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Only 1 in 8 elementary teacher prep programs adequately teach math

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Findings for undergraduate prep programs: The average undergraduate program dedicates 85 hours of instructional time to foundational math content knowledge–20 instructional hours short of the recommended minimum. Just 16 percent of 838 undergraduate programs across the country earned an A or A+ for meeting the minimum recommendations.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

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Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. This knowledge is deepened by engaging with significant, both contemporary and enduring, real-world problems.

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Integrating Systems Thinking to Enhance Liberal Arts Curriculum through Learner-Centered Teaching 

Faculty Focus

Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. This knowledge is deepened by engaging with significant, both contemporary and enduring, real-world problems.

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What Your Students Aren’t Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy 

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Dr. Emily Tarconish, a teaching professor in the College of Education, contributed her deep knowledge of Universal Design for Learning and accessible course design. Tessa Wolf strengthened our commitment to inclusive course design. Sheza Shaikh centered mental health and belonging in her writing.

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What Can College Instructors Offer Their Students in the Age of AI? 

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We cannot compete with the other resources available to our students in our fundamental content knowledge. The empathetic course design perspective. This was our role as instructors prior to the advent of AI. As instructors, our role is not just to provide access to content. Our role is to excite our students about the content.

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

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I will share clear steps for building cross-subject courses, sparking talks across fields, checking how well students are blending ideas, and getting past common hurdles I have faced in my own teaching. In our college, we aim for courses where students see connections and blend insights rather than just stacking content from different fields.

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?How Apple, Salesforce and Other “Platform” Companies Can Help Close the Skills Gap

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The rise of the knowledge economy is driving a tectonic shift in the nature of work—and in the education ecosystem that prepares learners for their careers. We are only just starting to see these partnerships form in meaningful ways. And Google recently announced plans to donate $1 billion to nonprofits explicitly to train tech workers.

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