A Pocket Guide to Academic Ranks - Inside Higher Ed
A senior lecturer ranks higher than a lecturer, has more experience and receives a higher level of compensation. Using the word “visiting” equates to indicating a limited length of service. “Visiting” can also be used in association with professorships. There are three levels of professorships —assistant, associate and (full) professor.
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12 ways colleges could improve campus parking (opinion) - Inside …
Nov 13, 2019 · Here are 12 suggestions that colleges and universities might consider: For students and faculty members who are new to your campus, offer visible signage that makes it crystal clear where to park. Campus signs are not intended to double as weather vanes or to promote head-on collisions. Stamp out ambiguity.
Generative AI presents solutions and carries limitations for administrators, faculty, and students in the higher education setting. For administrative staff, generative AI can help scale support services and more efficiently evaluate applications from prospective students. Faculty can use AI to assist with simple research tasks, curriculum ...
The True Purpose of a College Education - Inside Higher Ed
Nov 4, 2021 · Create opportunities for your students to experiment with identities and test new ideas with as few constraints and penalties as possible. Foster a responsible independence. Model desired behavior. Nurture an atmosphere of mutual trust and open communication. Provide empathy, support, feedback and guidance as needed.
Two years in, NIL is fueling chaos in college athletics - Inside …
Jun 7, 2023 · “NIL is a powerful vehicle that rightfully allows student-athletes the ability to earn compensation from their unique market value. At the same time, the lack of transparency in today’s NIL marketplace puts student-athletes in jeopardy of exploitation by bad actors,” Baker tweeted. For the highly competitive SEC conference—which spans 11 states and has produced the last four national ...
More Than Half of Recent 4-Year College Grads Underemployed
Feb 22, 2024 · A new report found that many recent graduates don’t land jobs that require a degree. More than half of recent four-year college graduates, 52 percent, are underemployed a year after they graduate, according to a new report from Strada Institute for the Future of Work and the Burning Glass Institute. A decade after graduation, 45 percent of them still don’t hold a job that requires a four ...
6 Attributes of an Academic Discipline - Inside Higher Ed
May 6, 2018 · Krishnan identifies 6 characteristics of an academic discipline. Below I enumerate each attribute, and then explore the fit of our contemplated discipline. 1 - "Disciplines have a particular object of research (e.g. law, society, politics), though the object of research maybe shared with another discipline." Analysis: This “object of research ...
Professor finds way to see if students used AI to cheat - Inside …
Aug 30, 2024 · A Florida State professor found a way to catch AI cheating on multiple-choice tests. He also found that ChatGPT got a lot of “easy” questions wrong. A Florida State University professor has found a way to detect whether generative artificial intelligence was used to cheat on multiple-choice exams, opening up a new avenue for faculty who have long been worried about the ramifications of the ...
The Evolving Role of the University Registrar - Inside Higher Ed
Sep 9, 2019 · Matthew Pittinsky explores what the rise of academic computing teaches us about a 500-year-old position that could increasingly transform higher education. Last spring, staff from the registrar offices of 20 or so colleges and universities met on the campus of Georgetown University to share best practices. The keynote that kicked off the event ...