Growing Graduate Student Professional Development
By Jody Greene When the University of California, Santa Cruz started the campus’s Center for Innovations in Teaching and Learning (CITL) in the summer of 2016, UC Santa Cruz had not had a teaching center or any systematic support for faculty development since the last CTL was eliminated in the budget cuts of 2008. Notwithstanding […]
Cut the Busy Work! Establishing Clear Purpose in Course Assignments and Activities
Cut the Busy Work! Establishing Clear Purpose in Course Assignments and Activities
By Amanda Hurlbut You probably remember at some point in your childhood having a parent or adult ask you to do an errand, task, or chore that you didn’t want to do. My first thought when my mom asked me to do something was “Why do I have to do this? What for?” The analytic […]
Reflections on the Council of Independent Colleges’ 2018 Institute
By Jonathan Gyurko Earlier this month, ACUE joined the Council of Independent Colleges for its fall institute, which brought together chief academic, financial, and enrollment officers to explore the intertwined issues of recruitment, retention, and completion through quality education, and the associated and positive impact on an institution’s finances. The three-day convening of over 600 […]
NISOD and ACUE launch major collaboration
Announcing Our New Collaboration with NISOD
It’s our honor to announce that the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) and the Association of College and University Educators (ACUE) have formed a major collaboration to further advance faculty and student success through quality instruction at community and technical colleges nationwide. Community and technical college faculty will have the opportunity to […]
New Roundup: Student Learning and Career Readiness
This week, learn how community colleges can promote student learning and career readiness through faculty guidance. Sign up for The ‘Q’ Newsletter for weekly news and insights. Focusing on Relevancy and Flexibility: Solidifying the Place of the Community College Community colleges need to be vehicles for student success, according to Miami Dade College Executive Vice […]
Brookfield’s recommendations for discussing race
Using Narrative Modeling to Introduce the Discussion of Race in the Classroom
By Stephen Brookfield A couple of years ago I was having dinner with a good woman friend who had spent a career of 40 years engaged in literacy work in New York’s Harlem and Washington Heights. She told me she had been to a workshop on racism and that the first thing the workshop facilitators […]
