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Interdisciplinary Thinking: Financial Literacy Crosses Disciplinary Boundaries, Marla A. Sole
Interdisciplinary Thinking: Financial Literacy Crosses Disciplinary Boundaries, Marla A. Sole
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Financial literacy is ideally suited to be integrated into mathematics courses and taught in an interdisciplinary manner. Students learn best and are motivated when tackling real-world meaningful questions. This article shares how elementary mathematics was applied to better understand the debate about raising the minimum wage and the United States National Debt. To serve as a guide for other teachers who wish to incorporate financial literacy into their mathematics courses and take an interdisciplinary approach, this article suggests readings, data sets, and pedagogical practices. Students were engaged and enthusiastic to work on problems that challenged their thinking about financial issues.
Datasets And Benchmarking: Generating Critical Comparative Statistics For Administrators And Faculty Using Ipeds And Acrl Data, Christine Mcevilly
Datasets And Benchmarking: Generating Critical Comparative Statistics For Administrators And Faculty Using Ipeds And Acrl Data, Christine Mcevilly
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This presentation addresses how librarians can use a freely available governmental web tools and datasets to compare their library's collection spending to that of comparable institutions. While examples are drawn from CUNY, the technique is applicable for any inaction of higher education.