NISOD Provides Belize Colleges and Universities With Professional Learning Resources Austin, Texas, September 17, 2018 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) collaborated with the Consortium for Belize Educational Cooperation (COBEC) to provide 15 Belize colleges and universities with access to NISOD’s resources and benefits. During the 2018 COBEC summer conference, [...]
Volume XL, No. 29 | September 13, 2018 A Flipped Classroom Approach Can Invigorate Instructors and Students “Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?” Most people are likely aware of the iconic “Bueller?” scene from the 1986 film, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, when the monotone, high school instructor takes attendance for a less than enthusiastic classroom [...]
Member Spotlight - Maricopa County Community Colleges District Dr. Maria Harper-Marinick has been a formal mentor in the Maricopa County Community Colleges District’s Women Leadership program for 15 years and an informal mentor for countless people who aspire to achieve higher education. “I consider the community at large my [...]
Volume XL, No. 28 | September 6, 2018 The Faculty Engagement Trend: How Years of Work Experience Impact Engagement Those of us in higher education often think about student engagement, but not employee engagement. However, business leaders have said that employee engagement should be a business’s main priority. In fact, in 2015, [...]
NISOD and Bossier Parish Community College to Co-Host Regional Workshop Austin, Texas, September 4, 2018 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) and Bossier Parish Community College (Bossier City, Louisiana) have announced they will co-host a Regional Workshop, scheduled for February 22, 2019. NISOD’s Regional Workshops bring professional development closer to [...]
Volume XL, No. 27 | August 30, 2018 Three “M” Philosophy: Meaningful, Measurable, and Manageable Currently, four generations of educators are working side by side: baby-boomers, echo-boomers, Generation X’ers, and millennials. Professional roles are about to be passed on from the generation that elected President Kennedy to the generation that elected President [...]
Volume XL, No. 26 | August 23, 2018 Teaching Dually-Enrolled High School Students Over the past few years, Harford County Public Schools (HCPS) have developed a working relationship with Harford Community College (HCC) to provide high school students with the opportunity to enroll in college courses while still being enrolled in high [...]
Rationality in Education Issue No. 11 • August 2018 In “Rationality in Education,” Dr. John Eigenauer, Professor, Philosophy, Computer Science, Taft College (CA), explains why rational thinking needs to be integrated into college courses.
Volume XL, No. 25 | August 16, 2018 Teamwork: Teaching Reality, 25 Years Later Teamwork consists a group of individuals working together to reach a common goal. Highly effective teams have the same desired end goal as any group of students or business workers, and that is to achieve a shared purpose. [...]
Member Spotlight - Phoenix College As one of the nation's oldest community colleges, Phoenix College provides exceptional opportunities for its students and employees. Our motto, “Go Far, Close to Home,” personifies the connectedness to our mission and goals of providing high quality and affordable education for students who [...]