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The Silent Crisis: Bullying Among Nurse Educators in Higher Education

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Bullying in nursing is a well-documented issue, but less attention has been given to the experiences of nurse educators who face hostility within academic institutions. Faculty development programs that focus on conflict resolution, communication skills, and leadership training can help create a more supportive work environment.

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Why Mission — Not Money — Will Lead Colleges to Truly Innovative Online Learning

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A school with distributed campuses that wishes to provide students at all locations with the benefit of a wide range of courses and faculty perspectives may find itself best served by investing in hybrid technology to connect far-flung classrooms as seamlessly as possible.

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How You Can Habituate the Circular Model of Reflection: Before-Action, During-Action, After-Action, and Beyond-Action

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Thus, I paid attention and reflected during the action in order to construct adjustments, while doing hybrid-teaching at the same time. Ideally, faculty development programs could promote and illustrate that reflection during the action can be learned. Interestingly, Schon would probably agree with the above.

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Helping Underrepresented Students Score Tomorrow’s Jobs

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Kara Gardner, associate dean of faculty development at Minerva, suggested assembling a committee for hiring decisions, and making sure that committee represents diverse backgrounds and viewpoints. And if it is, that could be a good thing.”

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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But the attention may not be having the desired effect, as business is booming for Proctorio and other companies that sell automated proctoring services. 2) how many faculty or staff have been furloughed or fired? These are the types of accommodations necessary during a pandemic — not an Orwellian proctor service.”

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Coronavirus Has Led to a Rush of Online Teaching. Here’s Some Advice for Newly Remote Instructors

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Think Shorter If it’s hard to hold students’ attention in person, it’s even harder online, says Stachowiak: “You'll want to think about shortening that experience. So the first step is to pick a web conferencing tool, she adds, like Zoom or Skype. Often the college already pays for access to one of them.

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The Silent Crisis: Bullying Among Nurse Educators in Higher Education

Faculty Focus

Bullying in nursing is a well-documented issue, but less attention has been given to the experiences of nurse educators who face hostility within academic institutions. Faculty development programs that focus on conflict resolution, communication skills, and leadership training can help create a more supportive work environment.

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