COVID-19 pushed higher education online almost overnight. The field transformed itself, troubleshooting on the go to make sure students could succeed while quarantining at home. Federal funding was heavily invested in resources that connected students with technology and high-speed internet. As the pandemic has begun to taper, many institutions are transitioning back to fully-in-person education—but...Read More
Case studies have long been heralded as an impactful and critical pedagogical approach in college classrooms. Depending on how case studies are integrated into an educational space, students can increase research skills by conducting research to develop additional context when conceptualizing a case or locate additional sources to better understand themes; develop writing skills by drafting, peer reviewing, workshopping,...Read More
Texting with your donors is a key tactic. It’s the method of communication most of us prefer, and it can be used for so many key components of your donor outreach. That’s why RNL offers unlimited, easy to utilize texting services. These include mass texting campaigns to support events like giving days and the P2P...Read More
“We’ve come a long way, but we still have a lot of work to do,” says Jewell Green Winn, in discussing diversity equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice across the international education sector. As the senior international officer and chief diversity officer at Tennessee State University, Winn is a champion for amplifying the voices of...Read More
Jeremy YoungThe battle over critical race theory raging across America in recent years is most often fought in the realm of K-12 education, where white parents have asserted newly discovered rights to prevent their children from being taught aspects of American history that might make them feel guilty. But the fight to ban the idea...Read More
Here’s an inconvenient truth about inclusive teaching: there are no quick fixes. It’s inconvenient because faculty are stressed. They face pressures in their research, service, and increasingly in their teaching that the pandemic has made almost unbearable, and there seems to be no end in sight when it comes to the new tools, technologies, tips,...Read More
2022 will be remembered as RNL’s “Year of Online.” Over the course of the last 12 months, we published two groundbreaking reports focused on online education. In May, we released the inaugural Online Student Recruitment Report presenting findings from our survey of 1,600 prospective online students. We followed this with the debut of the Online...Read More
“By the grace of God, I didn’t. I’m still here,” she tells The PIE. However, the experience allows Ur to empathise with those dipping their toes in the ELT water for the first time. “For a young teacher beginning their first year, the first year is always tough. Don’t be discouraged if it doesn’t go as...Read More
Having meaningful relationships with law school faculty and staff is essential for underrepresented racial minority (URMs) students as they decide on law school options, adjust to academic environments, and negotiate in-school experiences, a recent study found.Dr. Terrell Strayhorn The study, “Tellin’ the Truth in their Own Words: A Critical Race Qualitative Analysis of Ethnic Minority...Read More
Just as pocket calculators, personal computers, and smartphones have posed threats to students learning math skills, AI (artificial intelligence) seems to be the new tool poised to undermine the use of writing assignments to assess student learning. In November 2022, a tool called ChatGPT made headlines for its ability to “write” any content. As an...Read More
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