North America

By Eliza.Compton, 27 February, 2025
The siloed approach to education – where students in technical, business, humanities and arts disciplines learn separately – is no longer adequate, writes Lisa McNair
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 26 February, 2025
STEM curricula in the US don’t often expose students to perspectives on culture, history and power nor equip them with effective community engagement skills. Here, an instructor and students share lessons from designing and teaching an interdisciplinary course that sought to address that gap
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 20 February, 2025
How should universities manage the rapid uptake of artificial intelligence across all aspects of higher education? We talk to three experts about AI’s impact on teaching, governance and the environment
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80minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 20 February, 2025
Academic institutions have a rare opportunity to intervene to help students with mental health challenges, but this requires support and training for staff and faculty, writes Amy Epperley
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 18 February, 2025
We need to teach that imperfect but authentic writing is more valuable than sentences that are polished on the surface, argue three US academics. Here, they share surprise findings from STEM and beyond
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5minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 13 February, 2025
A successful university AI policy guides internal innovation and usage, directs resources and identifies key contacts for emergent needs. Here are the steps and considerations for writing guidelines
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4minutes
By Eliza.Compton, 10 February, 2025
Why is it important to integrate knowledge and methodologies across disciplines? Catherine Amelink has recommendations to encourage the student engagement needed to address complex, weighty problems
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4minutes