RAE ETTE NEWMAN | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

Dr. Rae Ette NewmanRae Ette Newman has been appointed dean of the College of Education at Eastern Oregon University. She served as interim dean. Newman holds a bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, as well as a master’s and Ph.D. in special education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. #RAE…

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Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy: 3 Ways To Reshape The Pyramid

Bloom’s Taxonomy is probably the most widespread and enduringly popular model in education. It was created in 1956 by Dr. Benjamin Bloom and colleagues at the Board of Examinations, University of Chicago. In 2001, the pyramid was revised by Lorin Anderson, a student of Bloom’s, resulting in Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy. Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy focuses on…

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Pittsburgh Technical College to close

Dive Brief: Pittsburgh Technical College plans to close permanently, citing declining enrollment, market pressures and inflation, as well as what it described as “orchestrated attacks against the institution,” the college said in a release Monday night. The private nonprofit college is set to end instruction after the spring semester, effective Aug. 9. It has teach-out…

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‘Useful’ or ‘dangerous’: Pentagon ‘maturity model’ for generative AI coming in June

DoD Chief Information Officer John Sherman, Dr. Craig Martell, DoD chief digital and artificial intelligence officer, and Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert J. Skinner, director of Defense Information Systems Agency, testify before a House Armed Services Subcommittee in Washington, D.C. March 22, 2024. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom) WASHINGTON — To get a gimlet-eyed assessment…

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