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April 23, 2021 Share This: Many are calling it a “lost year” as students suddenly found themselves spending hours in front of computer screens instead of in a classroom setting. Faculty and administrators at Cal State Fullerton were determined to do whatever was necessary to prevent Titan students from dropping out or seeing their grades plummet. So how do you measure “student success” during a pandemic? At CSUF, the problem was tackled on multiple fronts with the campus offering virtual advising, outreach campaigns, faculty training, and a host of other interventions to keep s...

The Brattle Group Welcomes Prominent Economist Vanessa Yanhua Zhang to Lead Greater China Practice News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW YORK, March 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Vanessa Yanhua Zhang has joined The Brattle Group's New York office as a Principal and the leader of a new Greater China practice. She brings broad experience in applying economic analysis to competition, industrial organization, and intellectual property issues for a global client base across numerous industries. She has extensive relationships in Greater China with leading academics and industr...

Faculty Senate finishes semester with controversial discussions Posted By: News Editor November 11, 2020 Daniella Tebib dtebib@murraystate.edu During the Faculty Senate’s last meeting of the semester on Tuesday, Nov. 10, members discussed Provost Tim Todd’s change to scheduling, the Confederate monument and the role of the Instructional Assessment System. Role of IAS The Faculty Senate drafted resolution FSR-19-20-7 to discuss the role of IAS in instructional evaluations. “IAS student evaluation instruments will continue to be administered, but will not be the sole basis for evalua...

Filed in Faculty on December 22, 2020 The Department of Information Systems (IS) at UMBC invites applications for an open rank tenure-track faculty position starting August 2021. Successful candidates will complement and extend our current strengths. More information about research interests of our faculty can be found at https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/home/research/areas-of-research/. Candidates with research interests cross-cutting multiple areas are particularly encouraged to apply. Candidates must have earned a PhD in related fields no later than August 2021.   The Department has ...

Introducing Denison faculty to the Rubik’s challenge. If you’re cycling in the Tour de France, or swimming in the Olympics, chances are it might be difficult to remember what it was like to learn how to ride a bike or swim. But in order to teach a new rider or swimmer, remembering what it was like to learn could be your best asset as a teacher. The same is true for Denison faculty who are experts in their respective fields. What once took considerable concentration is now second nature — at times it can be a challenge for expert instructors to understand the learning needs of novice stu...