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Higher Ed Needs New Forms Of Marketing., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Higher Ed Needs New Forms Of Marketing., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
In this day and age of crises – financial, enrollment,
even scandal – among institutions of higher education,
image “management” has become a tool to help
some institutions stay afloat. Countless colleges and
universities have resorted to spending money on
glossy brochures, billboards and even on expensive
TV airtime.
The images they portray are usually one of happy
and attractive students having fun on campus, enjoying
athletic events and amenities that used to be more
likely to be found at country clubs than colleges. The
quality of education is almost an afterthought. The
name of the institution is being sold …
Digital Literacies And Visual Rhetoric: Scaffolding A Meme-Based Assignment Sequence For Introductory Composition Classes, Andie Silva
Publications and Research
Introducing students to the practice of academic writing ideally goes beyond teaching strategies like drafting, outlining, and revising in order to encourage deeper skills such as critical thinking and metacognition. This post discusses an assignment series focusing on reflection, genre analysis, and multiliteracies leading up to the design of original memes.
If You Think Education Is Expensive, Try Ignorance., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
If You Think Education Is Expensive, Try Ignorance., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
This is the 100th column of this series. During
the two years during which this column has been
published uninterruptedly on a weekly basis, a
common question I received is why do I defend
higher education?
I remember when I decided to become a scientist.
The day was October 5, 1957. I was a 6-year-old kid
living in Venezuela. The big headline in the newspaper
that day was that the Soviets had launched
an artificial satellite named Sputnik. I was amazed.
I asked my father all kinds of questions about it,
but he could not tell me much more than …
Viewing Obama’S Legacy In Higher Education., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Viewing Obama’S Legacy In Higher Education., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
For eight years as president, Barack Obama showed
an unusual interest in reforming higher education
when compared with any other U.S. president in history.
Most concerned themselves with primary and
secondary education. The only possible exception is
Abraham Lincoln, under whose administration the
land grant university system was created.
One reason for his interest in higher education may
be because Obama himself once taught at the law school
of the University of Chicago. Another may be that, in
retrospect, Obama has always been a great admirer of
Lincoln, mirroring his stances on many issues.
Higher Ed Sees Decline In Language Studies., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Higher Ed Sees Decline In Language Studies., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
Despite much talk about the importance of globalization,
the very places where most people in
the U.S. learn foreign languages – colleges and universities
– are offering fewer and fewer courses in
them. In a report published last year by the Modern
Languages Association (MLA), statistics show that
for the first time since 1995 we are seeing a drop
in enrollment in courses in all major European languages,
including Spanish. And the drop is significant:
6.7 percent overall since 2009 after increasing
steadily since 1995.
Spanish, the most studied language in colleges
and universities (more than all other languages
combined), …
College Students, Technology, And Time, Mariana Regalado, Maura A. Smale
College Students, Technology, And Time, Mariana Regalado, Maura A. Smale
Publications and Research
Our research explores CUNY students’ lived experiences using digital technology in and out of class, on and off campus. Beyond checking grades or emailing a professor, students use digital technology to create space and time for their schoolwork. However, technology can also impede students’ opportunities for making space and time. Understanding how students use digital technology is crucial for colleges and universities to better support students in their academic work.
The Winds Of Changes Shift: An Analyis Of Recent Growth In Bargaining Units And Representation Efforts In Higher Education, William A. Herbert
The Winds Of Changes Shift: An Analyis Of Recent Growth In Bargaining Units And Representation Efforts In Higher Education, William A. Herbert
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This article analyzes data accumulated during the first three quarters of 2016 regarding completed and pending questions of representation involving faculty and student employees in higher education. It is part of a larger and continuing National Center research project that tracks faculty and graduate student employee unionization growth and representation efforts at private and public institutions of higher learning since January 1, 2013. The data presented in this article demonstrates that the rate of newly certified units at private colleges and universities since January 1, 2016 far outpaces new units in the public sector. There has been a 25.9% increase …
The Social Work Librarian And Information Literacy Instruction: A Report On A National Survey In The United States, Margaret Bausman, Sarah Laleman Ward
The Social Work Librarian And Information Literacy Instruction: A Report On A National Survey In The United States, Margaret Bausman, Sarah Laleman Ward
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As an interdisciplinary profession encompassing macro, mezzo, and micro fields of praxis, well-informed and ethical social work practice necessitates the continual utilization of information literacy skills across a wide and ever-evolving range of information sources and access points. In response to a dearth of scholarship concerning information literacy instruction in social work education, this article reports on an initial endeavor to quantify and describe the nature of information literacy instruction in social work education on a national level in the United States. In addition to a review and discussion of the National Social Work Librarians Survey's descriptive data, this article …
Introduction: Reframing The Inequality Debate Toward Opportunity And Mobility, Norman Eng, Allan Ornstein
Introduction: Reframing The Inequality Debate Toward Opportunity And Mobility, Norman Eng, Allan Ornstein
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Education Inequality: Broadening Public Attitudes Through Framing, Norman Eng
Education Inequality: Broadening Public Attitudes Through Framing, Norman Eng
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Research over the last 50 years have been remarkably consistent when it comes to addressing education inequality: background factors like family and socioeconomics matter to school success. Yet policies remain narrowly focused on school-based reforms like testing, standards, and charter schools due in large part to America’s limited understanding of education and inequality. I argue that scholars, as the experts, are ultimately responsible for changing how policymakers and the public think about these issues—a duty they have yet to embrace. In this connection, the use of framing can help education researchers broaden attitudes and stimulate political will. Drawing mainly from …
The Science Teaching Fellows Program: A Model For Online Faculty Development Of Early Career Scientists Interested In Teaching, Loretta Branacaccio-Taras, Kelly A. Gull, Claudia Ratti
The Science Teaching Fellows Program: A Model For Online Faculty Development Of Early Career Scientists Interested In Teaching, Loretta Branacaccio-Taras, Kelly A. Gull, Claudia Ratti
Publications and Research
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has a history of providing a wide range of faculty development opportunities. Recently, ASM developed the Science Teaching Fellows Program (STF) for early career biologists and postdoctoral students to explore student-centered teaching and develop the skills needed to succeed in positions that have a significant teaching component. Participants were selected to STF through a competitive application process. The STF program consisted of a series of six webinars. In preparation for each webinar, participants completed a pre-webinar assignment. After each webinar, fellows practiced what they learned by completing a post-webinar assignment. In a survey used …
Music And Words: Connecting The Love Of Music With Language, Eileen P. Kennedy, Raymond Torres- Santos
Music And Words: Connecting The Love Of Music With Language, Eileen P. Kennedy, Raymond Torres- Santos
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Children from different cultures have a natural affinity for rhymes, rhythm and music. Imagine if students were able, from the beginning of their education and experiences with academic writing and literacy, to access their unconscious and original selves from which to create their writing. The study of music can help to access this aware, inventive side that can enhance anyone’s writing. As an early childhood writing teacher and a composition teacher, we draw on our experiences with young children with words and music. We examine the relationship between music and words in an effort to bring the primitive drive of …
The Line Between Free Speech And Hate Speech., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
The Line Between Free Speech And Hate Speech., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
With the rise of incidents of bigotry on U.S. campuses
after the November elections, a question has
come up. How can we differentiate between free
and hate speech and what can we do about the latter?
The answer is complex, but there is a solution
to the problem.
At the federal level – and contrary to popular
belief – free speech is not absolute. The Supreme
Court has ruled many times setting limits on
speech, from child pornography cases, to deceptive
advertisement to specific threats of violence. The
fine line comes when dealing with espousing ideologies,
like the ones held …
Anti-Intellectualism Casts Shadow Over Higher Ed., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Anti-Intellectualism Casts Shadow Over Higher Ed., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
In addition to all of the issues affecting higher education,
like the lack of appropriate funding, diminishing
enrollments, insularity, and the like, now it is
time to recognize the biggest problem of all – anti-intellectualism.
Anti-intellectualism is defined as a negative attitude
toward intellectual pursuits, whether in the
form of education or scholarly activities and toward
their practitioners, such as college professors and
intellectuals in general.
The Consequences Of The Election For Higher Education., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
The Consequences Of The Election For Higher Education., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
“So, now what?” That is the question some people are asking when it comes to higher education after one of the longest and most contentious presidential elections in American history. The question comes up not only because of the results, but also because higher education is facing one of its most grave situations in its history due to, among other things, decreasing funding, exorbitant student debt and bad press.
So what can we expect in the months and years to come based on the platform and statements issued by the leaders of the upcoming administration? Here is a sample.
Higher Education Losing Ground In Public Opinion., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Higher Education Losing Ground In Public Opinion., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Implications For Educational Justice, Magnus O. Bassey
Culturally Responsive Teaching: Implications For Educational Justice, Magnus O. Bassey
Publications and Research
Educational justice is a major global challenge. In most underdeveloped countries, many students do not have access to education and in most advanced democracies, school attainment and success are still, to a large extent, dependent on a student’s social background. However, it has often been argued that social justice is an essential part of teachers’ work in a democracy. This article raises an important overriding question: how can we realize the goal of educational justice in the field of teaching? In this essay, I examine culturally responsive teaching as an educational practice and conclude that it is possible to realize …
Critical Integral Contemplative Education, David Forbes
Critical Integral Contemplative Education, David Forbes
Publications and Research
Mindfulness programs in education proceed with little awareness of the cultural, social, political, and developmental context in which they operate. This chapter first argues that social critique is a valuable practice in its own right and can be useful toward developing more socially just and inclusive education mindfulness programs. It is critical of how mindfulness is practiced in schools to the extent it shares qualities of McMindfulness and reinforces neoliberal ideologies, policies, and practices. Without this critical awareness of contexts programs tend to promote individualistic solutions to social problems and inequities and thereby serve to maintain the status quo of …
How To Peel A Prologue: Sensory Reading In Practice In Two 90-Minute Lessons, Nicola Blake
How To Peel A Prologue: Sensory Reading In Practice In Two 90-Minute Lessons, Nicola Blake
Publications and Research
This essay provides rich examples of sensory reading in practice. It provides strategies for peeling a prologue, a methodology that engages developmental readers through active reading and writing examples. The strategies can be built on and extended to larger pieces of work. The essay is also a good example of scaffolding and using graphic organizers in a developmental writing community college classroom.
Auditing And Replacing Library Signage: Maintaining Effectiveness And Relevancy After The Project, Mark Aaron Polger
Auditing And Replacing Library Signage: Maintaining Effectiveness And Relevancy After The Project, Mark Aaron Polger
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Student Evaluations Of Instructors May Be Flawed., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Student Evaluations Of Instructors May Be Flawed., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
For years, one of the most standard practices in
higher education has been what’s called “student
evaluation of teaching,” also known by its acronym
SET. This is a process that is carried out in just about
every college and university course every semester or
term. They are used essentially to measure how effective
a teacher is by surveying student satisfaction.
And the results of these surveys are used to make
many important decisions, such as whether or not
faculty members should be granted tenure – or even
keep their jobs.
A new study, however, is challenging the conventional
wisdom that …
College Libraries Eye Tradition In Era Of Change., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
College Libraries Eye Tradition In Era Of Change., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
One could argue that universities originated
from places like the Library of Alexandria, established
23 centuries ago in Egypt. Libraries like
the one in Alexandria attracted the most talented
intellectuals.
They contained not only a large number of
papyrus scrolls but also served as botanical gardens,
collections of art and places of residence
for scholars.
When modern universities were built, libraries
occupied a distinctive place where students and
faculty went on an almost daily basis to seek the
information they needed for their studies. But
over the last few decades their role has transformed
and lessened. One reason for this …
Forgotten Memories Of A Social Justice Education: Difficult Knowledge And The Impossibilities Of School And Research, Debbie Sonu
Forgotten Memories Of A Social Justice Education: Difficult Knowledge And The Impossibilities Of School And Research, Debbie Sonu
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This paper is about memory, the elusive process of remembering and of an encounter between a researcher and a participant who after five years reunited to remember. The object under study is a high school social justice curriculum with a central focus on the development of social action projects. Grounded in Pitt and Britzman’s work on difficult knowledge, this paper asks: What do 10th grade students who spent four years attending a school committed to the Freirian principles of political engagement remember about their high school experience? Past and recent interviews are woven together to surface three emergent lines of …
What Democrats Have Planned For Higher Education., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
What Democrats Have Planned For Higher Education., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
The Democrats have made a number of concrete
promises regarding higher education if they win
the presidential elections. They promise concerted
actions against sexual assaults on campuses that
include comprehensive support for survivors, fair
judicial processes that prevent the use of cultural
biases against females as “inciters,” and increased
prevention efforts through education programs.
The Clinton campaign also promises support for
net neutrality, the idea that Internet service providers
should enable access to all content and applications
regardless of the source without favoring or blocking
particular products or websites. The Democratic plan
also proposes expanding availability of fiber-optic
broadband Internet …
How Higher Ed Will Fare Under Gop President., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
How Higher Ed Will Fare Under Gop President., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
Last week we reported that when it comes to
higher education, the Republican platform for this
election was a single paragraph with no real details
of what they propose to do for the next four years.
Given that, the only thing we can do to discern what
their policies will be for the sector is to analyze their
speeches and past policies and stances.
For example, during their Cleveland convention
Republican leaders propose to decouple accreditation
from federal financial aid. That means that a lot
of colleges and universities will feel no pressure to
maintain a minimum of standards and …
What The Candidates Promise For Higher Ed, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
What The Candidates Promise For Higher Ed, Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
With the general elections just one month away it is
time to look at what the candidates for president of the
United States and their party platforms offer in terms of
higher education. Let’s start with the Republican party.
Donald Trump has not said much on the issue and his
party platform on higher education is confined to one
paragraph. “When student loan debt exceeds the nation’s
credit card debt, we must recognize that our higher education
system is on an unsustainable path. The Republican
Party supports an education system that provides families
with greater transparency and more information so …
Funeral In The Classroom: A Failed Teaching Practice?, Nicola Blake
Funeral In The Classroom: A Failed Teaching Practice?, Nicola Blake
Publications and Research
The author introduces the idea of performative annotation as a powerful teaching tool to engage students in a shared experience of reading and understanding a piece of text. Orality and performance are shared constructs that provide opportunities for students to demarcate moments in a text that resonated with them. The nature of this activity is called into question because of the deeply emotional responses students have towards the experiential learning activity of recreating a funeral in the classroom. This article assesses what went wrong with the activity and offers suggestions on how to make space for performative annotation prior to …
Embedded Remediation: A New Paradigm, Nicola Blake
Embedded Remediation: A New Paradigm, Nicola Blake
Publications and Research
No abstract provided.
Mobile App Usage Assessment In The Academic Library, Rebecca Arzola, Stefanie Havelka
Mobile App Usage Assessment In The Academic Library, Rebecca Arzola, Stefanie Havelka
Publications and Research
This column discusses different approaches, and methods to assess app usage. In the following we exemplify mobile strategies and initiatives set up by some universities that libraries can adopt.
What The Death Of Moocs Has Taught Us., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
What The Death Of Moocs Has Taught Us., Aldemaro Romero Jr.
Publications and Research
One of the loudest hypes in the history of higher
education has been all the chat about MOOCs.
The idea of Massive Open Online Courses was
launched five years ago when Stanford University
announced that by using Internet-based technologies
they would be able to offer college classes
for free.
Imagine, a world-class university offering a free
education from the comfort of your home, one that
didn’t require any admission tests or high school
transcripts. The possibilities were so exciting that
immediately there was talk about the final revolution
in higher education – the end of colleges and
universities as we …