...these defenses really seem to be defenses not of the books and ideas themselves but of the academic departments and humanities faculty who teach them. These defenses ignore that our...
Exhaustion, burnout, anxiety, and depression are commonplace topics in most workplaces in the United States. Higher education is no exception. In the Healthy Minds study from the 2021–22 academic year,...
In an effort to make academic program assessment more efficient, Ball State University has implemented the use of Blackboard Outcomes, a computer-based assessment tool that facilitates the reuse of course...
...information as a clue to the collegiality of the atmosphere among faculty members. “Faculty should feel the benefit of working with others.” Academic introverts may not naturally interact: Many academics...
...business, tracking credits, planning degrees, conducting degree audits) as slightly more useful than those that help them academically (e.g., early-alert systems, academic resources, course recommendations, improvement of academic performance). LMS...
Academic leaders are responsible for obtaining value from innovations developed at a university. Importantly, innovation value can vanish when there is an inadvertent disclosure of an invention. A hallmark requirement...
...the lessons we’ve learned along the way. Our goal with these articles is to provide guidance for academic leaders who are considering OER adoption at their own institutions. By reviewing...
...for Democratic Governance and Innovation, further emphasized the complexities of the current state of higher education and the issues that faculty, students, and campus leaders face. Allen’s presentation extended views...
...colleges and universities. To fully support historically underrepresented communities, academic leaders must be willing to actively participate in constructive dialogue about institutional culture and core institutional values. I asked each...