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Bunker Hill instructor reports on teaching after midnight
Bunker Hill Community College scheduled classes for unconventional times this semester to see if they could fill classes in the middle of the night. Classes filled, and one of the instructors reports on how surprisingly normal they seem. From an article in Inside Higher Ed.
The Engineering Dropout Myth
Findings from a 17-year study, based on the Multiple-Institution Database for Investigating Engineering Development, found that engineering retention isn't lower than other fields. Inside Higher Ed details the findings of Matthew Ohland's, associate professor of engineering education at Purdue University, research of 70,000 engineering students.
Cut Student Services? Think Again
Inside Higher Ed article, Cut Student Services? Think Again, talks about the forthcoming research by Cornell University student, Douglas Webber, and the director of the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, Ronald Ehrenberg, which shows that "graduation and persistence rates are linked to greater expenditures on student services," more so than expenditures on instructional or research. read more »
Beyond Students: Staff use of social networking applications for student services
Time for our talk: 2:00, Salon 17–18. Room holds ~120 and we are about ¾ full.
Good crowd, characterized as many administrators, then tech people and service providers. Even a few faculty. Other questions: Who is convinced that SN has a place in higher education? Pretty much all hands went up. None went up on the flip side of who needs to be convinced?
Phillip got a good response from “How many people are familiar with Twitter? How many are using Twitter? How many are tweeting right now? (Be kind!)” read more »
U of Mich Study: Depressed students twice as likely to drop out
University of Michigan professor Daniel Eisenberg reports that depression has two symptoms — loss of interest and pleasure in activities, or depressed mood. However, only loss of interest is associated with lower grade-point averages and higher drop out rates. Students reporting depression coupled with anxiety were especially at risk for lower grades. read more »
In Interview, Education Secretary Cites Need for Improvement in College Completion and Cost Control
President Obama continues to respond to questions regarding his goal of "putting the United States atop all countries in college-completion rates by 2020." As part of this goal, he wants every American to have a year or more of education and reward both 2-year and 4-year colleges that keep the students' cost as low as possible.
To read more, click here.
How Social Networking Affects the Student Life Cycle -- From Applicant to Graduate
At last week's The Chronicle's Technology Forum, the talk centered around the how "technology is reshapping college admissions." Beyond just the 'admissions' into college, tools like Twitter and Facebook are completely reshapping the way colleges communicate with students (current and prospective) and alumni. read more »
Social Media for Recruitment and Student Support
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Professor Encourages Students to Pass Notes During Class -- via Twitter
The director of education-technology services at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, Cole W. Camplese, says that by allowing and encouraging his students to 'tweet' during class adds an "additional layer of communication...[which hopefully] will disrupt the old classroom model and allow new kinds of teaching in which students play a greater role and information is pulled in from outside the classroom walls." read more »
Community College Explains How to Get a Student Off Academic Probation
"Administrators at Chaffey College, a two-year institution in California, were concerned. A growing number of their students were landing on academic probation, and by the spring of 2004, about 3,500 students—one out of every five—were on probation. The officials decided something had to be done."
To read the full article and find out how implementing and mandating a college success course for students on probabtion turned out, click here.
