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Survey: Students Turn to Faculty for Career Advice
New research from the National Association for Colleges and Employers shows how students and recent alumni look to their professors for help in their post-graduation plans. While some faculty aren’t confident in giving career advice, administrators can take five actions to support that work.
Study: Passionate, Self-Compassionate Professors Are Better Teachers
A research study found faculty members who demonstrate work passion and emotion regulation are more likely to be effective instructors and have greater work-life balance.
Student Wellness Tip: Incorporate Exercise Breaks Into Lecture Classes
Research shows exercise can help students refocus during long periods of learning. A new study finds it can be done in a practical way to benefit student attention and peer engagement.
How Accommodating Can (Should) I Be?
As colleges relax the rules to account for students’ real struggles, David Galef asks when accommodations may go too far.
Communication on Growth Mindset Can Benefit Student Achievement
New research from Washington State University finds first-generation students perform better after receiving encouraging messages from their instructor on strategies for improvement.
Art in Flux
Debating art’s meaning and purpose in our age of algorithmic aesthetics and corporate production and curation.
Making Progress Against ChatGPT
It can be hard to see progress, but I have tangible (anecdotal) evidence.
On National ‘Day of Action for Higher Ed,’ Some Rally, Others Strike
Demonstrations, teach-ins and a graduate-worker walkout highlighted a union-supported, multi-campus event Wednesday designed to push back against attacks on academic freedom, job security and academe more broadly.