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Monday, November 12, 2012
The SoTL Commons: A Conference for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning March 27-29, 2013 Georgia Southern University Savannah, GA, USA
The SoTL Commons: A Conference for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning March 27-29, 2013 Georgia Southern University Savannah, GA, USA http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/conference/2013/index.htm
UCD CFD Blog Faculty Development: Colleges Must Help Prepare Students for Colleges Must Help Prepare Students for
Colleges Must Help Prepare Students for Higher Education, Report Says
In today’s Chronicle –
Colleges Must Help Prepare Students for Higher Education, Report Says
by Eric Kelderman
If colleges want more of their students to be ready for the academic challenges of higher education, then those institutions have to take a more direct role in elementary and secondary education, recommends a new report from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
The report, written by a dozen college presidents and released here at the association’s annual meeting, calls on its member campuses to begin preparing students as early as preschool, helping children to acquire the building blocks of a successful academic career. And to have the greatest impact, the report says, colleges should focus on areas with high concentrations of poverty, where children have the greatest disadvantages in academic preparation.
“Education is like a pyramid: Each level rests on what came before,” says the report. “Any weakness in a child’s educational development jeopardizes all that follows, and gains made at an early age continue to benefit the child in future years.”
Specifically, the report recommends four approaches that every member campus should be involved in: improving teacher-preparation programs, increasing the availability of dual-credit classes, aligning elementary and secondary curricula with college expectations, and giving high schools reports on how their graduates are performing in college.
While college readiness has been a topic in higher-education circles for some time, the new report calls for more direct involvement in the development of prospective students, said James C. Votruba, president emeritus of Northern Kentucky University and co-chairman of the panel that wrote the report. In addition, said Mr. Votruba, the call to be engaged with elementary schools goes much further than most college-readiness programs, which generally focus on the last two years of high school.
Mr. Votruba also said that college presidents would have to become strong advocates for the proposals in order to overcome resistance from faculty members. “Our institutions are not going to be drawn to this work naturally,” he said.
The call for more engagement on college preparation is in line with two other efforts of the association. Most recently, its members joined with those in the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities in a pledge to increase the number of baccalaureate-degree holders by 3.8 million by 2025. The association of state colleges is also involved in developing and putting in place a common set of learning goals for schoolchildren, called the Common Core State Standards.
Colleges Must Help Prepare Students for Higher Education, Report Says
by Eric Kelderman
If colleges want more of their students to be ready for the academic challenges of higher education, then those institutions have to take a more direct role in elementary and secondary education, recommends a new report from the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
The report, written by a dozen college presidents and released here at the association’s annual meeting, calls on its member campuses to begin preparing students as early as preschool, helping children to acquire the building blocks of a successful academic career. And to have the greatest impact, the report says, colleges should focus on areas with high concentrations of poverty, where children have the greatest disadvantages in academic preparation.
“Education is like a pyramid: Each level rests on what came before,” says the report. “Any weakness in a child’s educational development jeopardizes all that follows, and gains made at an early age continue to benefit the child in future years.”
Specifically, the report recommends four approaches that every member campus should be involved in: improving teacher-preparation programs, increasing the availability of dual-credit classes, aligning elementary and secondary curricula with college expectations, and giving high schools reports on how their graduates are performing in college.
While college readiness has been a topic in higher-education circles for some time, the new report calls for more direct involvement in the development of prospective students, said James C. Votruba, president emeritus of Northern Kentucky University and co-chairman of the panel that wrote the report. In addition, said Mr. Votruba, the call to be engaged with elementary schools goes much further than most college-readiness programs, which generally focus on the last two years of high school.
Mr. Votruba also said that college presidents would have to become strong advocates for the proposals in order to overcome resistance from faculty members. “Our institutions are not going to be drawn to this work naturally,” he said.
The call for more engagement on college preparation is in line with two other efforts of the association. Most recently, its members joined with those in the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities in a pledge to increase the number of baccalaureate-degree holders by 3.8 million by 2025. The association of state colleges is also involved in developing and putting in place a common set of learning goals for schoolchildren, called the Common Core State Standards.
Additional sources on this topic:
- Aligning Elementary And Secondary Curricula With College Expectations
- American Association Of State Colleges And Universities
- Call For More Engagement On College Preparation
- College Readiness
- Common Core State Standards
- Elementary And Secondary Education
- Giving High Schools Reports On How Their Graduates Are Performing In College
- Higher Education
- Improving Teacher-preparation Programs
- Increasing The Availability Of Dual-credit Classes
- Pedagogy
Dillard University Open Enrollment Last Day! November 13, 2012
http://www.dillard.edu/
Attention ALL DILLARD U. EMPLOYEES:
The Office of Human Resources conducted “Open Enrollment” seminars on Friday, November 9, 2012 and today, Monday, November 12, 2012. Many employees have shown up! However, several have not!!!! We need to see you!!!!
The premiums, on all four of our insurance plans, have experienced a slight increase. All employees must sign a form indicating that you are aware of the increase and wish to maintain your coverage. Employees who fail to sign the form are automatically agreeing to pay the increased premium effective January 1, 2013.
Additionally, employees who are enrolled in the HSA-HDHP (Health Savings Account-High Deductible Health Plan) must sign a form indicating that you wish to remain in the plan and that you authorize the University to continue to deduct your bi-weekly premiums. The University cannot deduct your bi-monthly premiums, beginning January 1, 2013, unless you specifically authorize the University to do so. Failure to authorize will result in a lapse and you will lose coverage.
We will be in Kearny Hall from 9:00 am – 4:00 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. COME AND SEE US!!!!!! Thanks.
Randy J.
Dukes, Esq
Director,
Human Resources
Dillard
University
(504)
816.4797 direct
(504)
816.4187 facsimile
rdukes@dillard.edu
Thursday, November 8, 2012
DU CTLAT: Success Secrets: Keys for Unlocking the Library's Wealth
CENTER FOR
TEACHING, LEARNING AND ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY
PRESENTS
Success
Secrets: Keys for Unlocking the Library's Wealth
Workshop will
provide faculty with the free "key" to unlock the library's powerful
online tools. Plus, learn quick ways to help students search a database, cite
sources properly, and avoid plagiarism.
Presented
by:
Beverly Harris, Acquisition/Serial Librarian
WHEN:
Thursday, November 8,
2012
WHERE:
KEARNY WEST
TIME:
12:00 P.M. – 1:30 P.M.
*Lunch provided – through Line in Café
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Decision 2012: What’s Next for Education?
http://diverseeducation.com/article/49298/
November 7, 2012
November 7, 2012
With a victory over Republican Mitt Romney, President Obama will begin
to gear up for a second term that may see both continuity and change in his
education policies.
In a legislative landscape similar to his first term, Obama again will
face a divided Congress as well as fiscal challenges. But the president will
need a bipartisan agreement to deal with some of the most pressing issues,
including the so-called “fiscal cliff” that could bring painful education
program cuts and tax increases as early as January.
This “fiscal cliff” is a combination of fiscal issues converging at
once: the expiration of George W. Bush-era tax cuts plus payroll tax reductions
and education deductions enacted under Obama, the need for another increase in
the federal debt ceiling and looming across-the-board budget cuts that trigger
if Congress and the president fail to agree on a larger debt-reduction plan.
The across-the-board cuts, known as a sequester, would affect both
domestic and defense spending. Most analysts say federal education programs
would lose about 8 percent of funding with the prospect of additional cuts in
future years.
“A budget sequester in January would have a terrible short- and
long-term impact on the nation’s investments in scientific research and
education,” said Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American
Universities.
A report recently published by Senate Democrats said the sequester could
cut $2.7 billion from Head Start, special education and Title I programs at the
local level. In higher education, a projected $66 million reduction in federal
TRIO programs could eliminate services for 61,000 low-income students, while a
$24 million cut for GEAR UP would affect 57,000 low-income youth. Pell grants
are exempt from these automatic cuts in 2013.
In his Oct. 22 debate with Romney, Obama said the sequester “will not
happen,” although both parties face a tight deadline to reach agreement and
avoid the January 2013 cuts.
Along with the tax breaks, another program set to expire is the American
Opportunity Tax Credit through which low- and middle-income families can deduct
up to $2,500 of college tuition expenses annually.
Since the sequester also would cut defense spending – a result anathema
to lawmakers in both parties — some observers are optimistic that both sides
may reach at least a short-term agreement before the reductions take effect.
On education policy issues, Obama should see some continuity in his
education policy team. In interviews this fall, U.S. Education Secretary Arne
Duncan has said he hopes to continue in the job for the president’s second
term.
Duncan and the White House both have outlined some second term ideas
including a federal effort to hold down tuition increases. Both Obama and
Duncan have cited a goal to cut the rate of college tuition increases in half
within 10 years, though the administration still will need to provide details
on how to accomplish that goal.
Duncan recently told the National Journal, “We need to crack the
nut on higher education … middle-class families think college is not for them.”
Other policy issues on the horizon include:
Pell grant shortfall: By eliminating student loan subsidies given
to banks, Obama has funded increases in the maximum grant for needy students.
But due to heavy use of the program in the recession, Pell has a shortfall
approaching $8 billion by 2014. Leading Republicans also have indicated a need
to shore up the program for the long term.
Interest rates: While Obama and Congress sparred in 2012 over the
interest rate on student loans, that issue is far from over and it will
re-surface in 2013. By enacting only a short-term fix in 2012, student loan
interest rates are again scheduled to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent
next summer without additional action.
Job training: During the campaign, both Obama and Romney called
for enhancements in federal job training programs. Obama has called for new
initiatives to train 2 million workers for jobs through partnerships between
community colleges and the private sector.
Higher Education Act reauthorization: Congress is likely to begin
hearings on renewal of the HEA in 2013, an opportunity for both the White House
and congressional Republicans to float new ideas to improve access, completion
and affordability. Some observers think Congress may turn to HEA before it
considers the future of No Child Left Behind, the K-12 law whose renewal has
been snarled in delays on Capitol Hill.
STEM and Teachers: The president has called for creating a
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Master Teacher Corps that will
recruit and prepare 100,000 new math and science. “We can out-compete China and
Germany by out-educating them,” an Obama campaign plan states.
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LSUHSC Recruitment and Information Session
The LSUHSC Office of the Associate Vice
Chancellor
for Academic & Multicultural
Affairs Invites
Dillard University Students
(faculty, staff, & alums are also welcome)
to a
Recruitment
and Information Session
Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 5:00pm
Professional Schools & Sciences
Building, Room 136
Come
learn about research opportunities, graduate school, medical school and a host
of our health science programs:
·
School of Allied Health
·
School of Dentistry
·
School of Graduate Studies
·
School of Medicine
·
School of Nursing
·
School of Public Health
Refreshments
will be served!
Great
door prizes will be distributed!
It’s
not too late to apply for Fall 2012 Semester
Call for Abstracts - New Orleans Sixth Health Disparities Conference
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Dillard University FOUNDERS’ DAY CONVOCATION - Sunday, November 11, 2012 3:30pm Alfred K. Lawless Memorial Chapel
M
E M O R A N D U M
TO:
Faculty and Staff
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
The
2012 Founders’ Day Convocation will be held Sunday, November 11, 2012, at
3:30 p.m., in the Alfred K. Lawless Memorial Chapel. The speaker for
this occasion will be Dr. Cheryl Taylor, Interim Dean of Southern University
and A&M College School of Nursing and Allied Health.
Your
participation in the Founders’ Day Ceremony is a primary obligation of
full-time faculty and is, thereby, listed on the academic calendar.
Should a personal emergency arise that would interfere with attendance
at this ceremony, faculty should contact the respective Dean and the Provost,
immediately.
LINE-UP
The
faculty must assemble in academic regalia by 3:00 p.m., in front of Rosenwald
Hall. The Faculty Marshals will arrange the order of the procession and
will lead faculty and staff members to their reserved seats. The
procession will begin promptly at 3:15 p.m. Faculty and staff members
in academic regalia will not be permitted to enter the Chapel once the program
has begun.
In
the recessional, the platform party will proceed followed by the
faculty, staff, and then the seniors. Males should remove their caps
prior to the invocation and place them on their heads after the benediction and
just before marching out.
ATTIRE
Academic
regalia and dark colors are required for all participants in the academic
procession. For rental of academic regalia you must place your order with
campus bookstore.
Your
participation is central to the continued success and reverence of this
ceremony. I hope to see each of you there.
Founders’ Day Processional Organizational Structure
November 11, 2012
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Processional
Groups
and March in
Order
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Location
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1.
Board of
Trustees (BT)
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Rosenwald 114
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2.
Senior Cabinet
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Rosenwald 114
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3.
Faculty
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Rosenwald 1st
Floor Lobby
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4.
Seniors
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Stern 1st
Floor
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5.
Juniors
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DUICEF 1st
Floor
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6.
Sophomores
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DUICEF 2nd
Floor
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7.
Freshmen
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Dent Gym
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8.
Special Guests
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Church
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9.
Special Needs
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Church
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10. Family and Friends
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Church
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