News Roundup: Engaging Non-Majors and Introverts
This week, instructors share methods for engaging different types of students, from non-majors to introverts to students in large lectures. News and insights delivered to your inbox every week: The Q Newsletter. Helping Students Persist Heather Tinsley, a biology professor, engages non-majors by drawing on their interests and career goals. For instance, she posits questions […]
We need to break down silos.
The University of Texas System: A Shared Responsibility for Student Success
Impacting student success requires a commitment—from every administrator, staff member, and faculty member—to change culture and practice, says Rebecca Karoff, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at The University of Texas System. The Texas System is uniting members toward this end “to generate wider engagement with and shared responsibility for student success so that everyone […]
News Roundup: Combating Anonymity in Lectures, Creating a Diverse Faculty
In this week’s news roundup, a professor suggests methods for mitigating the disconnect some students feel in large lectures, and a university president calls for institutions to create a diverse faculty to better support students’ needs. Sign up for The Q Newsletter for weekly news and insights. Class Size Matters Deborah Cohen suggests methods of […]
Scaling Effective Instruction at UNR
News Roundup: Regrouping Strategies and Recognizing Faculty
One instructor develops regrouping strategies after Hurricane Irma, and another suggests ways of recognizing faculty who serve as “emotional laborers.” Sign up for The Q Newsletter for weekly news and insights. After the Hurricane When Hurricane Irma shut down her campus, Anastasia Salter realized she had to reassess her syllabus for the semester. The hurricane […]
We Need Radical Change
News Roundup: Incorporating Technology Into Lectures
This week, Dr. Stephen Brookfield offers ways of incorporating technology into lectures after students reveal that they value both personal interaction and technology. News and insights delivered to your inbox every week: The Q Newsletter. Educators Grapple with Integrating Technology Into the Lecture According to two new surveys, most adults report that they learn more […]
Finding Strength After the Storm
Finding Strength After the Storm
Editor’s note: Babette Moreno, a reader for ACUE’s course, shares her inspiring story about facing the devastation of Hurricane Harvey. It is rare I would use words like “devastating” or “catastrophic” to describe anything in my life, but over the past two weeks I have seen and experienced what these words really mean. Like many Houstonians, I […]
