{"id":1371,"date":"2025-02-03T12:18:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/?p=1371"},"modified":"2025-02-03T12:18:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T17:18:36","slug":"the-power-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/the-power-of-words\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The article <strong>&#8220;Writing with Clarity, Coherence, Concision, Impact, and Style&#8221;<\/strong> by <strong>Steven Mintz<\/strong>, published on <em>Inside Higher Ed<\/em>, discusses the importance of effective writing in higher education. It highlights concerns about declining long-form reading habits and the impact of generative AI but argues that an appreciation for language and storytelling remains strong, especially in cultural expressions like hip-hop. Mintz suggests that educators can leverage this enthusiasm by connecting modern linguistic forms to traditional writing skills, fostering creativity, analysis, and critical thinking among students.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/opinion\/blogs\/higher-ed-gamma\/2025\/01\/30\/writing-clarity-coherence-concision-impact-and-style\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1373\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2025\/02\/480_F_381611451_dmjNkBtnlBxseiTfiphWxiKtFu0oWJOz-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1373\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1373\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2025\/02\/480_F_381611451_dmjNkBtnlBxseiTfiphWxiKtFu0oWJOz-1.jpg\" alt=\"The image features wooden letter tiles arranged on a textured gray concrete background, spelling out &quot;WORDS HAVE POWER,&quot; with the contrast between the rough surface and the structured tiles emphasizing the significance of language and its influence.\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2025\/02\/480_F_381611451_dmjNkBtnlBxseiTfiphWxiKtFu0oWJOz-1.jpg 250w, http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/files\/2025\/02\/480_F_381611451_dmjNkBtnlBxseiTfiphWxiKtFu0oWJOz-1-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image By OlgaStrelnikova on Adobe Stock Education License<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The article &#8220;Writing with Clarity, Coherence, Concision, Impact, and Style&#8221; by Steven Mintz, published on Inside Higher Ed, discusses the importance of effective writing in higher education. It highlights concerns about declining long-form reading habits and the impact of generative&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/the-power-of-words\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5753,"featured_media":1373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-students-presentations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1374,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371\/revisions\/1374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/hegsa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}