Whitepapers Offer In-Depth Dives
Are you looking to get up-to-speed on a higher education topic of interest? Whitepapers are often the way to go. Although frequently written by vendors, whitepapers offer very good research and analysis on topics ranging from accessibility to retention and everything in between. Did you recently get access to an interesting higher education whitepaper? Send us the link or file and we will include it here.
Accessibility
- "" LevelAccess, G3ict, and IAAP, 2022.
- General survey of accessibility programs in the educational sector.
- "" Center for Technology and Disability, 2017.
- This publication is filled with resources and tips as well as compliance information, and it is grant funded by the Department of Education.
Equity and Inclusion
- "," Everyfi, no date.
- This is a handy reference with an exercise about identity exploration.
- "," Every Learner, Everywhere, April, 2022.
- This tool was designed to be used by individuals and teams who are either creating original material or revising existing material.
- "" Every Learner, Everywhere, December, 2021.
- This report focuses on building the core infrastructure needed for high-quality digital learning and is designed primarily for a mid- to senior-level academic administrators (in- cluding department chairs, leaders of centers of teaching and learning, technology leaders, and academic leadership).
Preparing Students for the Job Market
- "," Ellucian, 2019.
- Many interesting infographics addressing student and employer attitudes about how well college prepares people for the job market.
Retention
- "," Chrissy Coley, tim Coley, and Katie Lynch-Holmes, 2016.
- Retention isn't easy, but there are ways to significantly improve program success through encouraging the behaviors that successful students have, intervening appropriately, and using data in decision making
- "" Every Learner, Everywhere, June, 2021.
- Designed for instructors, this playbook focuses on course-level choices that improve the student experience
Pedagogy
- "," Kimberly LeChasseur and the Center for Project Based Learning, PBL Brief #4, July
2020.
- This document gives a brief definition of PBL, gives examples of it in the context of graduate education, and provides a matrix of case studies in PBL at various institutions.
- "Anti-Racist Discussion Pedagogy," Selfa Chew, Akil Houseton, Alisa Cooper, and funded by Payback (discussion platform),
undated but promoted initially in March, 2021.
- Very useful and practical advice including specific guidelines and general goals.
- "," Jeff Seaman (Bay View Analytics), Elaine Allen (UCSF), Nate Ralph (Bay View Analytics),
2021.
- This is a good review of what happened nationally during the "COVID retreat to online" in 2020. The paper talks about the need for additional research into the effectiveness in online STEM education, and would be useful to anyone looking for topics in this area.
- "" Cengage, n.d.
- This handbook is chockfull of useful tips to help with classroom engagement as well as for teaching politically controversial topics.
Leadership
- "," Chronicle of Higher Education, 2021.
Data
- "" Tom Green (Funded by Salesforce).
- This whitepaper provides a model for thinking about how to present data in the context of student experiences to help institutions gain insights into what causes student persistence behaviors.