Faces of Faculty - The Cengage Blog

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Two (More) Ways Faculty Are Using AI to Lighten Their Professional Load

We recently shared three ways faculty are using generative AI (GenAI) to help them handle the more administrative aspects of their roles — gleaned from ongoing research that culminates in our annual...

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Three Ways Faculty Are Using AI to Lighten Their Professional Load

Our most recent research into the working lives of faculty gave us some interesting takeaways about higher education’s relationship with AI. While every faculty member’s thoughts about AI differ and no two...

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2024 Faces of Faculty: The Higher Education Instructor Experience

A year has passed since we last updated you on the various challenges and evolving norms higher ed faculty members were facing. Our 2024 “Faces of Faculty” report circles back on...

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Spotlight on Adjunct Faculty in 2024

Adjunct professors are a hardy bunch. It’s not news to anyone in higher education that adjuncts must deal with the uncertainty and variability that comes with lack of tenure. Compounding these factors,...

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Meeting Students’ Changing Needs in a Post-Pandemic World

Take a deep breath and think back briefly on the last three years. How much collective trauma has the world experienced? Many of the college students of today, and particularly those who...

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Generative AI in Higher Education: From Frustration to Personalization

Research from Pew shows that nearly six in ten (58%) U.S. adults are familiar with ChatGPT. Just 14% of U.S. adults who have heard of it say they have used it, and...

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How Can Institutions Improve Faculty Retention?

Lori Blubaugh, RHIA, is Interim Director of Health Information Technology at Wallace State Community College What can institutions do to improve faculty retention? Well, I see this in two ways—what they...