If higher ed is to remain relevant, faculty and students must find common ground on what it means to teach and learn at “college level.”
In 2011, PayPal co-founder Peter Theil introduced the first Thiel Foundation Fellows—students who agreed to drop out of college to do scientific research, start a tech company or work in a social movement. Although this may have been seen as a ...
Sometimes when passing through a classroom building, I glance in at a class in session and try to gauge by students’ faces whether the instructor has them engaged or not. Through their facial expressions, you can see whether they are caught up in the class or struggling not to drift away in their thoughts or electronic devices. Faculty often think of their job as transmitting knowledge, from...
Congrats to former @nebhe delegate and author Donna Loring | Maine's @GovJanetMills appoints senior adviser for tribal affairs as state tries to improve relations https://t.co/5om6Xv8Hnd https://t.co/95AMwgT29s
Massachusetts regulators propose efforts to protect students from unexpected college closures | also see https://t.co/auTVca7310 https://t.co/BUb4hPqi8J
Official @UMassD: “There’s a lot of uncertainty and there’s a lot of fear. Not only for how this is affecting families that are trying to apply for aid, but we have several families we’re working with right now whose parents are furloughed ..." https://t.co/S6DCiUoJGY
If higher ed is to remain relevant, faculty and students must find common ground on what it means to teach and learn at “college level.”
In 2011, PayPal co-founder Peter Theil introduced the first Thiel Foundation Fellows—students who agreed to drop out of college to do scientific research, start a tech company or work in a social movement. Although this may have been seen as a ... 
Sometimes when passing through a classroom building, I glance in at a class in session and try to gauge by students’ faces whether the instructor has them engaged or not. Through their facial expressions, you can see whether they are caught up in the class or struggling not to drift away in their thoughts or electronic devices. Faculty often think of their job as transmitting knowledge, from... 
