#Students

Friendly reminder to not require students to turn their cameras or even mics on. The chat is your friend and if done right, I find it to be far more
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Ok, @e_b_bobadilla is absolutely right, we need more genuinely unpopular opinions. So here's one:Most positions should spend less time focusing on what you PhD was in and what you research
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Mikhail Gorbachev has written this in his autobiographyIn his younger days, while studying in Europe... He used to study along with two Japanese students. 2nd World War had come to
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The focus has been on A* students losing their Oxbridge places, but from personal experience, I feel most sorry for the middling students whose C grades they've been denied was
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will be counterproductive and ineffective all at the same time...it will further lower the reputation of American universities among Chinese students and parents, the vast majority of whom are private
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Int’l student here. I’m seeing many petitions arguing that int’l students should be protected because they contributed $41 billion to the economy in 2018-2019. Though coming from good intentions, this
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One of my favorite things to do when I visit schools is to read to students, so today I wanted to share a book with Wisconsin students called, “Say Something”
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It’s been three weeks since I last stepped foot in school. I’ve had a lot of time to think, here are some of my thoughts. 1. I miss my teachers,
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Some ideas. Teach “hybrid” with a place-based component. That place doesn’t have to be a classroom. The students can do work on their own “in the field” at safe distance
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I've heard from sources @utulsa and other places in #highered that some professors are increasing students' work load during this #onlineteaching transition. This is wrong and immoral. 1/ All of
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@danbattey sharing about the deficit vs resource based frames we place on students of color. What stories or stereotypes are placed on students of color that frame them in a
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Thread for people teaching online courses right now:One of the downsides of online courses is that students never feel like they have a day off. 1/ If students don’t log
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Today, the University has announced the launch of a $1.5 million Putea Tautoko hardship fund to support students facing financial hardship due to the COVID-10 global pandemic. Vice-Chancellor Professor Harlene
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If you want to build policy to change this, the Q everyone needs to be asking is, "why is Harvard and its peers NOT embarrassed by how few students they
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Mizzou was very clearly unprepared to keep students safe upon their return this fall. In the following thread, we will be sharing details of what Mizzou won’t boast about on
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Academic & professional university staff have been working to breaking point since March to deliver teaching this year. Often offering *more* content & *more* contact hours. All the time campaigning
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