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Nurturing Faculty Buy-In For Top-Down Mandates, Emily K. Faulconer
Nurturing Faculty Buy-In For Top-Down Mandates, Emily K. Faulconer
Publications
Higher education is a bureaucracy. As such, colleges and universities require strong leaders but they also must have committed faculty members. Shared governance and transparency - arguably empty buzz words – have definitions that will vary based on who you ask. Despite the minefield, these terms are relevant when discussing change within academia.
Communication Skills: Listening And Speaking, Andrew P. Johnson
Communication Skills: Listening And Speaking, Andrew P. Johnson
Elementary and Literacy Education Department Publications
Human communication involves reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The short article describes how to use two of these, speaking and listening, in any subject area.
A Word From The Writing Center (January 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els
A Word From The Writing Center (January 2018), Jennifer Wilson, Ms, Els
A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)
This issue includes:
- New Year, New Publishing Goals
- Grammar Time
- Writing Cafe
Writing As A Science Educator, Emily K. Faulconer
Writing As A Science Educator, Emily K. Faulconer
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As scientists, we write to record observations and procedures. We write to analyze and present our data. We write to evaluate the works of others. My training in scientific writing started in earnest as an undergraduate student where I dutifully wrote lab reports and literature reviews. I learned how to write objectively. I practiced evidence-based arguments. After years of practice, this writing style is second nature. I see hints of it in my e-mail communication style. I even hear its echo in my administrative documents. This style is efficient and clear.