Assessment, Remediation, Developmental Education
The following comes after reflecting on past meetings regarding developmental education that included a lot of time spent discussing cut scores for assigning students to remedial and developmental...
View ArticleAffordability perspective
I found this perspective interesting…take a look. http://focusedunow.com/beware-deterrent-pricing-the-hot-new-college-amenity-affordability/
View ArticleScholarship and regional universities
Scholarship and Scholarly Work I would like to write today about scholarship and scholarly work and its importance to all of us in higher education, especially at BSU and other regional comprehensive...
View ArticleSpring semester and the end of January…where are we at BSU?
Unlike the Simon and Garfunkel song I Am An Island, no one person is responsible for the work undertaken at BSU; and no one person can continue to move that work forward. It takes all of us working...
View ArticleLeadership framework assessment
Leadership Framework Assessment From 1991. Has anything changed in our fundamental views regarding leadership? A short assessment you may be interested in doing:...
View ArticleLatest post from Henry Giroux: Exile as a space of disruption in the academy
http://miietl.mcmaster.ca/site/exile-as-a-space-of-disruption-in-the-academy/ Worth a conversation.
View ArticleAASCU conference notes and slides on persistence
The spring AASCU conference in Austin was probably the BEST I have ever attended, and I have been to many conferences. All sessions were focused on one thing: persistence and completion. Did you know...
View ArticleA reading worth taking your time…Berliner
http://www.schoolsmatter.info/2012/10/david-berliner-on-inequality-poverty.html David Berliner on Inequality, Poverty and the Widening Education Gap The real education experts, academics who study and...
View ArticleIs U.S. higher education really a mess as many would want you to believe?
http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/united-states-global-ranking_n_1514261.html
View ArticleWho gets to graduate?
Who gets to graduate article Who gets to graduate…NY Times For as long as she could remember, Vanessa Brewer had her mind set on going to college. The image of herself as a college student appealed to...
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