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Everyone A Learner, Everyone A Teacher: Report From The Transition To University Task Force, Rita Kean

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration: Papers, Publications, and Presentations

I. Transition to University Task Force: Purpose and Mission

The Transition to University Task Force was appointed in May 2003 by Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Richard Edwards to review and assess the effectiveness of first-year undergraduate orientation programs and courses. This review was to result in a proposed framework or plan for coordinating and supporting these separate programs.

As a foundation for its deliberations the Task Force was instructed to review several recent reports that address the present and future state of the university. These included: A 2020 Vision, the First Year Learning Task Force Report (1999), the …

Comparison Of Grade Point Average Of Honor Senior Students And College Of Liberal Arts Senior Students At A Florida University, Iwasan D. Kejawa Ed.D

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Attrition rates in theHonor College program division of Florida Atlantic University have risen in recent years. It has been determined that even though a higher high school grade point average is required for admission into the honor program of the university, many applicants to the program were under-prepared to asumme the workload demanded of the students by the Honor College. The requirements for admission into the honor program of the Florida Atlantic University is an overall high school grade point average of 3.5 and a score of 1000 points on the SAT examination while the requirement into the College of …

Volume 15, Number 01, G. William Hill Editor

Reaching Through Teaching

Full text of Volume 15, Number 01 of Reaching Through Teaching.

Nefdc Exchange, Volume 14, Number 1, Spring 2003, New England Faculty Development Consortium

NEFDC Exchange

Contents

Message from the President - Jeff Halprin, Nichols College

Keynote speaker, fall conference 2003: Parker Palmer, American Association of Higher Education; theme: The Courage to Teach

Teaching In Community at Northern Essex Community College - Judith Kamber, Northern Essex Community College

6th Annual Faculty Development Roundup, June 6, 2003. Nichols College

Universal design - Lisa Isleb, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Board of Directors

Intelluctual Engagement And Achievement At Unl: Report From The Blue Sky Committee

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Administration: Papers, Publications, and Presentations

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......................................5.

INTRODUCTION AND GUIDING FRAMEWORK ...................................6

A VISION FOR UNL .................................................................7

THE DATA SETS .........................................................8

THE UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENCE.................................10

WHAT WE LEARNED .......................................10

Quantitative measures................................................10

Overall student satisfaction............................................10

Academic and social support .................................................11

Academic challenge ...........................................................11

WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS?..................................................12

Increased focus on academics during orientation ..................................12

A reexamination of course offerings.......................................................13

Development of graduate teaching assistant skills .................................13

Expanded involvement of undergraduates in research and other activities........................................13

COMMENTS ON THE UNDERGRADUATE DATA ..........................................14