2023 Faculty Retreat Theme Announced: “Toward Community Responsiveness and a Shared Vision”
The 2023 Faculty Retreat, "Toward Community Responsiveness and a Shared Vision," will take place at Eaglewood Resort in Itasca on April 14-15, 2023. Doors will open at 12 p.m. with light lunch available to take into the general...
The Wait is Over – SGIF is Available On Demand!
Dozens of Harper faculty and hundreds of Harper students have participated in the Small Group Instructional Feedback (SGIF) process since it was introduced at Harper in 2019, with great results. Prior to Spring 2023, faculty were required to attend a workshop or other...
Tips for Dealing with A.I. in the Classroom
Shared by Jennifer Lau-Bond, Coordinator of Library Instruction Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT have a lot of people talking. How can we stop students from claiming ChatGPT writing as their own? How can we continue to help students develop critical thinking...
Using Starfish to Support Student Success
Shared by Matt McLaughlin, Associate Dean, Student Success Initiatives The Starfish student success system is a retention tool used to connect students to campus resources and allows faculty to deliver positive reinforcement and timely feedback to students, which is a...
How strong are Harper students’ critical thinking skills?
Shared by the Learning Assessment Committee Our General Education Learning Outcomes state that students should be able to “Use evidence to develop arguments, make decisions, and evaluate outcomes” at the time they graduate from Harper. During Spring 2023, the Learning...
New Personal Development Opportunity for Faculty
Shared by Harper College Community Education Harper College has recently partnered with Google to help us build skills that will keep our organization on the leading edge of technology and business change. Within our Harper College family, we are particularly excited...