A question for my wise and worldly readers.
Lake Washington Institute of Technology was likely the first college in the United States to be affected by COVID-19. One year out, many things have changed.
Faculty
University of Florida professor facing blame in a student's suicide is placed on leave. Case recalls abuse of graduate students elsewhere.
Community Colleges
Governor-backed plan would merge state's public university and community college system boards in July. Budgets would be combined next year.
Technology
College students appreciate flexibility from online job interviews but worry they would connect better with potential employers in person.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online is a library of eighteenth-century life. Not only does ECCO provide the facsimile texts of well-known, less well-known, and the unheard-of for centuries, but it enables researchers and students to search through its entire corpus.
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Books and Publishing
Censoring a Poet Isn’t the Answer
When it comes to which person convicted of a crime should have their work published or not, none of us are in a position to draw the lines between them, argues Adam Szetela.
Career Advice
In his online courses, Zachary Nowak found that such policies helped keep attendance and student engagement in both lecture and discussion sections high.
Requiring students to let you inside their homes and private spaces can be culturally insensitive and ultimately racist, sexist, gendered and classist, write Margaret Finders and Joaquin Muñoz.
Rural health isn’t just another issue at the University of North Dakota. It’s a priority.
Blogs
Learning Innovation
March 2, 2021
3 questions for Erin Shevlin, program manager for university partnerships at Emeritus
Higher Ed Gamma
March 2, 2021
Creating educationally and developmentally impactful learning experiences.
Call to Action: Marketing and Communications in Higher Education
March 2, 2021
A well-developed media profile requires strategy and time.
How can cross-campus teams sync research for the greater good? Find out from an unlikely duo who are integrating their knowledge to explore the therapeutic potential of spontaneous movement.
The Key Podcast
This episode explores Inside Higher Ed's news hub featuring student polling data, news and analysis to ensure that the perspective of college students is heard on the issues that matter in higher education.
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