Tag: higher education
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Alexis Redding, Harvard University – You Have Less Time Than You Think to Prepare Students for Success
How do institutions make a good first impression on students at the beginning of a new school year? Alexis Redding, faculty co-chair of higher education and lecturer at Harvard University, says they have only a few days to do so. Alexis Redding is a developmental psychologist whose work focuses on the college experience and what…
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Ricardo Azziz, University at Albany – Mergers in Higher Education: The Need to Consider
Mergers are a fact of life for some institutions in higher education. Ricardo Azziz, research professor in the school of public health at the University at Albany, says mergers are not always a bad thing. Ricardo Azziz is former founding President, Georgia Regents University; former President, Georgia Health Sciences University; and co-author of ‘Strategic Mergers…
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Johann Neem, Western Washington University – Higher Education Meta-Vocabularies
Are those in higher education talking the same language? Johann Neem, professor in the department of history at Western Washington University, discusses three meta-vocabularies and why the least dominant could be the most important. Johann Neem is a professor of history at Western Washington University. His written works include Democracy’s Schools: The Rise of Public…
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Lisa Wisniewski, Goodwin College – Immigration and Higher Education
Foreign born students have additional challenges at academic institutions. Lisa Wisniewski, assistant professor of sociology at Goodwin College, discusses the Polish immigrant communities in the Northeast. Lisa Wisniewski is an assistant professor of sociology at Goodwin College. She earned her doctorate from the University of Hartford. At Goodwin College she is a Teaching Fellow in…
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Ned Laff, Governors State University – Design Thinking
What is missing from a liberal arts education? Ned Laff, Director at the Center for the Junior Year and teaching faculty at Governors State University, examines how a different kind of thinking can transform how this education is perceived in our society. Dr. Ned Scott Laff (pronounced “laugh”) is currently the Director for the Center…
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Stephanie Blackmon, College of William & Mary – MOOCs
What are MOOCs? Stephanie Blackmon, assistant professor of higher education at the College of William & Mary, discusses whether these online courses can have a positive effect on higher education. Stephanie J. Blackmon, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the School of Education at William & Mary. Her research area is teaching…