Interview: Jonathan Zimmerman on the History of College Teaching
In his provocative new book, The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in America, historian Jonathan Zimmerman chronicles more than 200 years of the quality of instruction in higher education. It’s a history filled with noble but failed efforts to improve and reform college teaching, marked by student-led protests and solitary campaigns led by individual […]
Amherst Partners with ACUE to Support Faculty, Students
Back to Class: Study Skills
“Back to Class” means something different during a global pandemic. New face masks, hand sanitizer, laptops, and headphones fill online shopping carts, and thousands of educators nationwide are welcoming their students through a screen instead of in a classroom. Nevertheless, faculty are as dedicated as ever to the success of their students. In a series […]
Online Teaching Practices for Health Educators: A Webinar With Osmosis and ACUE
This month ACUE teamed up with health education organization Osmosis to present a webinar on how faculty can use online teaching best practices (from ACUE’s Online Teaching Toolkit) in their instruction in health-related disciplines and others. ACUE’s Laurie Pendleton, Executive Director, Curriculum and Assessment, and Julie Candio Sekel, Director of Video Production, presented the webinar, […]
Amherst Invests in Dynamic, Rigorous Online Experience for Students
While many colleges and universities across the country pride themselves on robust online offerings, Amherst College, a private liberal arts institution in Massachusetts, has remained firm in its commitment to being a residential college where a highly invested community of faculty and students benefit from in-person interaction in the learning process. So when COVID-19 forced […]
Helping Students to Thrive
Meeting Student Success Goals During a Crisis
A Conversation on Student Success with Dr. Rebecca Karoff and Susan Cates Higher education faced an abrupt shift to emergency remote instruction just months ago. This, coupled with other changing dynamics in a volatile world, left many institutions and faculty scrambling. Rebecca Karoff, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at The University of Texas System […]
Back to Class: Growth Mindset
“Back to Class” means something different during a global pandemic. New face masks, hand sanitizer, laptops and headphones fill online shopping carts, and thousands of educators nationwide are welcoming their students through a screen instead of in a classroom. Nevertheless, faculty are as dedicated as ever to the success of their students. In a series […]
NC Student Success Center partners with ACUE
Deterring Academic Integrity Violations With Classroom Practices That Support Student Success
Cindy Blackwell, Ph.D. Cindy Blackwell is an ACUE Academic Director and earned her ACUE Certificate in Effective College Instruction in 2017 at The University of Southern Mississippi. Having been involved in formal academic integrity processes for more than a decade spanning two universities, I understand the frustrations faculty feel when they suspect or find […]
