Trick or Treat: Transfer Credits
Putting students first is more than just a fun catch phrase that is integrated into institutional effectiveness and strategic planning efforts. It is an opportunity to re-evaluate current processes and procedures that can make a big difference without tapping into limited financial resources. Institutions need to work with students to proactively identify those courses that can be applied to their program of study and avoid requiring students to take courses that contain content they have already mastered.
The One About Higher Education
It is a fact that an educated society is better than an uneducated society. As humans, we have to work to overcome our faults. We have to look past the numbers and see the people. We have to scale the obstacles and see the opportunities. We have to avoid roadblocks and create paths toward progress. We have to dispel negativity and gently nudge people forward.
About Remembrance
Eighteen years later, we think terror attacks are a world away, but we face very real pain, hurt, and anger as we continue to read news on persisting racial tensions, bullying, sexual assault, and mass murders. Do we avoid confronting and responding to these important issues because they do not directly affect us? Because if it happens to one, it happens to us all.
Only in America
Only in America can an annual hot dog eating contest remind us that we all are shaped by our experiences and our success is defined by how we treat others.
3 Lessons Higher Ed Can Learn from Airline Travel Delays
We are selling students short when we only focus on job or training knowledge. Employers continue to say it time and again, we need critical thinkers, problem solvers, and team members. We need to prepare the whole student for the future and not just produce the next employee.
The Power of Hope
As we gather around to celebrate our individual beliefs, we should take time to consider our hopes for tomorrow, the new year, and future generations.