Academic Impressions: AI Higher Ed Impact: Weekly News & Key Takeaways January 21 - 27 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Innovative Educators Webinar: Getting Adults Back In: Applied Baccalaureate Degrees as a Tool for Adult Degree Completion
Thursday, February 24 ~ 2:00-3:30pm CST
Webinar Descriptions
This webinar will focus on the development of applied baccalaureate degrees and the role that they can play in increasing adult baccalaureate degree completion. Significant focus will be placed on: the different types of applied baccalaureate programs, best practices in applied baccalaureate programs, challenges that applied baccalaureate programs often face as well as strategies for overcoming those challenges, the role of distance education in applied baccalaureate programs, and the role of community colleges in applied baccalaureate programs.
Objectives
•Become familiar with the most common types of applied baccalaureate degrees.
•Identify the types of students attracted to applied baccalaureate programs.
•Discuss the role of applied baccalaureate programs in adult baccalaureate degree completion.
•Present emerging best practices in developing and maintaining applied baccalaureate degree programs, including the role of experiential credit.
•Anticipate challenges that applied baccalaureate programs may face and strategies for overcoming those challenges. (We will especially focus on the challenge that applied baccalaureate programs may face from faculty trained in more traditional academic disciplines.)
•Discuss opportunities for leveraging distance education in applied baccalaureate programs.
•Review the role of community colleges in applied baccalaureate programs.
•Provide an overview of recent literature on applied baccalaureate programs.
Who Should Attend?
Community college and university faculty and administrators interested in adult degree completion at the baccalaureate level.
Who is the Speaker?
Van L. Davis, Ph.D.,Director of Special Projects
Texas higher Education Coordinating Board
Van Davis is Director of Special Projects at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Van holds a Ph.D. in 20th Century U.S. history from Vanderbilt University and taught at both public and private institutions for ten years before joining the THECB in 2007. Van currently works with Texas' applied baccalaureate and adult degree completion programs at public universities and community colleges as well as providing support for the state's many distance education programs. Van has also worked with Texas' course redesign project, online faculty professional development project, and has assisted in the development of the state's digital learning objects repository. Van is currently developing and administering Texas' new adult degree completion initiative, Success by Degree.
Upcoming Webinars
February 1
The Connection Between Student Retention and Assessment: Building a Departmental Assessment Model From the Ground Up
February 1
Women Veterans Returning to Campus: Exploring the Military and Gender Transition Issues
February 2
Reframing the Role of Student Conduct: Shifting your Campus Culture
February 8
Responsive Grantwriting: What Grantmakers Really Want to Know
February 10
Teach Students How to Learn: Metacognition is the Key!
February 10
Back to Basics: Providing Quality Customer Service in Higher Education
February 16
Building Bridges to College Success with Latino First Generation College Students
February 16
Overview of Appreciative Advising
February 17
Teachable Moments: Managing Aggressive and Overly Involved Parents
February 17
Integrating Contextualized Learning and Basic Skills: Instructional Strategies that Increase Student Success
February 18
Managing Disruptive Classroom Behavior
February 22
Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: How to Improve the Academic Success of Student Veterans on Your
Campus
February 23
Undocumented Students: An Overview of Policies, Myths and Best Practices
February 23
Laying the Groundwork for Re-Accreditation
February 24
Communicating in Crisis: How and When Should Parents Be Informed
February 25
Identifying and Managing Aggressive Student Behaviors, Attitudes and Emotions
February 25
Constructivism Applied in Classroom Teaching
March 3
The First-Year Experience: A Critical Foundation for Student Success
March 4
Suicide, Social Problems and Anxiety: Managing Mental Health Issues on Campus
March 4
Creating Tests That Assess Higher Order Thinking Skills
March 8
Helping UnderPrepared Students Succeed: How to Influence Student Engagement, Learning and Persistence
March 10
Maximizing the Impact of Advising on Student Success
March 11
Providing Appropriate & Targeted Feedback to Today's College Student
March 17
Organizing and Delivering Advising: Models for Success
March 18
Improving the Odds for a GI Grad - That Critical 1st Year
March 22
Identifying and Reaching Unprepared Students: Strategies for Creating Success in the College Classroom
March 22
Designing a Successful Service-Learning Course: A Practical Approach
March 23
Retention 101: Student Outcomes and University Benchmarks
March 24
Training Academic Advisors: Conceptual, Relational, & Informational Issues
March 29
Service-Learning Course Development: Developing Real Community Partnerships that Work
March 29
Implementing A Successful Developmental Program Model
March 30
Learning Communities: Creating Environments that Retain, Engage and Transform Learners
March 31
Assessing the Effectiveness of Your Academic Advising Programs
April 5
How to Promote Your Service-Learning Programs to Key Audiences
March 30, April 6 & April 13
Critical Thinking: Designing Instructional Strategies to Promote Critical Thought
April 6
Student Engagement in Class: Increasing Learning and Persistence
April 7
Moving a Classroom-Based Course to Online or Hybrid
April 7
It's All About Change: Negotiating the Culture for Improved Advising
April 12
Motivational Interviewing: An Intervention for At-Risk College Students Seeking Career Services
April 13
Empowering At-Risk Probationary Students using Appreciative Advising Inside and Outside the Classroom
April 14
Best Practices for Implementing Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) in Support of Student Learning and Achievement
April 19
Veteran Resource Centers - How They Will Impact Your Campus and Your Community
April 20
Organizing an Integrative First Year Experience on a Community College Campus - A Case Study
April 20
Strategic Grant Funding for Community Colleges
April 21
Developmental Education: How to Create an Effective Training Program for Faculty
April 22
Critical Thinking & The First Year: Pedagogy, Challenges and Assessment
April 28
Implementing Web 2.0 Tools to Achieve Student Learning Outcomes
May 5
Appreciative College Instruction
You may also be interested in:
Increasing Online Student Engagement and Retention through Online Human Touch:February 3
Incorporating Active Learning Strategies Into Your Online Teaching Environment:February 9
Critical Thinking: Designing Instructional Strategies to Promote Critical Thought:March 30, April 6 & April 13
Webinar Descriptions
This webinar will focus on the development of applied baccalaureate degrees and the role that they can play in increasing adult baccalaureate degree completion. Significant focus will be placed on: the different types of applied baccalaureate programs, best practices in applied baccalaureate programs, challenges that applied baccalaureate programs often face as well as strategies for overcoming those challenges, the role of distance education in applied baccalaureate programs, and the role of community colleges in applied baccalaureate programs.
Objectives
•Become familiar with the most common types of applied baccalaureate degrees.
•Identify the types of students attracted to applied baccalaureate programs.
•Discuss the role of applied baccalaureate programs in adult baccalaureate degree completion.
•Present emerging best practices in developing and maintaining applied baccalaureate degree programs, including the role of experiential credit.
•Anticipate challenges that applied baccalaureate programs may face and strategies for overcoming those challenges. (We will especially focus on the challenge that applied baccalaureate programs may face from faculty trained in more traditional academic disciplines.)
•Discuss opportunities for leveraging distance education in applied baccalaureate programs.
•Review the role of community colleges in applied baccalaureate programs.
•Provide an overview of recent literature on applied baccalaureate programs.
Who Should Attend?
Community college and university faculty and administrators interested in adult degree completion at the baccalaureate level.
Who is the Speaker?
Van L. Davis, Ph.D.,Director of Special Projects
Texas higher Education Coordinating Board
Van Davis is Director of Special Projects at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Van holds a Ph.D. in 20th Century U.S. history from Vanderbilt University and taught at both public and private institutions for ten years before joining the THECB in 2007. Van currently works with Texas' applied baccalaureate and adult degree completion programs at public universities and community colleges as well as providing support for the state's many distance education programs. Van has also worked with Texas' course redesign project, online faculty professional development project, and has assisted in the development of the state's digital learning objects repository. Van is currently developing and administering Texas' new adult degree completion initiative, Success by Degree.
Upcoming Webinars
February 1
The Connection Between Student Retention and Assessment: Building a Departmental Assessment Model From the Ground Up
February 1
Women Veterans Returning to Campus: Exploring the Military and Gender Transition Issues
February 2
Reframing the Role of Student Conduct: Shifting your Campus Culture
February 8
Responsive Grantwriting: What Grantmakers Really Want to Know
February 10
Teach Students How to Learn: Metacognition is the Key!
February 10
Back to Basics: Providing Quality Customer Service in Higher Education
February 16
Building Bridges to College Success with Latino First Generation College Students
February 16
Overview of Appreciative Advising
February 17
Teachable Moments: Managing Aggressive and Overly Involved Parents
February 17
Integrating Contextualized Learning and Basic Skills: Instructional Strategies that Increase Student Success
February 18
Managing Disruptive Classroom Behavior
February 22
Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: How to Improve the Academic Success of Student Veterans on Your
Campus
February 23
Undocumented Students: An Overview of Policies, Myths and Best Practices
February 23
Laying the Groundwork for Re-Accreditation
February 24
Communicating in Crisis: How and When Should Parents Be Informed
February 25
Identifying and Managing Aggressive Student Behaviors, Attitudes and Emotions
February 25
Constructivism Applied in Classroom Teaching
March 3
The First-Year Experience: A Critical Foundation for Student Success
March 4
Suicide, Social Problems and Anxiety: Managing Mental Health Issues on Campus
March 4
Creating Tests That Assess Higher Order Thinking Skills
March 8
Helping UnderPrepared Students Succeed: How to Influence Student Engagement, Learning and Persistence
March 10
Maximizing the Impact of Advising on Student Success
March 11
Providing Appropriate & Targeted Feedback to Today's College Student
March 17
Organizing and Delivering Advising: Models for Success
March 18
Improving the Odds for a GI Grad - That Critical 1st Year
March 22
Identifying and Reaching Unprepared Students: Strategies for Creating Success in the College Classroom
March 22
Designing a Successful Service-Learning Course: A Practical Approach
March 23
Retention 101: Student Outcomes and University Benchmarks
March 24
Training Academic Advisors: Conceptual, Relational, & Informational Issues
March 29
Service-Learning Course Development: Developing Real Community Partnerships that Work
March 29
Implementing A Successful Developmental Program Model
March 30
Learning Communities: Creating Environments that Retain, Engage and Transform Learners
March 31
Assessing the Effectiveness of Your Academic Advising Programs
April 5
How to Promote Your Service-Learning Programs to Key Audiences
March 30, April 6 & April 13
Critical Thinking: Designing Instructional Strategies to Promote Critical Thought
April 6
Student Engagement in Class: Increasing Learning and Persistence
April 7
Moving a Classroom-Based Course to Online or Hybrid
April 7
It's All About Change: Negotiating the Culture for Improved Advising
April 12
Motivational Interviewing: An Intervention for At-Risk College Students Seeking Career Services
April 13
Empowering At-Risk Probationary Students using Appreciative Advising Inside and Outside the Classroom
April 14
Best Practices for Implementing Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) in Support of Student Learning and Achievement
April 19
Veteran Resource Centers - How They Will Impact Your Campus and Your Community
April 20
Organizing an Integrative First Year Experience on a Community College Campus - A Case Study
April 20
Strategic Grant Funding for Community Colleges
April 21
Developmental Education: How to Create an Effective Training Program for Faculty
April 22
Critical Thinking & The First Year: Pedagogy, Challenges and Assessment
April 28
Implementing Web 2.0 Tools to Achieve Student Learning Outcomes
May 5
Appreciative College Instruction
You may also be interested in:
Increasing Online Student Engagement and Retention through Online Human Touch:February 3
Incorporating Active Learning Strategies Into Your Online Teaching Environment:February 9
Critical Thinking: Designing Instructional Strategies to Promote Critical Thought:March 30, April 6 & April 13
Technolog on MSNBC: KINDLE books now outsell paperbacks
By Athima Chansanchai
When Amazon announced that its third-generation Kindle "eclipsed 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' as the bestselling product in Amazon’s history," we knew it'd only be a matter of time before we heard the announcement that Kindle books outsell paperback books. And now, about a month after that Kindle announcement, it's here, from Jeff Bezos: "Kindle books have now overtaken paperback books as the most popular format on Amazon.com."
This comes six months after Amazon announced Kindle book sales had overtaken hardcover sales and had predicted Kindle books reaching this milestone in the second quarter of this year, so it's ahead of schedule. Not only that, but the company announced that its fourth quarter sales topped $10 billion for the first time.
Since the beginning of the year, for every 100 paperback books Amazon has sold, the Company has sold 115 Kindle books. In July, Kindle books surpassed hardcovers, selling 143 for every 100.
Hardcover sales still trail Kindle books, with the latter selling three times as much during this same period. These numbers stretch across "Amazon.com's entire U.S. book business and includes sales of books where there is no Kindle edition. Free Kindle books are excluded and if included would make the numbers even higher." Amazon reminds us that "millions of free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are also available to read on Kindle."
The numbers are mind boggling: the U.S. Kindle Store now has more than 810,000 books including new releases and 107 of 112 New York Times bestsellers.
The price point of Kindle books may also have something to do with its sales: over 670,000 of these books are $9.99 or less, including 74 New York Times bestsellers.
When Amazon announced that its third-generation Kindle "eclipsed 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' as the bestselling product in Amazon’s history," we knew it'd only be a matter of time before we heard the announcement that Kindle books outsell paperback books. And now, about a month after that Kindle announcement, it's here, from Jeff Bezos: "Kindle books have now overtaken paperback books as the most popular format on Amazon.com."
This comes six months after Amazon announced Kindle book sales had overtaken hardcover sales and had predicted Kindle books reaching this milestone in the second quarter of this year, so it's ahead of schedule. Not only that, but the company announced that its fourth quarter sales topped $10 billion for the first time.
Since the beginning of the year, for every 100 paperback books Amazon has sold, the Company has sold 115 Kindle books. In July, Kindle books surpassed hardcovers, selling 143 for every 100.
Hardcover sales still trail Kindle books, with the latter selling three times as much during this same period. These numbers stretch across "Amazon.com's entire U.S. book business and includes sales of books where there is no Kindle edition. Free Kindle books are excluded and if included would make the numbers even higher." Amazon reminds us that "millions of free, out-of-copyright, pre-1923 books are also available to read on Kindle."
The numbers are mind boggling: the U.S. Kindle Store now has more than 810,000 books including new releases and 107 of 112 New York Times bestsellers.
The price point of Kindle books may also have something to do with its sales: over 670,000 of these books are $9.99 or less, including 74 New York Times bestsellers.
2011 Black History Month Celebrations at Dillard University – Dept. of Social Sciences
Dillard University will host its opening activities for the 85th Annual National Black History Celebration on Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Following greetings by Dillard President Dr. Marvalene Hughes, the Dillard University Concert Choir, under the direction of S. Carver Davenport, will perform. Dr. Alan Colón, Dillard’s National Endowment for the Humanities Eminent Scholar in African World Studies, will deliver the keynote address, “Celebrating Black History: Past, Present and Future.” A dialogue between the audience and a panel of students will follow. The program starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Professional Schools and Sciences Building’s Georges Auditorium. For more information, call (504) 816-4701.
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