Answers About Community Colleges
Dr. Kay McClenney, director of CCSSE, answers submitted questions from the public in this New York Times blog. Read the comments, as some answers are posted there as well. Answers […]
Dr. Kay McClenney, director of CCSSE, answers submitted questions from the public in this New York Times blog. Read the comments, as some answers are posted there as well. Answers […]
Just in case you have not seen this, Dr. Michael Wesch’s “A Vision of Students Today.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
Stephanie Vie is making a strong case for peeking over the wall between the LMS as acceptable tech medium for student learning, and social networking sites — deemed by many […]
Interesting… “For example, in focus groups, students consistently say that colleges should eliminate online orientation, which they criticize as “impersonal,” but they reliably applaud online tutoring. Why? It is difficult […]
BCC has completed the CCSSE survey for the second time this year. Below is the link to the executive summary, which looks at trends in engagement across the hundreds of […]
This article by Alina Tugend of the New York Times was written for the workplace, but classroom application works as well: “Here’s an example of how the generations may butt […]
A very concise version for quick classroom feedback: minutepaper
Four faculty members plus Mary P. met in the CTL on Thursday afternoon to discuss current service learning projects. Each faculty member shared their syllabus and demonstrated how the service […]
Many at-risk college students with low literacy skills must pass a required reading test to demonstrate their level of proficiency in handling college-level material. This study investigated the effectiveness of […]
More White-Collar Workers Turn to Community Colleges By STEVEN GREENHOUSE New York Times When Wendy Scarbrough lost her job after 10 years as a television news producer for NBC, she […]