first-year, full-time-equivalent students in 2020 compared to 2019. In Ohio, the number of public high school graduates enrolling in a public institution peaked in 2018 at 51,075 students and declined 4 percent to 48,451 in 2020.The Kansas Board of Regents shows enrollment for first-time entering students declining ...
Colleges expand mental health services for students - Inside …
WEBSep 20, 2021 · At Belmont University in Tennessee, Katherine Cornelius, director of counseling services, said students are split between wanting in-person or virtual mental health services. During the first two weeks of classes, the institution saw a 60 percent increase in the number of counseling appointments compared to 2019, Cornelius said.
Students Want Online Learning Options Post-Pandemic - Inside …
WEBApr 26, 2021 · A majority of students, 57 percent, said they felt more positive about online learning now than before the pandemic. Close to half, 47 percent, said their attitude toward online exam proctoring -- a topic of some controversy due to privacy concerns -- had also improved. A similar proportion of faculty members, 58 percent, said their attitude ...
Shared governance over time: A snapshot - Inside Higher Ed
WEBJul 28, 2021 · New survey data from the American Association of University Professors offer a snapshot of the faculty role in shared governance, now and through a historical lens. Faculty influence in institution-level decision making declined in recent decades while faculty say in “local” decisions, such as those involving program curricula and personnel ...