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Streamlining Time Spent In Alternative Developmental Mathematics Pathways: Increasing Access To College-Level Mathematics Courses By Altering Placement Procedures, Marla A. Sole
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Developmental mathematics, which is designed to prepare students for college-level mathematics courses, can be a barrier to students’ success. In the United States, the majority of students placed into developmental mathematics courses fail to complete the developmental sequence. Alternative mathematics pathways offer some benefits when integrated with “just-in- time support” or expedited instruction on specific prerequisite concepts needed solely for the current lesson. This study compares two statistics courses taught at a public community college: a complete course taught in one semester and a two-semester version with just-in-time developmental content integrated into the course. The study found that students placed …
Casualization: A Primer, Aaron Barlow
Casualization: A Primer, Aaron Barlow
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The problem of casualization (the increasing reliance on adjunct and contingent faculty) grows in American higher education each year. Yet, for all of the attention now being paid to the plight of the adjuncts, few understand exactly what is happening and why, or what the impact is on colleges and univerrsitties.
Presence: Hope And 21st Century American Academia, Aaron Barlow
Presence: Hope And 21st Century American Academia, Aaron Barlow
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Observations on American higher education that first appeared as blog posts, these were sparked by the progress of the author's own academic career from adjunct to full professor, a progression that also included six years as the Faculty Editor of "Academe," the magazine of the American Association of University Professors.
Eportfolio And Service-Learning: A Tale Of Two Cities Connected By Two High-Impact Practices, Monika Ciesielkiewicz, Clarence Chan, Guiomar Nocito
Eportfolio And Service-Learning: A Tale Of Two Cities Connected By Two High-Impact Practices, Monika Ciesielkiewicz, Clarence Chan, Guiomar Nocito
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Two different post-secondary professional education programs from two different cities (New York and Madrid) took a similar approach in using ePortfolio to facilitate high-impact behaviors (HIBs) among their students while showing how the ePortfolio enhances and supports other high impact practices (HIPs). In Madrid, ePortfolio was utilized to support a Matumaini Project as it integrated the academic work carried out in the classrooms to help a community in Kenya. On the other side of the Atlantic, the ePortfolio was implemented in order to connect didactic learning from the classroom to the clinical practice in the local community. Both case studies …