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Antiracist Academic Leadership In Wake Of Charlottesville, David S. Owen
Antiracist Academic Leadership In Wake Of Charlottesville, David S. Owen
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
What obligations do chairpersons have to confront white supremacy when it impacts departmental and campus climates? And, what steps should chairpersons take when white nationalists come to campus? Participants in this session will have an opportunity to discuss these and other questions and explore the requirements of academic leadership that is avowedly antiracist.
What We Can Learn From College Reform In The Eu, Jacqueline Kress
What We Can Learn From College Reform In The Eu, Jacqueline Kress
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
The Bologna Process—a curriculum reform encompassing 48 EU countries—engages faculty by discipline to articulate what students should be able to know, do, and understand at each degree level through academic dialogue. This session overviews its mechanisms and challenges and provides guidance for applying its lessons at US institutions.
Open Educational Resources: The What, How, Why, And Who, Kris Helge
Open Educational Resources: The What, How, Why, And Who, Kris Helge
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Open educational resources are free, digitally available, valid and reliable textbooks, videos, syllabi, and other educational resources utilized to save students money. This session describes what open educational resources are, where to locate them, why to use them, and it reinforces their validity and reliability of use.
Ending Remedial Programs? What Your Faculty Can Do., Jacqueline Kress
Ending Remedial Programs? What Your Faculty Can Do., Jacqueline Kress
Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings
Remedial programs have not improved graduation rates and are being dropped across the US. What’s next? What can faculty do to support students’ learning? This session overviews current issues in remediation, provides opportunities to share chairs’ experiences, and introduces a strategy set faculty can use to support diverse learners.