Jim Barber

Margaret Barr ’25, an Elementary Education and Psychology double major, works hard throughout her college courses, first-grade classroom and educational research. She has learned to embrace change and follow her interests. Read more about her SOE journey: go.wm.edu/y5rMCJ

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Should we continue to encourage kids to go to college ? Or push them to take up a trade ?

I believe in college. Learning how to learn, IMO, is a critical life skill. Being exposed to people of different backgrounds, makes yiu wiser

Qualifier- it should be a school you can afford.

Early winter sunset reflected in the James River. Light yellow and orange sky behind low gray clouds. Virginia, USA.

Winter sun behind wispy clouds, reflected in a creek. Virginia, USA.

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Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.

Waves from the ocean wash up to the sand under a bright blue sky with wispy clouds.

Everyone likes to ask what you accomplished this year.

You tell them you survived, baby.

Let’s sit here together & reflect on that.

William & Mary School of Education's Gifted Education program is now accepting applications for the Ph.D. program in Gifted Administration. Become a Bold Educational Leader. Applications due January 15, 2025.

Now accepting applications for the Ph.D. in Gifted Administration. Applications due Jan. 15. This program is designed for people who would like to become experts in the field, move into academia, do research & lead positive change! For more information: bit.ly/49Dtuw3

i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live

— Nikki Giovanni

Sunset over the James River on December 8, 2024

Rest well tonight and create a great week!

Michigan regents consider changes to DEI despite protests Debate about diversity, equity and inclusion programs suggests a new degree of worry and proactive preparation as Donald Trump returns to the White House.

Michigan Regents Face Tough Questions as They Consider DEI Changes

Debate about diversity, equity and inclusion programs suggests a new degree of worry and proactive preparation as Donald Trump returns to the White House. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/3OPaDo1

Congratulations!! Can't wait to read your work!

Coming this July. The Caring University: Reimagining the Higher Education Workplace after the Great Resignation. More details soon 😎

Check out this timely article written by members of the @uscpullias.bsky.social Promoting At-promise Student Success project team. #HigherEd

Faculty, Rejoice: Gmail Can Now Translate “Deanspeak” We are thrilled to announce that Google Translate has recently added “Deanspeak” to its suite of language-detection tools. In addition to offering ...

Faculty, Rejoice: Gmail Can Now Translate “Deanspeak”

Late autumn sunset over the James River on December 1, 2024. Traces of blue, yellow, and orange are seen in the sky behind grey clouds.

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*wipes eyes* as a fan, alum, prof & admin with a UMich logo sofa in my home office & who has a Maize & Blue section in my closet

I am SO proud of Sherrone for winning The Game for the second year in a row! Next year will be *his* team and his recruits!

It's GREAT! to BE! a MICHIGAN WOLVERINE! 💛💙👏🏿

Sun setting over the James River with an orange sky and clouds

Good night, Bluesky!

Thank you!

Would love to be added!

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Building Capacity for Collective Possibilities: Reimagining Research Teams in Higher Education Grounding our work in shared commitments to community care, our collective of racially minoritized higher education scholars aims to resist the often overly competitive and isolating nature of rese...

"Our findings highlight how research teams can serve as sites of connection, refusal, and resistance for racially minoritized scholars in higher education."

#HigherEd #JournalClub

Perez, R. J., Kim, A., Williams, A., Gámez, R., Haley, J. D., & Feliciano, C. (2023). doi.org/10.1080/0022...

Ash & Clayton's article is a great read: Ash, S. L. & Clayton, P. H., “Generating, deepening, and documenting learning: The power of critical reflection in applied learning”, Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 1 (2009), pp. 25-48, hdl.handle.net/1805/4579

I wrote about reflection in the specific context of #pilgrimage (study abroad) last year in Ad Limina: dx.doi.org/10.61890/adl...

Reflection | 5 | The Foundation of Integration | James P. Barber | Tay Despite great interest in the practice of reflection, there has been very little consistency over the past century in the definition or implementation of

I love this topic - reflection is absolutely essential to student learning. I have a chapter in my book about reflection. Glad to send you a PDF of the chapter if you don't have access: www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mon...

Thank you!