Well, look what showed up today. Author gratis print copies! Book releases April 16. Available on that e-commerce site (tinyurl.com/4b5kzh82) w/ book preview at publisher (tinyurl.com/46bmaxcj). #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

"University teaching and learning centers are responsible for disseminating best practices to instructors, so how well do their resources reflect the importance of student autonomy?" #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd Article: Choosing to learn www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A great read, and very relatable. Found this additional perspective blog post from The Professor is In, quoted in the article. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd theprofessorisin.com/2023/02/08/i...

I just saw something similar posted by the og edutopia and remembered that I found this corroborating article a while back. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

The Research Whisperer Blog 2015: "Do you have a toxic collaborator?" #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd 1. consistently miss deadlines. 2. frequently say ‘I’m the first author’ 3. don’t listen to feedback. 4. all take and no give. 5. communicate badly. researchwhisperer.org/2015/01/27/t...

2005 Article review of Bain: "A 15-Year Study of 63 Teachers at 24 Institutions Reveals: What the Best College Teachers Do" #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd Link: www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/...

Because electrons charge more 🥁 #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

A bad title can bury good research. Make it clear, make it searchable, make it a Marvin Gaye reference. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

Article: “When names are on the line: Negotiating authorship with your team” #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd link.springer.com/article/10.1...

College Closures since 2008 (Two ways). Interesting (in an academic sense) to see the mass closures of for profit colleges and now the rise in private nonprofit closures. Public colleges/universities might be the big test. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.bestcolleges.com/research/clo...

"despite academic speaking and listening–known as academic oracy–also holding a crucial role in supporting students’ engagement with content, critical thinking, groupwork, teaching and learning, and in enhancing their success..." #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Article: "Assessment of class participation in online and offline learning environments: a qualitative investigation of teachers’ best practices and challenges" #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Project Zero: Thinking Routines Toolbox -- "Thinking Routines invite learners of any age to be close observers, organize their ideas, to reason carefully, and to reflect on how they are making sense of things." #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd pz.harvard.edu/thinking-rou...

OPEN ACCESS Book: "The Real World of College: What Higher Education Is and What It Can Be" (Accompanying review found in following post) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd direct.mit.edu/books/book/5...

"Where have all the humanities majors gone? STEM dominates college campuses" (Shout out to high school journalism) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd chantillynews.org/14369/opinio...

Mildly Useful? -- Yale Grad Student Teacher Guides: Teaching a Successful Section > Preparing for Class #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd poorvucenter.yale.edu/teaching/tea...

Article: "Availability of cookies during an academic course session affects evaluation of teaching." (Outcome: Class sections that received cookies during course gave better reviews. All else equal.) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

The New Yorker: "Can colleges do without deadlines?" #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

Blog Post: "Why Good Students Do “Bad” in College: Why We Should Care and What We Should Do" #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd thelearnwellprojects.com/why-good-stu...

Department chairs: expected to solve problems they didn’t create with resources they don’t have. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd "Expanding Responsibilities of Department Chairs: Deans’ Roles in Facilitating Professional Development" acad.org/resource/exp...

A joke my co-host used to say on the podcast: You see tenure used be "ten years." Ten years and then you were done. But a transcribing error switched it to tenure and we've been chasing it ever since." #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd Article: "Eight Myths about Tenure" www.aaup.org/article/eigh...

"The students ... didn’t have a problem with their online use during class, rationalizing that since their education was something they paid for, they could do what they wanted ... unless a professor was sufficiently entertaining..." #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.theladders.com/career-advic...

Your first semester teaching will be an experiment. Your second semester teaching will be tweaking that experiment. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd

Book: Colleges on the Brink. (Ambrose and Nietzel 2023) Be on the lookout for "strategic realignment consultants" coming to a campus near you. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd rowman.com/ISBN/9781475...

NEWS (from 2019, so OLDS?): "Behind the scenes at the STEM-humanities culture war" #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd cen.acs.org/education/un...

Editorial: "Coauthors gone bad; how to avoid publishing conflict and a proposed agreement for co-author teams" #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Article: Lectures may be more effective than you think: The learning pyramid unmasked (J Baer 2010) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd Direct Link: www.rider.edu/sites/defaul...

NYU CTEL: "Citing Media in Instructional Content" (Interesting use of Google Docs by NYU to present content instead of a hosted Webpage) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd docs.google.com/document/d/1...

“Backward Design and Learning Objectives: What is backward design?” #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.uvm.edu/ctl/backward...

BU CTL: “Interactive Lecturing” #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.bu.edu/ctl/ctl_reso...

Teaching & Learning: "The Benefits of Using Students as Guest Speakers" #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.facultyfocus.com/articles/tea...

The joy of trying to decipher one's own handwriting can never be replaced. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd Article "Signature moves" by Christine Rosen www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...

Donuts and coffee also help. Just consider it part of the customer experience. Plus, you'll likely get a bump in your end of term evaluations. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/tackl...

News: “Teaching to an empty hall” #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Top notch read: “Decline of the Humanities: Where Does It STEM From?” #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd ecommons.cornell.edu/server/api/c...

"I don't know if there ever was a golden age of higher education in which faculty did not have the banal worry of staying in business..." #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd muse.jhu.edu/pub/17/artic...

BOOK: "Making College Courses Flexible" (Kelly 2024) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

"Army of Temps" (more recent report in following) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.aft.org/highered/res...

"2023 Trends in Higher Ed" (pdf) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.insidehighered.com/sites/defaul...

Article: "Self-regulated learning training programs enhance university students’ academic performance, self-regulated learning strategies, and motivation: A meta-analysis" (pdf link in following) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

With comments from myself and @jlisayoung.bsky.social #academicsky #academia #highered www.cbc.ca/radio/thecur...

I see your "enrollment cliff" and will raise you "deferred maintenance." #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Try this article. As with everything except maybe winter hats one size doesn’t usually fit all. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"The Multitasking Student" #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd otl.du.edu/plan-a-cours...

Report: "Are colleges really facing an enrollment cliff?" (Answer: Yes, but not for the rich, elite unis) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.brookings.edu/articles/are...

“The college…where I teach has long relied on the R1 down the street…as an adjunct factory.” #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.insidehighered.com/blogs/confes...

"As funding becomes more competitive and insecure, universities turn some of their risk over to academic staff." ('Some' may be an understatement.) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd theconversation.com/explainer-ho...

Book: "Learning Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty" (Barkley + Major, 2016) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.wiley.com/en-us/Learni...

MS-Ed Research Paper: "A Literary Review of Engaged Learning and Strategies That Can be Used in Planning and Implementing Instruction That Engages Students in the Learning Process." #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd Thesis direct link: www2.uwstout.edu/content/lib/...

BOOK: "Research Handbook on the Student Experience in Higher Education" (Chapter 1 is open) #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/b...