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Teenagers in the Ivory Tower
Teenagers in the Ivory Tower
Engaging and Retaining Traditional College Students
By Catherine Sloan
Even for the most well-adjusted students, entering college is apt to be a tumultuous experience: The transition to campus living, increased academic rigor, and a hefty price tag can easily become overwhelming and, when you add the maturation challenges of traditional-age students, can lead to a speedy departure.
But with the doors of higher education flung wide and pressure mounting to improve student outcomes, it’s increasingly important to understand what happens when 18-year-olds enter the ivory tower.
I’ve coached over a thousand students during… Continue reading
The Promise and Potential Peril of Online Learning
A story in 5 pictures
Dave Jarrat
Vice President, Marketing
InsideTrack
I recently reviewed “Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United States” – the latest edition of the online learning survey conducted by Babson Survey Research Group in cooperation with Pearson and Sloan-C. The report confirmed my belief that online education holds tremendous promise IF we can provide online students with the support they need in order to succeed.
Let’s look at 5 of the survey’s key findings:
#1 – Online learning is becoming commonplace
#2 – Expanding online learning… Continue reading
Mobile Computing: Transformation or Preservation in Online Learning
Dr. Marcel J. Dumestre
Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
Schools of Graduate and
Professional Programs
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota
The information technology revolution of the late 20th Century transformed significant segments of higher education, both in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. The student constituency most affected was the working adult market. The power of emerging technologies coupled with the desire to reach this underserved market created a new model of higher education. Continued evolution of technologies and more sophisticated instructional design has extended the depth and breadth of online learning potentially to all… Continue reading
Broad and Deep Knowledge Revisited By Dean Cathy Sandeen
Cathy Sandeen
Ph.D, MBA
Dean of UCLA Extension
My last post focused on the importance of developing broad knowledge and capabilities (Four-Year Career).
In my further reading I have come across a number of ideas that reinforce this point.
Industrial Darwinism or “survival of the fittest industry”
The notion of “Industrial Darwinism” reflected in this chart. Employment areas that are growing are likely to require higher-level thinking. (A perfect example: according to this analysis, “Think Tanks” are a small, but growing employment sector. Imagine that.)
Source: imgur.com
Job Paradox
Then, there’s the… Continue reading
Coaching College Freshmen So They Don’t Drop Out
by Alison Damast
The odds were stacked against Selene Mendez when she enrolled at California State University’s Monterey Bay campus in 2010. She’d moved to the U.S. from Mexico when she was 7 and her father was a migrant farmworker. Her high school guidance counselor seemed to think she’d follow in the footsteps of her older sister and brother, who had dropped out of college in their freshman years. “She told me I wasn’t college material,” Mendez says. “It got me angry.”
Determined to prove the counselor wrong, Mendez participated in a program that helps freshmen stay focused on their… Continue reading
