Heather Hayton sent me a link to this story over the summer, and I thought it might be interesting for others to read. I don’t agree with all of it, but some of the points are interesting. Click to read Americans Think We Have the Worlds Best Colleges. We Don’t.
Engaged Teaching and Learning Presentation Note: This is a big file – 12 Mb
Yesterday’s article in the Chronicle on a proposal at St. Mary’s College to link salaries throughout the college to one another raises many issues that have come before our community in recent years. The rise of executive pay in higher education has been well-documented and the struggles to address income inequality and its threat to …
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A study of an approach at addressing grade inflation has been getting quite a bit of news of late. Wellesley College seems to have achieved what they set out to do: bring down the college’s overall GPA and better align the use of certain grades between departments on campus. While grade inflation certainly does not …
Here is the presentation made by Ellie Yearns at the opening community meeting. Crowdfunding Initiative
Natalya Shelkova (Assistant Professor of Economics) sent me the following to links to ideas for increasing enrollment and revenue. – Center for Learning in Retirement (at Uconn): http://clir.uconn.edu/ – ChildCare Center for Adult Students at Lehman College at NYC (which can help with enrollment of adult students): http://www.lehman.edu/child-care-center/index.php#one