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Liberal Arts Microcredentials on the Rise
Badges and certificates aren’t just for technical fields anymore.
Career Prep Tip: Innovating the Mock Interview
Career centers and other higher education professionals can level up students’ professional interview preparation with one of these ideas.
Student Wellness Tip: Incorporate Exercise Breaks Into Lecture Classes
Research shows exercise can help students refocus during long periods of learning. A new study finds it can be done in a practical way to benefit student attention and peer engagement.
How Accommodating Can (Should) I Be?
As colleges relax the rules to account for students’ real struggles, David Galef asks when accommodations may go too far.
State Higher Ed Funding is Still Rising—for Now
Even as federal stimulus waned, lawmakers boosted support for public colleges in 2023, with an emphasis on financial aid. Can it make up for falling tuition revenue?
MIT Will Stop Asking Faculty Applicants for Diversity Statements
The AI-Augmented Professor of 2024
It is early August 2024. I am about to begin the fall term of teaching, research, administrative tasks and advising with the help of generative artificial intelligence tools and assistants.