New Voicethread Features

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Voicethread has just added three new commenting methods. The first is ‘Private Reply’. This allows an instructor to give private feedback and also allows two people to have a sidebar conversation that’s visible only to […]

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NYU social work school admits to institutional racism in wake of student email

New York University has been stunned by a student's email stating that it would be "easier" for him without a "black presence" in class. The incident has played out on social media as Shahem Mclaurin, a...
Shift in mission of Melbourne University press raises many issues

Contentious changes at Australia’s oldest university press have raised questions about the degree to which in-house publishers should produce general interest literature. The decision to refocus Melbourne University Publishing as a “high-quality scholarly press,” announced last...
Study documents economic gains from liberal arts education

You've read the stories about liberal arts college grads doomed to a life of poverty, paying back their student loans while living in their parents' basement. And if you've been reading Inside Higher Ed, you...
Judge says that U of Texas at Austin can't revoke former student's Ph.D. on its own, outside court of law

The University of Texas at Austin lacks the authority, express or implied, to revoke a former graduate student's Ph.D., a state court determined this week. The brief judgment by Judge Karin Crump pertains to Suvi Orr,...
Opposition hardens against one college seeking to merge and another planning to close

Protests were planned for today as Hampshire College prepares to put layoffs in place on the heels of its controversial decision to stop admitting additional students for the upcoming fall semester. Alumni, staff, faculty, students and...
A decade after recession, colleges take divergent hiring paths

A new research review finds that since the recession, hiring patterns for new full-time faculty members have fluctuated considerably at public four-year doctoral and master's institutions, while they have barely budged at public baccalaureate institutions. The...

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15 Feb

Programs offered through the Fort Hays State University Virtual College received three No. 1 recognitions in the state of Kansas for December and January from https://t.co/IiPhxuE5jB, as well as high national rankings in the same categories. https://t.co/JscgnKQCXM

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15 Feb

TILT Tip: Carve Out Time for Big Projects

How do you juggle the many responsibilities of academic life? Listen to this podcast on how to carve out time for big projects during a busy teaching semester: https://t.co/6xTPNJueaK.

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14 Feb

TILT Tip: Pub Trivia? In My Classroom? It’s More Likely Than You Think
Don't fight cell phones in class, use them to engage your learners. Kahoot! makes it easy to create, share, and play fun learning games or trivia quizzes. Great learning tool. https://t.co/QoXcAiPWM7.

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13 Feb

Teaching Innovations and Learning Technologies (TILT) is offering online teacher training courses for Fall 2018. The Foundations of Online Teaching (FOT) and Advanced Concepts in Online Teaching (ACOT) courses are scheduled to begin on 2/18/19.
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