Degree
This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on April 22, 2019© Magna Publications. All rights reserved. For more articles like this, check out The Teaching Professor subscription! Do you teach one of those courses that promotes lots of student anxiety? Nowadays that seems to apply to all sorts of courses. Student are convinced they…
I admit, my experiences as a student in asynchronous online discussions (AODs) were mixed. In some classes, the instructor never participated, and students either copied and pasted whole passages or said little. In other classes, not knowing there were assigned readings, I did what I wanted. I often encounter students who have little expectations of…
MyStay International, which is the owner of the Australian Homestay Network, appointed investment banking veteran Ed Slade who heads up education-focused Schoolhouse Solutions earlier this year to rally interest in the homestay sector. In 2023, MyStay International provided rooms for some 11,750 students, making it the country’s largest homestay provider. Additionally, gross revenues in 2023 were A$40 million and grew…
Speaking during a panel on regional approaches to international strategies in the UK, Universities Scotland senior policy officer David Donaldson said commitments from the Scottish government needed to be honoured in an uncertain time. “We have this political commitment to higher education, which on some level we can’t afford – and so we have filled the…
Florida A&M University (FAMU) received a $237.75 million gift from the Issac Batterson 7th Family Trust and Chief Executive Officer Gregory Gerami to support student success initiatives and athletics.Gregory Gerami University officials at the historically Black university noted that the donation is nearly double the size of the FAMU Endowment value – $121 million –…
While new technology often brings great benefits and boosts efficiency, there are also downsides. Last year, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates mentioned that one negative aspect of a tool like ChatGPT is that future generations of students may not learn certain skills. However, he believes using AI as a tool in the classroom will help students…
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Keystone College, in Pennsylvania, has until Aug. 1 to prove compliance with accreditation standards — or risk losing access to federal student aid and potentially closing. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education last week…
“We protest. We are sick. We are tired. Still, we protest.” That quote, inspired by famed civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer, comes from an open letter sent on April 16, 2024 to Dr. Neeli Bendapudi, president of The Pennsylvania State University. “We are sick and tired of the lack of progress toward racial justice…
Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom wants her work to meet people where they are, and to do so, she uses many platforms and intersects multiple disciplines. However, her strategy is simple; she starts with culture. “Culture is this place where we try to make sense of a really complex world in our own little local context,”…
Dr. Padonda B. WebbPadonda B. Webb has been named assistant vice chancellor of health and wellness in North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Division of Student Affairs. She served as executive director at the Dr. Alvin V. Blount Jr. Student Health Center. Webb holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from A&T, a master’s in…