Faculty Are Stretched Thin, Burned Out and Wearing Many Hats — What Can Administrators Do?

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Reading Time: 5 minutesThe past few years have been rife with challenges for institutional leaders. From changing health guidelines to quarantines to critical racial justice issues being raised on campus, administrators and professors have been in a constant state of heightened alert. The toll on faculty is increasingly clear. Burnout. Compassion fatigue. Unmet mental health needs for students […]

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Jeffrey Selingo’s Strategies for Growing Enrollment in the Decade Ahead

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteHigher ed enrollment is 15% below its 2010–2011 peak — and all signs currently point to this decline continuing beyond 2025. With fewer students opting for traditional higher ed, and more shifting toward an education aligned with job preparedness, institutions are beginning to rethink their enrollment approaches, shifting toward more creative and innovative methods. So, […]

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2025 Graduate Employability Report: Closing Career Readiness Gaps

The Missing Link: Accountability in Career Readiness

Reading Time: 2 minutes2025 higher ed graduates are navigating a challenging job market, with shrinking job opportunities and mounting degree requirements resulting in the tightest entry-level labor market in five years. Now in its fifth year, our 2025 Employability Report surveyed 865 full-time hiring managers, 971 recent graduates and, for the first time, 698 post-secondary instructors across the […]

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From Medieval Europe to AI Art: Meet Gardner’s New Authors

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Reading Time: 5 minutesFred Kleiner has authored Cengage’s canonical art history title, “Gardner’s Art through the Ages: A Global History” for the past six editions. And now, we’d like to introduce ourselves as its four new co-authors. We’re all eagerly working to revise and reframe this title to match many of the current directions in the art history […]

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Author of Exploring Art, 6e Talks Life, Career and Latest Edition

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAs an artist, educator, writer and passionate advocate for the power of visual culture, I’ve dedicated the past several decades to making, teaching and writing about art. More importantly, I’ve helped others discover their own connection to creativity. A career rooted in creativity As a painter, I’ve exhibited my work in galleries and museums across […]

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Moving Beyond the Scale: Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies, 17e

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Reading Time: 3 minutesAs an educator and advocate for evidence-based nutrition, I’m thrilled to introduce both the 17th edition of the best-selling text, “Nutrition: Concepts & Controversies,” and myself as its newest author. This edition marks a pivotal shift in how we teach, learn and live nutrition — not just as a science, but as a lifelong journey […]

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Helping Community College Students Thrive With Neurodiverse Teaching Strategies

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Reading Time: 3 minutesTeaching community college students is indeed akin to nurturing a diverse garden. Each plant represents a unique student with their own set of life circumstances, strengths, and challenges. Just as a gardener must understand the specific needs of every plant to foster healthy growth, educators must delve into the intricate layers of their students’ experiences […]

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Where Can a Political Science Major Take Your Students?

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Reading Time: 4 minutesPolitical science is a dynamic and exciting field with many equally exciting career opportunities for college graduates. And according to the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, the median salary in 2018 for all 25- to 29-year-olds with a bachelor’s degree in political science was $50,600 — the overall average for all […]

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A Working Relationship with AI Technology, Cengage and Myself

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Reading Time: 3 minutesBack when artificial intelligence in teaching was the “new thing” among professors, I thought to myself, “Oh, the places I will go. Life will be so easy.” The effectiveness of AI, particularly in content generation or assistance, is largely dependent on the skills and expertise of the content developer utilizing it. Yet, I learned fast […]

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