It's no secret that a debate rages across the United States about access, diversity, and affirmative action. Part of this debate involves anxiety about college costs and price. Part revolves around the nation's need to retool itself and upgrade the skills of its human resources to meet the demands…

For at least the last twenty years, the welfare of Americans has been redistributed along the axis of educational attainment. Those with higher education are holding their own against inflation. However, those who ended their educations in high school are far worse off today than they were two…

You, I and every other human being on this planet are almost infinitely more capable than we think is possible. The human brain has capabilities that we are only beginning to understand and use, and our untapped abilities would allow us to do things that we cannot even imagine at present. This is…

In the 1970's and 1980's, students, even incoming first-year students, were considered moral arbiters at universities: they sat on the most sensitive committees (regulations, by the way, that I doubt anyone bothered to change formally to reflect the new infantilization of students); they destroyed…

Self-disciplined people are learners. They rise to the challenges of life, and leap into its uncertainties. Self-discipline requires the letting go of security to take a chance and invest time and effort on something. People like our idols are people who surrender their security at one time or…

This issue is timely for two reasons. First of all, the specter of impending teacher shortages, particularly in the areas of mathematics, science, foreign language, English as a Second Language (ESOL), and special education, means that schools will need to work harder to find and hire teachers in…

College and university leaders may recognize that realistic solutions will require an end to "business as usual," and may be reluctant to explore options that will be painful and disruptive on campus. And yet, the growing numbers of young people wanting and needing higher education are (and will be)…

Every one of us has been in a classroom where someone we know gets great results all of the time seemingly without much effort. Maybe the amount of effort is comparable to what we are putting into our studies, yet, we are not doing as well as they are. Most of us would have chalked it up as `innate'…

A system by definition is a collection of subsystems that takes one or more kinds of inputs and creates an output that has value to the larger system of which it is in turn a part. For purposes of this study, we defined a higher education system to include the public and private postsecondary…

Turn the pages to explore bygone eras, time-honored tales and historical narratives. Adventure awaits in these classic books online. This is a selective list of books and pamphlets of general and scholarly interest, supplemented by key articles. The list is arranged by subject and organized into…

"If you want to be a great leader, you must learn to follow the Tao. Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself." -Lao Tzu, Tao te Ching (ca. 500 BC China) "The nature of the sky is originally clear, But by gazing and gazing the sight…

"The teacher's problem is that of inducing a vital and personal experiencing." -John Dewey, The Child and the Curriculum For teachers of composition, Dewey's "problem" is ultimately one of relevance. Our students are growing up in a markedly different world from that of our own adolescences.…

The government is finding ways to improve public service, encourage competition and promote economic growth by giving access and free use of publicly funded datasets for these purposes. The college is concerned, though, that the application of these principles to universities (which are private…

A vital part of our mission, and something that makes us distinctive from most university departments, is our emphasis on improving the access and use of research data outside of academia. This is underpinned by a realization that research will only make a difference if it can be converted into…

As home pages are found for American Universities granting bachelor or advanced degrees, they are added here, one page per university. If you know of pages for universities not listed here, please drop us a line. – A – Abilene Christian University Abraham Baldwin Agricultural…

Federal systems have the capability of linking institutions, however configured for governing purposes, to each other and to state government through four central work processes: information management, program planning, budgeting, and articulation. These work processes are managed by a statewide…

Canadian Universities ________________________________________ *member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada Alberta • Alberta College of Art and Design • Athabasca University* • Augustana University College* • Canadian University College • Concordia University…

The higher education sector is changing and evolving rapidly with the move to greater private funding and the encouragement of greater competition through diversity of provision. Higher education institutions are already subject to the Freedom of Information Act and recognise the work done to…

The primary goal of educators in every public school and district across the country has always been to provide a solid educational foundation for all students. Such a foundation is key to students' eventual success in higher education, the workforce, and, in a broader sense, their adult lives as…

We think we know some useful things about what happens to students on the way to a college degree. We still have to make some educated guesses as to why it happens, but perhaps research will gain more insight into causal factors in the next years. At this point, however, the sheer volume of…

The realization that teachers of young adolescents need specialized professional preparation is not a recent phenomenon. For over seventy-five years, the literature has included calls for these preparation programs. Unfortunately however, significant numbers of teacher preparation institutions,…

While our understanding of the process of teaching, learning, and schooling has improved recently, more must be accomplished. Rapid societal changes are necessitating that we construct a new image of the process of schooling in general, and the process of teaching and learning science in particular.…

Traditional Student Evaluations of Teaching (SETs) are feedback forms returned by students at the close of a course. Institutions intend that data from these forms be used to improve the quality of teaching and as an assessment of quality of teaching for deciding faculty promotion and tenure…

The phrase "teaching to the test" commonly means the practice of using a state-mandated test as a guide in deciding what to teach and how to teach it. However, this simple definition understates the complexity of the issue. On one hand, teaching to the test can be a case of the tail wagging the dog,…

A professional learning community is more than simply a collection of teachers working in the same building. A learning community comes together around people from every part of the school working collaboratively at all levels. That collaborative work is founded in what we call reflective dialogue,…

Traditionally, special education teachers have focused on remediation of specific skills deficits that are isolated from connected texts and presented in the form of phonics worksheets and sight-word practice. Looking back at my own years of working with students with special needs, I found myself…

Reading affects every aspect of a student's learning, from the ability to listen and comprehend a story in preschool to the acquisition and exercise of critical reading and comprehension skills in elementary, middle, and high school; to the successful application of reading as part of one's life…

September 11 has created an environment ripe for teaching the fundamentals of constitutional government, democracy, and the U.S. role in promoting (or sometimes inhibiting) the spread of such values. What common goals and ideals do we have - and are they worth defending? What similar challenges have…

What are the main lessons the country should draw from the present condition and future prospects of standards-based education reform? In education reform, as in politics, eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Standards-based reform is the most promising - and most demanding - education…

State standards writers are reluctant to take sides in the "culture wars" or to participate in the selection of a "canon." By spelling out which books children should read in English class, which individuals and events to study in history, and which discoveries and inventions to discuss or replicate…

In order to understand what and why the Professional Learning Community (PLC) focus will be, it is important to go through a process in order to understand the logic models, premises, or assumptions embedded in the focus. The PLC may ask itself: ● How are context, environment, and culture different…

We use the following question to develop a laser-like focus on our work: To what extent would our coaching work exist next year if we were not there to support it? We believe this question helped us to work smarter, and with a sense of urgency that was not there for my prior coaching experiences. We…

Research to practice means implementing research-proven instructional and assessment practices identified through scientifically based research. The purpose is to advance the quality of education, make teaching more effective and efficient, and thus enhance learning outcomes for all…

The fundamental premise of 21st Century curricula is the need for students to acquire new knowledge and skills that are essential for success in a globally competitive world. We cannot expect the assessment of these skills to be rigorous, complex, and consistent when the assessment of the adults…

Educators must ensure that America's students are provided with adequate opportunity to learn. The phrase "opportunity to learn" (OTL) was coined in 1963 by John Carroll to indicate whether students were given sufficient time to learn a particular concept or unit of course material. This definition…

Go in the back door when teaching writing and let confidence build through constant encouragement of effort, improvement, constantly pointing out the good, the progress. Then, point out the mechanics. As Edward Albee said in Zoo Story "Sometimes you go a great distance out of your way to come back a…

Assumptions/Givens About Human Nature: - Human beings are innately curious with a desire to know the environment in which they live. They show this curiosity throughout their lives and therefore they are life-long learners. - Human beings are innately social and learn how to operate in social…