“We Do It All”: Understanding the Experiences of Undocumented Student Resource Center ProfessionalsAlternative Higher Education - Tập 48 - Trang 457-475 - 2022
Nicholas Tapia-Fuselier
There is a range of barriers to postsecondary access and success for undocumented college students in the United States. Considering these barriers, scholars, practitioners, and activists alike have called on institutions of higher education to enhance their capacity to serve, support, and advocate for undocumented students. One way that institutions are responding to this call is by establishing ...... hiện toàn bộ
Curriculum Alignment with a Mission of Social Change in Higher EducationAlternative Higher Education - Tập 41 - Trang 203-219 - 2015
Iris M. Yob, Steven L. Danver, Sheryl Kristensen, William Schulz, Kathy Simmons, Henry M. Brashen, Rebecca Sidler Krysiak, Linda Kiltz, Linda Gatlin, Suzanne Wesson, Diane R. Penland
Institutions of higher education frequently acknowledge their role in contributing to the common good through their mission statements. The current literature suggests that in order to be effective mission statements must be clearly articulated and reflected in all the activities of the institution including its curriculum. Faculty members at Walden University developed a Curriculum Guide for Soci...... hiện toàn bộ
Audiotape feedback for essays in distance educationAlternative Higher Education - - 1991
Paul A. Kirschner, Henk van den Brink, Marthie Meester
Students who were required to write three short essays for a university level course on photochemistry at the Open university of the Netherlands received either audio-cassette or written feedback on their essays. The students receiving the audio feedback described their experience as personal, enjoyable, complete and clear. Those receiving written feedback described their experience as adequate. T...... hiện toàn bộ
Competency-based curriculum development: An experimental model for social service workersAlternative Higher Education - Tập 1 - Trang 132-138 - 1977
George C. Burrill
The call for relevance in higher education has opened the doorway from the classroom to the community. Creative methods to provide viable academic exercises within this context are being sought by increasing numbers of faculty and administrators. Competency-based curriculum development is one method being proposed as having strong potential. This article describes a competency design and documenta...... hiện toàn bộ
The Three-ring Circus of Academia: How to Become the RingmasterAlternative Higher Education - Tập 32 - Trang 113-122 - 2007
Michelle L. Toews, Ani Yazedjian
The three-ring circus of academia is made up of research, teaching, and service. It is also characterized by continuous action that must be facilitated by the academic ringmaster. Academic life is more difficult than most anticipate because the responsibilities are time-consuming, diverse, and conflicting. Therefore, this article focuses on strategies faculty members can develop to meet these pres...... hiện toàn bộ
Striving 2.0: Faculty Collaboration and Advocacy as Strategies for Overcoming Post-Striving Organizational PrioritiesAlternative Higher Education - Tập 47 - Trang 735-754 - 2022
Kathryn A. Fernández, Julie H. Shank, Carrie Klein, Jaime Lester
A case study at a large, public research university was conducted to understand how post-striving environments, defined by those universities that achieved very high research activity classification, influence campus structures and practices related to faculty and organizational approaches to pedagogy, teaching, and learning. Participants explained how organizational structures, practices, and rel...... hiện toàn bộ
EditorialAlternative Higher Education - Tập 8 Số 1 - Trang 3-5 - 1983
Deborah Lupton
Collegiality in the classroom: The use of Peer Learning Assistants in cooperative learning in introductory biologyAlternative Higher Education - Tập 21 - Trang 87-100 - 1996
James E. Groccia, Judith E. Miller
Experienced undergraduate students served as Peer Learning Assistants (PLAs) to facilitate group process and dynamics in cooperative learning groups. The use of this model in large classes (150 students) resulted in statistically significant improvements in group performance and satisfaction with the group experience. PLAs defused conflict in groups which were, by their cognitively diverse nature,...... hiện toàn bộ