Comment on Of Punch Cards and Liberal Education: Anne Arundel Community...
Hear, hear! Embedded, contextualized learning of the kind described here can help us live down that false dichotomy between vocational vs. college prep, or CTE vs. transfer prep. I wonder though, do we...
View ArticleComment on Beyond Efficiency in Higher Education: Learning Matters Too by...
[...] link: Beyond Efficiency in Higher Education: Learning Matters Too … Posted in Higher Education Tags: college-students, data, degrees-and, education, federal, [...]
View ArticleComment on The Community College Completion Agenda: Our Andy Warhol Moment by...
Thank you for this thought-provoking post. Your third numbered point highlights particularly urgent challenges, as the complexity of work blurs the line between career technical education and liberal...
View ArticleComment on Prioritizing Student Success: Aligning Resources with Goals for...
Paul has done a good job of pointing at the right issues, particularly K-12 preparation, upon which colleges can, at most, have only a limited and partial impact. Most colleges are faced with having to...
View ArticleComment on The Community College Completion Agenda: Our Andy Warhol Moment by...
What on earth does this mean? “Many of the full-time faculty who created the current levels of success for community colleges are retiring in hordes, with only a few graduate programs to prepare their...
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And by the way, In this series featuring “national educational leaders and practitioners” are there any representatives from the adjunct or contingent faculty who comprise the great majorit of...
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Thanks, Alan, for your comment regarding the very important issue of faculty–and their role in any improvements in quality learning or completion rates. You might be interested in the original article...
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And thank you, Debra.I have read the Rhoades article, urge others to do so, and regard it as generally strong, particularly on the adjunct-originated principle that “Faculty working conditions are...
View ArticleComment on Yes, but How Do You Teach Collaboration? by Playing Around with DH...
[...] Davis, Rebecca. “Yes, But How Do You Teach Collaboration?” liberal.education nation. Association of American Colleges and Universities. 1 Feb 2012. 9 Feb [...]
View ArticleComment on Yes, but How Do You Teach Collaboration? by My Latest at AAC&U’s...
[...] Originally published February 1, 2012 at AAC&U’s Liberal.education Nation, http://blog.aacu.org/index.php/2012/02/01/how-do-you-teach-collaboration/ [...]
View ArticleComment on Focus on the Student Experience to Increase Quality and Completion...
I agree that students who have a positive experience are more likely to complete their studies. Perhaps more colleges and universities should follow the example of Belmont College who treats all...
View ArticleComment on Looking for Liberal Learning in Unexpected Places by Ken O'Donnell
I really enjoyed this post, Susan, and your analysis of the California Acceleration Project — work I’ve admired but only recently begun to really study. Many CAP students intend to transfer into the...
View ArticleComment on Looking for Liberal Learning in Unexpected Places by CAP...
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View ArticleComment on Environments for Twenty-First-Century Learning by Rick Vaz
I found the participants’ comments and ideas insightful and thought-provoking. One person was struck by how the qualities and attributes that we aspire to for our students are not framed in terms of...
View ArticleComment on Environments for Twenty-First-Century Learning by Marci Sortor
As the workshop unfolded, I was reminded of how difficult it is–even for a group of smart, highly experienced, and knowledgeable people–to move from high level, abstract ideas about what we want our...
View ArticleComment on Technology and Liberal Education: Yes and… by My Latest at AAC&U’s...
[...] Originally posted February 25, 2013 at AAC&U’s Liberal.education Nation, http://blog.aacu.org/index.php/2013/02/25/technology-and-liberal-education-yes-and [...]
View ArticleComment on Liberal Arts Degrees: Are They Worthless or DoThey Help American...
Nice post. Makes me happy to be a liberal arts major. We are important!
View ArticleComment on The Economic Future of Liberal Arts Colleges by College:...
[...] Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) panel discussion held in January looked, specifically, at “The Economic Future of Liberal Arts Colleges.” According to a summary of the event written by...
View ArticleComment on Worth Reviving: Goals for Liberal Education from the “Greatest...
[...] “greatest generation” knew the value of education. Many went to college on the G. I. Bill and in 1947, half of college [...]
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