Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

As schools and workplaces return to in-person post-pandemic, so is college recruiting, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE). Dr. Mary Gatta The 2023 Recruiting Benchmarks Report examines survey data from a NACE survey conducted from April-May 2023. The association asked employers – 334 organizations responded – about their recruitment and hiring practices and preferences.

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Student Minds

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Emily reflects on finally joining the popular social media platform and getting to grips with using socials wisely. - Emily I’m 23 and have always been a little bit ‘outside’ the norm of my peers. During my secondary years, I never understood the need to backcomb my hair and puff it up like some flamboyant crested chicken and I certainly wasn’t in the Blackberry gang.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Dwight Hamilton Dwight Hamilton has been appointed chief diversity officer at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. He served as a diversity officer in the corporate sector. Hamilton, a graduate of Michigan State University, also holds a juris doctorate from Wayne State University in Detroit.

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Steve Keating

OCTOBER 29, 2023

History is rife with examples of good companies, even great ones, that were excellent right up until they were bad. At least it seems that way. The truth is, they were good right up until the point they slowly began turning away from the principles and practices that made them good. Companies rarely turn from good to bad overnight. It’s a decision here and a tough break there that add up over time.

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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

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Those people of color who received some or all of their higher education at predominantly white institutions frequently describe their experiences in these hallowed environments as bittersweet, with more emphasis on the bitter than the sweet. They recall the various incidents of racism that they encountered at their alma mater, the rarity of seeing and interacting with professors who shared their racial and ethnic background, and the paucity of courses that nourished their cultural identity with

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Patter by Pat Thomson

OCTOBER 29, 2023

Doctoral writers are expected to show “criticality” in their thinking and writing. But what does this actually mean? Criticality has a specific academic meaning. A meaning that isn’t quite the same as the one that is in ordinary use. It’s a bit like “argument”. Outside the scholarly world, an argument is where people disagree with each other. Inside the scholarly world, an argument is about making a persuasive case, using evidence from published and new work to back an interpretation and claims

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