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If You Build It, They Will Come: What Students Say About Experiential Learning, David I. C. Thomson, Stephen Daniels
If You Build It, They Will Come: What Students Say About Experiential Learning, David I. C. Thomson, Stephen Daniels
Florida A & M University Law Review
Our purpose here is to explore one of the “natural experiments” cited by the Task Force: the Experiential Advantage (EA) program at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law (Denver Law). EA was developed as a part of a greater general focus on experiential learning and is built upon the three “Carnegie Apprenticeships” – “the intellectual or cognitive,” “the forms of expert practice,” and “identity and purpose.” It was implemented at Denver Law starting with students entering in August 2013. To explore this natural experiment, we took a particular route and did so for what we see as good …
Advising 2.0: Helping Students Achieve Academic Success Through Meaningful Academic Advising, Alicia Jackson
Advising 2.0: Helping Students Achieve Academic Success Through Meaningful Academic Advising, Alicia Jackson
Journal Publications
It is becoming increasingly clear that current law students are seeking more wraparound support than previously provided by legal education, which begs the question, why? The answer is simple - modern law students are different and come to law school with very different expectations and experiences than students from previous years. To aid our students in achieving academic success, it is essential that we understand the complex needs of our students by first examining their previous educational experiences.
Academic advising is commonplace at institutions that serve undergraduate students. In fact, some would argue that academic advising is the cornerstone of …