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News & Views - Vol. 08, No. 06 - December 13, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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News & Views - Vol. 08, No. 05 - November 28, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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News & Views - Vol. 08, No. 04 - November 1, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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News & Views - Vol. 08, No. 03 - October 18, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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The Academic Workplace (Fall 1989): The Roots Of Faculty Dissatisfaction, New England Resource Center For Higher Education At The University Of Massachusetts Boston, Zelda F. Gamson, Sandra E. Elman, Ernest A. Lynton

The Academic Workplace

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The Academic Workplace: Perception Versus Reality, Sandra E. Elman

New England Resource Center for Higher Education Publications

Why are faculty becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the academic workplace? What accounts for burnout and low morale among so many college and university faculty? Is work life for professionals any more satisfying in the business world? What can academic leaders learn from business executives who work vigorously to reenergize their enterprises? Are corporate strategies aimed at enhancing the quality of work life applicable to improving satisfaction and productivity in our colleges and universities?

These concerns were addressed by a number of education leaders at a conference on faculty work life jointly sponsored by the New England Resource …

News & Views - Vol. 08, No. 02 - September 26, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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Introducing Problem Solving Through Literature At The Elementary Level, Margaret S. Harbert

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

There has been much publicity the past few years, regarding students' lack of basic skills, their inability to think clearly, and their poor use of problem solving strategies. To focus on this need, the following program has been designed to help elementary teachers introduce problem solving in an organized manner adding very little, if any extra material to the curriculum. The program aims to help students solve problems, critically, creatively, and systematically. Problem solving was chosen as the target area since the skills and strategies used are closely related to those used in reading comprehension, answering questions logically, and general …

Teaching Critical And Creative Thinking Skills As Part Of The Technical Communications Curriculum, Anne Harrington

Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection

I incorporated critical thinking instruction in the writing curriculum by using three writing projects: journal writing, a policy paper on AIDS, and an assignment to evaluate grammar checkers. In their journal writing students both generated and evaluated ideas. In the AIDS project, they reinforced these convergent and divergent thinking skills within the context of a real-world issue. For the software project, students practiced thinking skills in an arena that was more technical and objective, but in which they were evaluating fundamental writing criteria. These diverse assignments, based on a philosophically compatible approach to the teaching of writing, helped students develop …

News & Views - Vol. 08, No. 01 - August 31, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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News & Views - Vol. 07, No. 11 -June 22, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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The Academic Workplace: Perception Versus Reality, Sandra E. Elman

New England Journal of Public Policy

Why are faculty becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the quality of the academic workplace? What accounts for burnout and low morale among so many college and university faculty? Is work life for professionals any more satisfying in the business world? What can academic leaders learn from business executives who work vigorously to reenergize their enterprises? Are corporate strategies aimed at enhancing the quality of work life applicable to improving satisfaction and productivity in our colleges and universities?

These concerns were addressed by a number of education leaders at a conference on faculty work life jointly sponsored by the New England Resource …

Approaches To Multicultural Curriculum Reform, James A. Banks

Trotter Review

Several identifiable approaches to the integration of ethnic content into the curriculum have evolved since the 1960s, The Contributions Approach to in tegration is one of the most frequently used and is often used extensively during the first phase of an ethnic revival movement. This approach is characterized by the addition of ethnic heroes into the curriculum that are selected using criteria similar to those used to select mainstream heroes for inclusion into the curriculum. The mainstream curriculum remains unchanged in terms of its basic structure, goals, and salient characteristics.

System-Wide Title Vi Regulation Of Higher Education, 1968-1988: Implications For Increased Minority Participation, John B. Williams

Trotter Review

In 1964, 300,000 blacks were enrolled in the nation’s higher education system, most of them attending black colleges and universities in the South; 4,700,000 whites attended colleges during the same year. With passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Law, the federal government acknowledged an inequity in blacks’ opportunity to attend college and gave promise of becoming a major source of pressure for desegregating higher education. But the potential of Title VI, the promise of government intervention to accomplish greater equity, has never been fulfilled.

Specifically, Title VI renders discriminatory agencies and institutions, including colleges and universities, ineligible to receive federal …

Race And Excellence In American Higher Education, James Jennings

Trotter Review

W,E.B. DuBois’ assessment of American higher education’s posture toward black students in 1926 — “The attitude of the northern institution toward the Negro student is one which varies from tolerance to active hostility” — could have been written today based on several investigations. The American Council on Education reported recently that “the higher education community must continue to address the issues of losses in participation at all levels for blacks; the segregation of Hispanics; the retention and graduation of minority students, both undergraduate and graduate; the lack of growth for minorities in faculty and staff ranks.” The College Board reports …

News & Views - Vol. 07, No. 10 -May 14, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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News & Views - Vol. 07, No. 09 -May 2, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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News & Views - Vol. 07, No. 08 -April 3, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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Commentary: The Role Of Universities In Racial Violence On Campuses, Wornie L. Reed

Trotter Review

Racial violence against blacks on college campuses across the country has become a source of consider able and legitimate concern. This paper reviews the nature and extent of these incidents, discusses the national social context of their occurrence, and examines the role that universities play in the development of these incidents.

News & Views - Vol. 07, No. 07 - February 24, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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News & Views - Vol. 07, No. 06 - January 27, 1989, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1983-1991, News & Views

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The Gerontology Institute: The First Years, 1984-1987, Gerontology Institute, University Of Massachusetts Boston

Gerontology Institute Publications

During the first years of its existence, the Gerontology Institute has worked with older people to convert "retirement years" into opportunities for continuous growth and learning, while simultaneously seeking to re-examine social, political, and economic roles for elders in society. It is hoped that through such engagement of older individuals, the Institute has inspired a more positive attitude in society towards its aging population.