Tag Archives: higher education
Lynch School educators
Lynch School of Education professors have recently served as co-editors for two important texts. Ana M. Martínez Alemán is the co-editor of Critical Approaches to the Study of Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press), which argues that critical tools and methods are … Continue reading
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Tagged education, higher education, Lynch School of Education, psychology, research
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The liberal arts & China
Woods College of Advancing Studies Assistant Dean You Guo Jiang, SJ, is the author of Liberal Arts Education in a Changing Society: A New Perspective on Chinese Higher Education (Brill Academic Publishers, 2014). This work provides a unique focus on the re-emergence … Continue reading
Why Liberal Education Matters
Wesleyan University President Michael S. Roth will present “Why Liberal Education Matters” on Nov. 12 at 7 p.m. in Gasson Hall, Room 100. Roth is the author of Beyond the University: Why Liberal Education Matters (Yale University Press, 2014), a stirring plea … Continue reading
Technology & student engagement
Anya Kamenetz, author of Generation Debt and DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education, will be discussing “How Technology can Facilitate Faculty & Student Engagement” on Feb. 26 at 4 p.m. in O’Neill Library, Main reading … Continue reading
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Tagged higher education, millennials, Provost Office, technology, University Libraries
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Segregation and expectation
Anthropologist Nancy Abelmann will discuss her book, The Intimate University: Korean American Students and the Problem of Segregation, which describes the tensions between the ideals of higher education and the experiences of Korean American undergraduates at the University of Illinois, … Continue reading
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