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Theological Student Enrollment: A Special Report from the Auburn Center for the Study of Theological Education

This report analyzes longitudinal enrollment trends in theological schools, using data collected by the Commission on Accrediting of the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). It is intended to provide information that will help theological schools and the religious communities they serve as they plan strategy and attempt to manage enrollments. It also serves as a backdrop for the comprehensive study of seminary students, On Our Way: Pathways to Seminary (2013), which provides an in-depth look at the experiences and influences that lead students to seminary. (From the Publisher)

Maximizing your educational potential isn't easy; learning effective habits and habits of mind can make a significant difference. Utilize the resources shared here to help yourself achieve all you can. A set of handouts, checklists and short essays to help students adopt effect learning habits (taking notes, studying, time management, etc.)

This online journal and website combines the strands of critical pedagogy and digital pedagogy to arrive at the best social and civil uses for technology and new media in education. It is a networked, participant-driven, and open peer reviewed journal that is both academic and collective.

Research shows that "immediacy" (behavior that brings the instructor and the students closer together in terms of perceived distance) increases student learning. This web page provides lists of behaviors to create immediacy and links to further studies. .

A web page full of reliable  analysis and strategies, supported by publications. "On the Cutting Edge" is a professional development non-profit aimed at geoscience faculty, but the issues analyzed here are applicable across high education. 

A blog by a widely published and cited author on teaching writing to undergraduates. New postings every few months. Her site includes links to a variety of other recommended blogs for teaching in higher education. 

Video. A series of short (half hour) videos based on research on the perceived pedagogical challenges in intercultural/multicultural classrooms. Each video shows a before and after. None of it was rehearsed. Topics include team work, plagiarism, and office hours. Created by the Thompson Rivers University Center for Teaching and Learning.  

Nearly a hundred or more citations on the issue of students and plagiarism, especially with international students, compiled by Rebecca Moore Howard, Professor of Writing and Rhetoric at Syracuse University, and specialist in "authorship studies."

A bibliography of important essays about the scholarship of teaching, compiled by Kathleen McKinney at Illinois State University in Spring 2013.

An independent professional development, training, and mentoring community of over 11,000 graduate students, post-docs and faculty members, dedicated to supporting academics in making successful transitions throughout their careers. Membership offers on-campus workshops, professional development and mentoring programs, discussion forums, newsletters, and resources

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