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When a neo-racist act occurs, international students - and all students, except for a few - look to campus administrators and faculty for ethical academic leadership. Even if no major incident has occurred, campus leaders are responsible for creating a positive climate for the burgeoning number of international students arriving at their institutions. While there is no "one size fits all" approach, we offer for consideration three "educational encounters" that make a positive difference in the lives of international students. Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2012/10/26/essay-how-colleges-should-respond-racism-against-international-students#ixzz2BYSBAftD Inside Higher Ed

September 26, 2012 Students Think They Can Multitask. Here's Proof They Can't. By: Maryellen Weimer, PhD in Teaching Professor Blog. With easy access to all sorts of technology, students multitask. So, do lots of us for that matter. But students are way too convinced that multitasking is a great way to work.

Herein you'll find ways that instructors can share Bloom's taxonomy with students in a way to help students guide their own learning. Some nice graphics, lesson plans, and clever videos (including Homer Simpson as a model for each aspect of the taxonomy).

Herein you'll find ways that instructors can share Bloom's taxonomy with students in a way to help students guide their own learning. Some nice graphics, lesson plans, and clever videos (including Homer Simpson as a model for each aspect of the taxonomy).

The key question for higher-education institutions is how the overwhelming majority of students who do not go abroad will learn about the world and develop the intercultural skills they will need as citizens and workers. To address this question, institutions will need to be very clear about what knowledge, attitude, and skills students must learn, where and how they will acquire them, and what constitutes evidence of such learning.

Learn more about who your students are, where they come from, and how they're doing, with more than 15 tables and tools on enrollment and demographics.

Professor Hacker asks what instructors do when students give feedback that is verifiably wrong. Readers have submitted ways of handling/preventing this.

Interesting study with some important implications for how we look at student evaluations. ""Even when there is no evidence of bias, students believe that minorities bring political baggage into the classroom, whereas whites, men, and heterosexuals bring with them the cool heads of objectivity," said Anderson."

Be open to cultural differences of students who were not educated in the US.

What causes students to stick with online courses? Quick review of ongoing research...

A dissertation writer's investigation into racial attitudes and stereotypes that foreign students might bring with them to the US.

Download this guide for working with students who are disruptive or distressed

Course creates areas of digital disconnection to help students regain their sense of focus

It's a typical scene: a few minutes before 11:00 on a Tuesday morning and about 200 sleepy-looking college students are taking their seats in a large lecture hall - chatting, laughing, calling out to each other across the aisles. Class begins with a big "shhhh" from the instructor.

Academia is continuing to show greater interest in our student-Veterans. The Chronicle of Higher Education is kicking off a series of articles on the subject with this informative read.

Academia is continuing to show greater interest in our student-Veterans. The Chronicle of Higher Education is kicking off a series of articles on the subject with this informative read.

"It's hard to give people a path to follow when, by your own admission, you stumbled upon your current career. Serendipity seems to be a theme in many alt-ac narratives, and that is just not inspiring to students who are worried about their futures."