Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Creating a trust-based classroom begins with an essential mindset: students are doing their best. When we approach teaching from this perspective, we move away from punitive measures, fear-based management, and skepticism about students honesty. Students should feel safe to experiment without fear of punishment or penalty.

Plagiarism 121

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 121

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2019

Plenty of groups these days are trying to reinvent college, and that’s not surprising at a time when higher ed is under fire for ever-rising costs, ballooning student debt and even questions about the value of a degree. All of our students and all of our faculty across the whole sector are, in one way or another, online.

Ethics 161

Ethics Peer Review Science Teaching Methods 161

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Creating a trust-based classroom begins with an essential mindset: students are doing their best. When we approach teaching from this perspective, we move away from punitive measures, fear-based management, and skepticism about students honesty. Students should feel safe to experiment without fear of punishment or penalty.

Plagiarism 98

Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Balch & Blanck, 2025; Butulis, 2023; Parks & Oslick, 2024) and to provide their students with instruction and practice in using AI in productive and ethical ways (e.g., As the capacity of AI grows to complete increasingly complex tasks, we (as college instructors) may wonder what we can offer our students in the age of AI.

Instructors 114

Instructors Motivation Critical Thinking Students 114

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

Further, students may not develop the skills necessary for original ideas and critical thinking. However, some professors are enthusiastic and see possibilities for brainstorming, breaking blocks to writing, and creating first drafts—essentially preparing students for the world where these technologies are now everyday life.

Intelligence 98

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 24, 2023

Further, students may not develop the skills necessary for original ideas and critical thinking. However, some professors are enthusiastic and see possibilities for brainstorming, breaking blocks to writing, and creating first drafts—essentially preparing students for the world where these technologies are now everyday life.

Intelligence 98

Intelligence Critical Thinking Academic Integrity Peer Review 98

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

John Hattie, Professor of Education at the University of Auckland, spent 15 years synthesizing the vast body of peer-reviewed, meta-analytical research pertaining to student achievement. Grade-level retention was one of only five factors that negatively impacts student achievement. Significantly higher dropout rates.

Peer Review 0

Peer Review Achievement Motivation Students 0

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. A case study illustrates these principles in practice, aligning with Faculty Focus’s mission to improve teaching and student success in higher education.

Faculty Development 89

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 89

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

College advising systems are trying to use predictive analytics to increase student retention. Mark, how would you describe the ideal scenario of how this technology might play out at colleges, and how a student might be helped by AI on campus? It's the students' data.

Peer Review 103

Peer Review Ethics Science Intelligence 103

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

The initiative intends to create degree pathways with courses that only use open educational resources, known as OER, so students don’t have to spend money on class materials. Some, Anagnoson says, did “not read at a deep level for students,” and others “assumed a lot of prior knowledge.” But those materials were not ideal.

Textbooks 119

Textbooks Instructors Syllabus History 119

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

A century later, AI is no longer fiction but a dynamic force in community college education, reshaping how faculty teach, and students learn. A case study illustrates these principles in practice, aligning with Faculty Focus’s mission to improve teaching and student success in higher education.

Faculty Development 82

Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 82

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Initial questions faculty ask about a case can set the tone and dictate distinct pathways of discussion; frame and target the content of a dialogue or student learning; and encourage participation or quickly end a conversation. Evaluation Faculty can have students critique the discussion questions associated with the case.

Questions 105

Questions Study Skills Evaluation 105

Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

An inclusive learning environment is one where all students feel academically and intellectually supported, feel a sense of belonging and respect, and do not feel closed off from the rest of their peers. To understand and dialogue effectively with our students, we must recognize and understand our voices and perspectives.

Learning 111

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 111

Faculty Focus

JUNE 16, 2024

An inclusive learning environment is one where all students feel academically and intellectually supported, feel a sense of belonging and respect, and do not feel closed off from the rest of their peers. To understand and dialogue effectively with our students, we must recognize and understand our voices and perspectives.

Learning 111

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 111

Faculty Focus

JULY 7, 2024

An inclusive learning environment is one where all students feel academically and intellectually supported, feel a sense of belonging and respect, and do not feel closed off from the rest of their peers. To understand and dialogue effectively with our students, we must recognize and understand our voices and perspectives.

Learning 110

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 110

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Initial questions faculty ask about a case can set the tone and dictate distinct pathways of discussion; frame and target the content of a dialogue or student learning; and encourage participation or quickly end a conversation. Evaluation Faculty can have students critique the discussion questions associated with the case.

Questions 98

Questions Study Skills Evaluation 98

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 14, 2018

On Tuesday, Lewis said the current system already penalizes students by not actually preparing them for success. If we don’t frame future readiness and life success as more than basic skills, we’re doing our students and graduates a grave disservice. Questions for student retention advocates.

Skills 107

Skills Peer Review Secondary Education English 107

Faculty Focus

JULY 7, 2024

An inclusive learning environment is one where all students feel academically and intellectually supported, feel a sense of belonging and respect, and do not feel closed off from the rest of their peers. To understand and dialogue effectively with our students, we must recognize and understand our voices and perspectives.

Learning 92

Learning Universal Design Course Design Fairness 92

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 6, 2024

Some common forms of predatory publishing practices include falsely claiming to provide peer review, hiding information about Article Processing Charges (APCs), misrepresenting members of the journal’s editorial board, and other violations of copyright or scholarly ethics (p. You are more than your pubs. Don’t stuff the binder.

Learning 64

Learning Peer Review Ethics Evaluation 64

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 6, 2024

Some common forms of predatory publishing practices include falsely claiming to provide peer review, hiding information about Article Processing Charges (APCs), misrepresenting members of the journal’s editorial board, and other violations of copyright or scholarly ethics (p. You are more than your pubs. Don’t stuff the binder.

Learning 52

Learning Peer Review Ethics Evaluation 52

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Education and profitability have long had a murky relationship, and incentivizing learning based on tokens exchangeable for real financial value will undoubtedly stir up ethical concerns and questions. Exactly how that will work is still yet to be decided, and actual students have mixed opinions on the idea.

Learning 141

Learning Participation History Peer Review 141

Teach Your Kids

MARCH 8, 2025

. “ Research Shows Women Are Better Leaders During a Crisis ”, from the Harvard Business Review explores qualities like adaptability, empathy, and resilience , which are essential in both business leadership and founding new ventures, qualities that often give women an edge, especially in challenging environments.

Education 52

Education Ethics Culture Study 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2025

AI tools can reduce the administrative burden so many educators carry, can personalize learning for students, and can help students become more engaged in their learning when they use the tools to brainstorm and expand on ideas for assignments and projects.

Ethics 346

Ethics Writing Feedback Knowledge 346

Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Here is what the free lunch percentage distributions look like for each report card category: Zero of the 34 Priority schools have less than 33% free lunch eligibility and 30 of the 34 (88%) have more than half of their students who are eligible.

Peer Review 37

Peer Review Schools High School High School 37