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Human-Centered Design As A Basis For A Transformative Curriculum, Bhibha M. Das, Tim Christensen, Elizabeth Hodge, Teal Darkenwald, W. Wayne Godwin, Gerald Weckesser

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

This pilot study describes a nascent first-year honors colloquia series using human-centered design (HCD). An interdisciplinary team of instructors redesigned the course with the intention of engaging the whole student in transformative learning and creating a curriculum that addresses problems and opportunities focused on the needs, contexts, emotions, and behaviors of all students, faculty, administrators, and community involved in the series. Authors describe the HCD process, observing the challenges faced by faculty in realizing its design principles, and student (n = 98) reflections on a two-part prototype involving innovation and entrepreneurship emphasizing “wicked” problems and resolutions. Students were asked to …

Honors Alumni Re-Activation Through Interpersonal Engagement: Lessons Learned During Covid, Kevin W. Dean, Michael B. Jendzurski

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

The 2020–2021 academic year presented many challenges to honors educators, including their ability to support honors education as a community of opportunity in virtual learning environments. This study considers how remote learning platforms emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic illuminated previously underutilized resources, such as alumni. Authors describe programming that emphasizes opportunities for interpersonal engagement between students and alumni and maximizes potential for relationship building and communal longevity. Intersections for alumni/student virtual connection in classrooms are identified, as are co-curricular events and recruitment initiatives for prospective students. To assess impact, a survey instrument was designed according to a conceptual model of …

Dedication: Andrew J. Cognard-Black

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Among many other contributions to the NCHC, Andrew has served on the Board of Directors (2018–2021), the Publications Board (2017–present), the Conference Planning Committee on at least four occasions, the Finance Committee, the Research Committee, and the Editorial Board of JNCHC. Andrew J. Cognard-Black is already recognized as a Lifetime Fellow of the NCHC, and we are pleased to add to his accolades by dedicating this issue to him along with gratitude for his exceptional contributions to the scholarship and vigor of honors education.

Honors The Hard Way, Betsy Greenleaf Yarrison

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

The conventional structure of most honors colleges made it difficult to deliver curricula and programming during the global health pandemic. Traditional modalities for content delivery and community building did not always adapt well to online environments. By requiring that honors students come to campus, programs have been offering a brick-and-mortar education to prepare their students for a virtual workplace. Instead of clinging to what has now become obsolete or cost prohibitive, honors practitioners must think creatively about what honors education in virtual reality might look like. The author suggests a reallocation of resources from physical to virtual spaces and argues …

Building Community Online In Honors Education During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Annegien Langeloo, Wietske De Vries, Birte Klusmann, Marca Wolfensberger

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Face-to-face contact in higher education was greatly reduced during the global health pandemic. This study examines how honors educators experienced community building with both students and colleagues during the period of emergency remote teaching. A questionnaire was developed to assess both the quality and importance of contact with students and colleagues as experienced by teachers, as well as changes therein due to the pandemic. Thirty-seven honors educators from various disciplines at a single institution participated in the study. Quantitative analysis indicates that teachers found the contact with both their students and colleagues to be of good quality overall and that …

Editor’S Introduction: Jnchc 22:2, Ada Long

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

The contributors to the Forum and also the authors of major research essays responded to the following Call for Papers,:

The next issue of JNCHC (deadline: September 1, 2021) invites research essays on any topic of interest to the honors community. The issue will also include a Forum focused on the theme “Honors after COVID,” in which we invite honors educators to look beyond the urgencies of the moment and imagine the pandemic’s impact on the future of honors in higher education. We invite essays of roughly 1000–2000 words that consider this theme in a practical and/or theoretical context. ... …

Business As Unusual: Honors And Post-Pandemic Gen Z, Kristine Miller

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

Honors is unusual not because it is elitist or exclusionary but because it responds directly, thoughtfully, and creatively to the needs and concerns of each new cohort of students. The present generation of college students expects their institutions to deliver clear value, rich diversity, and positive career outcomes; and these changes demand a better business model in higher education. This essay suggests that, too often, institutions confuse a better business model with cutting costs, a confusion that both threatens honors education and undercuts institutional integrity. A better and more sustainable approach is to define, articulate, and deliver the value of …

“Building Together”: City As Text™, Intersectionality, And Urban Farming During Covid-19, Carla Janell Pattin

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

This essay considers various challenges to honors educational practice in a post-pandemic context and against the backdrop of Black Lives Matter. The City as Text™ course, Multicultural Toledo, cultivates student knowledge about intersectionality in light of public health and social justice emergencies in the United States. The author describes course content, curricular objectives, and teaching strategies toward helping students understand the dynamic interplay (intersection and interaction) of ableism, sexism, elitism, homophobia, and racism relative to the accession and acquisition of land. The course espouses a post-pandemic vision: an intersectional lens that fosters knowledge about power relationships and diverse lived experiences …

Volume Cxxxx, Number 2, October 1, 2021, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

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Lawrence, Fall/Winter 2021, Lawrence University

Alumni Magazines

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The Grizzly, September 30, 2021, Layla Halterman, Marie Sykes, Evan Stinson, Jake Sobiech, Dominic Nattle, Sean Mcginley, Katie Cressman, Morgan Grabowski

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

The Show Must go on! • Redrawing Democracy and Gerrymandering • What's up with the Wi-Fi? • Feature: Professor Domenick Scudera • Opinions: Campus Guidelines - A Commuter Review; The Rise of Media Distrust • "Sports on Main" • Cross Country is Ranking up

Library Role In Promoting Moral Values In Nigerian Education, Odion Evans Kakulu Mr, David O. Okhakhu Mr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examines the role of the library in promoting moral value in Nigeria education. Based on the findings, the paper reveals that lack of functional libraries in school systems to educate, inform plays a significant role as the cause of moral crises which lead to the erosion of our moral values and emergence of other vices such as Boko Haram, kidnapping, corruption and bad leadership that create setback in Nigeria economy. The paper investigated moral value, library in education and library as primary agents of moral restoration in Nigeria education. The paper also considers morality as a tool for …

Volume Cxxxx, Number 1, September 24, 2021, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

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The Grizzly, September 23, 2021, Layla Halterman, Ava Compagnoni, Morgan Mason, Brooke Hurley, Sean Mcginley, Amelia Kunko, Kathy Logan, Alena Deantonellis, Erin Corcoran, Katie Cressman

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Jalen Everette, Two Term Student Body President • Yellowjackets Have Made Ursinus Their Home • Hurricane Ida Leads to Flooding • New Club Feature: UC Possibilities • Inside Rush Week with Tri Sigma • Opinions: Students' Favorite Foods at the Collegeville Bakery • Sculpture Parade Around Campus • The Hidden Opponent Club • "Minding Your Mind"

Comfort With Discomfort, Laurie A. Carter

Presidential Addresses

Centered on the theme of comfort with discomfort, the address focused on President Laurie Carter’s priorities to ensure that Lawrence remains a leader in higher education. She discussed the need to build on Lawrence’s enduring strengths as we look to the future and the challenges facing higher education, and she called on all members of the Lawrence community to join together to guide Lawrence to a brighter future.

The Grizzly, September 16, 2021, Layla Halterman, Amelia Kunko, Morgan Grabowski, Ava Compagnoni, Alena Deantonellis, Marie Sykes, Jenna Smith, Kathy Logan, Madison Handwerger

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

A Conversation with Interim President Jill Marsteller • Mold in Residence Hall Causes Concerns • The Grizzly has a New Editor-in-Chief • The New Meal Plan: Why? • Welcome Back Fringe Festival! • A Heart "Worth" Talking About • Opinion: Dorm Hacks • No Courts, No Play? • UC Football has Returned

Volume Cxxxxi, Number 0, September 10, 2021, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

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Volume 26 Of The Journal Of The Assembly For Expanded Perspectives On Learning, Wendy Ryden

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

The Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning (AEPL), an official assembly of the National Council of Teachers of English, is open to all those interested in extending the frontiers of teaching and learning beyond the traditional disciplines and methodologies. JAEPL is especially interested in helping those teachers who experiment with new strategies for learning to share their practices and confirm their validity through publication in professional journals.

Memes As Means: Using Popular Culture To Enhance The Study Of Literature, Pamela Hartman, Jessica Berg, Hannah R. Fulton, Brandon Schuler

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Artistic response is the process by which readers create concrete representations of their transactions with a text through artistic means, including visual arts (e.g. drawing, sculpture, and painting), drama, and music. Research has shown that artistic response helps students form meaningful relationships with texts, as it is a tool that encourages students to enter, explore, make connections, and enjoy stories and characters. In this article we describe an artistic response strategy that we developed and implemented. Recognizing that today’s students often know and interact with the world through social media and memes, we draw on this cultural tool to leverage …

Responding Together And The Roots Of Resilience, Christy Wenger

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Responding Together and the Roots of Resilience

Collaborative Writing For Publication In Undergraduate Literature Seminars, Ellen Scheible

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Collaborative Writing for Publication in Undergraduate Literature Seminars

Tharp, Twyla. Keep It Moving: Lessons For The Rest Of Your Life. Simon And Schuster, 2019, 190 Pages., Helen Papoulis

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Tharp, Twyla. Keep It Moving: Lessons for the Rest of Your Life. Simon and Schuster, 2019, 190 pages.

Back Matter, Wendy Ryden

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Back Matter

Front Matter - Jaepl Volume 26, Wendy Ryden

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Front Matter - JAEPL Volume 26

Fostering Ethical Engagement Across Religious Difference In The Context Of Rhetorical Education, Michael-John Depalma

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

At a moment in which religious diversity is ever-increasing in the United States and more than three-quarters of the world’s population identifies with a religious tradition, it is important for writing teachers to consider how to best cultivate writers who are equipped to build identifications across religious difference. This essay traces my efforts to engage this exigence in my advanced undergraduate writing course at Baylor University entitled Religious Rhetorics and Spiritual Writing (RRSW). In what follows, I outline my pedagogical goals, course design, and approach to teaching RRSW. I then share the results of a qualitative pilot study that used …

Acting With Inscriptions: Expanding Perspectives Of Writing, Learning, And Becoming, Kevin R. Roozen

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

This article argues for increased attention to people’s engagements with inscriptions and inscriptional practices and the long-term implications they have for the ongoing production of persons, practices, and social worlds across heterogeneous times, places, and activities. Based on a multi-year case study, this analysis examines one microbiology major’s production and use of inscriptions at the intersections of his participation in both disciplinary science and religious worship and traces the long-term consequences those uses have for his becoming as a scientist of faith. If, as Paul Prior asserts, “ literate activity is not located in acts of reading and writing but …

Contemplative Correspondence And The Muscle Of Metaphor: An Interview With Rev. Karen Hering, Christopher Basgier

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Karen Hering, a Unitarian Universalist minister serving Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul, Minnesota, is author of Writing to Wake the Soul: Opening the Sacred Conversation Within. In her book, Rev. Hering leads readers through the practice of contemplative correspondence, which she describes as “a spiritual practice of writing rooted in theology and story; drawn to the surface by questions, prompts, and ellipses; and most fully experienced when its words are accepted as invitations into conversations and relationships with others” (xx). A committed Unitarian Universalist myself, I first learned about Rev. Hering and her book from my own minister, Rev. Chris …

Winning Hearts, Not Arguments: An Interview With Father Greg Boyle, Christopher S. Harris, Jorge Ribeiro

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Winning Hearts, Not Arguments: An Interview with Father Greg Boyle

“The Hidden Door That Leads To Several Moments More”: Finding Context For The Literacy Narrative In First Year Writing, Denise Goldman

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

The literacy narrative has emerged as a useful genre in composition pedagogy because of the perceived bridge it provides between personal narrative and academic literacy. Although there remains disagreement among practitioners with regard to its purpose and efficacy, it continues to be a staple in the writing classroom because it has the potential to help students learn analytical skills while fostering investment through the features of a personal narrative. Recent efforts in the field, especially with regard to questions of transfer of writing, have focused on the benefits of genre and community discourse analysis as a means to help students …

Reflections From A Working Class, First- Generation Almost-Graduate, Sarah Heidebrink-Bruno

The Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning

Reflections from a Working Class, First- Generation Almost-Graduate