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Direct linkShamash, Emily R.; Berrett-Abebe, Julie; Smith, LaTasha; Storms, Stephanie; Regan, Michael; Novella, Jocelyn; Grupp, Laurie L.; Smith, Emily; Martin, Alyson – To Improve the Academy, 2023
This article explores how one higher education faculty learning community engaged in reflective practices in pursuit of their commitment to the inclusion of anti-racist content and pedagogy across their multidisciplinary curriculums. As a key initial step in engaging in this collaborative, cross-disciplinary work, they set out to consider…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Communities of Practice, Reflective Teaching
Victoria Appatova; Alice Horning – To Improve the Academy, 2023
Due to the recent changes in higher education, including a major shift to online learning and the reform of education, critical literacy skills of today's generation of college students face the peril of an increasing decline. All students, developmental and non-developmental in online and face-to-face environments, need the well-organized,…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Skill Development, Critical Thinking, Writing Across the Curriculum
Laura A. Lukes; Lamis M. Ibrahim; Laurence Bray – To Improve the Academy, 2023
Many universities offer some version of centrally offered professional development opportunities for graduate students seeking academic careers. Less is known about what impact these programs have on student career preparation and success and which design elements are most beneficial to each learner (Diggs et al., 2017; Schram et al., 2017). This…
Descriptors: Doctoral Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Program Design
Mahavongtrakul, Matthew; Hooper, Ashley; Mann, Daniel; Sato, Brian – To Improve the Academy, 2021
The Association of American Colleges and Universities calls for improvements in teaching preparation in graduate programs as a transferable skill for future faculty. However, the amount of institutional and faculty support for these programs is limited. For the relatively few programs that exist, rarely do they have their outcomes assessed in a…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Graduate Study, Graduate Students, Teaching Assistants
Brown, Marie Kendall; Ralston, Patricia A. S.; Baumgartner, Kathy B.; Schreck, Melissa A. – To Improve the Academy, 2015
This paper describes 2 "strategic partnering" and "interdisciplinary collaboration" case studies between a Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and an academic unit at a mid-sized metropolitan research university in the American Midwest. These faculty development partnerships were developed to meet the unique needs of faculty…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Partnerships in Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Case Studies
Wright, Mary C.; Schram, Laura N.; Gorman, Kristen S. – To Improve the Academy, 2015
Effective consulting is a key skill for educational developers. Although most educational developers are new to the field, there is limited research about how new practitioners develop consulting skills. The key research question this study explores is: How do new graduate teaching consultants develop as practitioners? This study empirically…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Educational Development, Consultants, Models
