Information for faculty advisors to assist students in successful degree focus and work, and beyond to good career choices
From Inside Higher Ed, a new report out this month: Online Learning and Student Outcomes in California’s Community Colleges, by Hans Johnson and Marisol Cuellar Mejia. The authors found, based […]
Along with the good news of Stafford loans for 2013-2014 held at 3.4% retroactive to July 1, comes this: “The U.S. government will continue to reap a windfall. The federal […]
This New York Times op-ed piece starts with talking about NYC’s new bike-sharing program — the pros and cons. Then, the article puts sharing in context. There is a new […]
This is an important article for educators to read. See if you can get through it without giving in to a distraction. The cognitive explanation of what is happening to […]
This post from the Chronicle of Higher Education is a summary of helpful resources for thinking about how to create a professional online presence — well worth reading and following […]
This looks like a book all of our traditional age students could benefit from. The chapter titles include: “I’m So Confused” “I Don’t Know Jack About Money” “I’m Not Getting […]
The New England Faculty Development Consortium Exchange, Spring 2010, includes a great list of readings about the Human Mind, put together by G. Christian Jernstedt: humanmind
The Case of the Inflated Graduation Rates Shared via AddThis
Learning about Teaching If the students don’t get it, what’s the point? By Andrea Conklin Bueschel Too often, it is easy to assume that students who don’t appear motivated or […]
“Currently, 40 percent of all first-time freshmen begin their postsecondary careers in community colleges, the great majority of them intending eventually to complete a bachelor’s degree. But along the way […]
