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CUNY Adjusts Amid Tide of Remedial Students - 0 views

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By Lisa W. Foderaro in the N.Y./Region section of The New York Times, March 3 2011. Dr. Gail Mellow is quoted in the article: "I embrace developmental education because it pivots lives." NOTE: The article contains some important current statistics about remedial and developmental ed needs in the CUNY system.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Lisa W. Foderaro in the N.Y./Region section of The New York Times, March 3 2011. Dr. Gail Mellow is quoted in the article: "I embrace developmental education because it pivots lives." NOTE: The article contains some important current statistics about remedial and developmental ed needs in the CUNY system. </div>

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M.Z. posted this to the March 2011 Coffee Klatch.

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WebQuest King Tutankhamun: Was It Murder? - 0 views

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Exercise for lesson on essay writing

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R.O. Lesson 10, Semester 2

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By Christopher Abani, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004. A novel set in the underworld of Nigeria.

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JE's class read this book (second semester).

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UMass courting two-year transfers: Community colleges targeted; special services to be ... - 0 views

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By Tracy Jan, Boston Globe/boston.com, March 23 2011. University of Massachusetts Amherst is announcing a "new effort to recruit community college graduates to the state university's flagship campus." According to the article, there is already a state policy in place guaranteeing admission to most community college graduates who earn a 2.5 GPA and waiving tuition to those with a 3.0. This new effort will also offer priority registration and housing, as well as scholarships and special advising.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Tracy Jan, Boston Globe/boston.com, March 23 2011. University of Massachusetts Amherst is announcing a "new effort to recruit community college graduates to the state university's flagship campus." According to the article, there is already a state policy in place guaranteeing admission to most community college graduates who earn a 2.5 GPA and waiving tuition to those with a 3.0. This new effort will also offer priority registration and housing, as well as scholarships and special advising. </div>

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Google's 8-Point Plan to Help Managers Improve - 0 views

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By Adam Bryant, Business Day section of The New York Times, March 12 2011. Outlines Google's Project Oxygen, where the company studied the patterns of their most effective managers, in an attempt to understand what works, and to bring under-performers up-to-speed.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Adam Bryant, Business Day section of The New York Times, March 12 2011. Outlines Google's Project Oxygen, where the company studied the patterns of their most effective managers, in an attempt to understand what works, and to bring under-performers up-to-speed. </div>

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Diana shared this article with the GSCC faculty and team, pointing out the many similarities between Google's process and that of GSCC.

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Doing Faculty Development As if We Value Learning Most: Transformative Guidelines from ... - 0 views

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By Thomas A. Angelo, DePaul University - School for New Learning. "This paper synthesizes theories, findings, and strategies from a variety of literatures into seven transformative ideas which, taken together, have the potential to make our mental models of and approaches to faculty development more effective."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Thomas A. Angelo, DePaul University - School for New Learning. "This paper synthesizes theories, findings, and strategies from a variety of literatures into seven transformative ideas which, taken together, have the potential to make our mental models of and approaches to faculty development more effective."</div>

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The Learning Design Support Environment (LDSE) - 0 views

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An overview by Diana Laurillard. On ALT Open Access Repository. From OLWeekly, March 11

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Reassurance About College Transition Could Raise Black Students' GPA's - Students - The... - 0 views

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When black students reflected on the idea that everybody, regardless of race or ethnicity, initially struggles to adjust to college, their academic performance and longer-term well-being benefited, according to a paper published on Thursday in the journal Science.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">When black students reflected on the idea that everybody, regardless of race or ethnicity, initially struggles to adjust to college, their academic performance and longer-term well-being benefited, according to a paper published on Thursday in the journal Science.</div>

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Community-College Students Say They Struggle to Get Into Needed Classes - Students - Th... - 0 views

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By Elyse Ashburn in The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 9, 2011. A recently released national survey, commission by the Pearson Foundation, has revealed that one in five community college students had difficulty getting into at least one course they needed in fall 2010, and almost a third could not get into a class that they wanted.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Elyse Ashburn in The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 9, 2011. A recently released national survey, commission by the Pearson Foundation, has revealed that one in five community college students had difficulty getting into at least one course they needed in fall 2010, and almost a third could not get into a class that they wanted. </div>

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J.E.C. shared this story. It offers some statistics. (Survey available on Pearson; will bookmark as soon as found.)

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Guide: Primary and secondary sources - 0 views

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Distinction between primary and secondary sources, on Ithaca College library's website.

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N.H. Lesson 10, semester 2.

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NH used this website to help teach about primary and secondary sources (week 10, semester 3).

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Engaging Adjunct and Full-Time Faculty in Student Success Innovation - 0 views

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Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count. Cutting Edge Series No. 1 (2011) Guide is based on findings from Public Agenda's research into practices for engaging full-time and adjunct faculty in institutional change efforts toward increasing student success as community colleges.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Achieving the Dream: Community Colleges Count. Cutting Edge Series No. 1 (2011) Guide is based on findings from Public Agenda's research into practices for engaging full-time and adjunct faculty in institutional change efforts toward increasing student success as community colleges.</div>

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The challenge of preparing students for college and, once they are there, finish | Radi... - 0 views

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On Radio Times, WHYY Radio. Host Marty Moss-Coane talks withThomas Bailey of Columbia University's Teachers College and Joseph Merlino, president of the 21st Century Partnership for STEM. They discuss the question of whether colleges should offer remedial courses, why so many high school students need help and how high schools and colleges can work together to prepare students for the college work load.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">On Radio Times, WHYY Radio. Host Marty Moss-Coane talks withThomas Bailey of Columbia University's Teachers College and Joseph Merlino, president of the 21st Century Partnership for STEM. They discuss the question of whether colleges should offer remedial courses, why so many high school students need help and how high schools and colleges can work together to prepare students for the college work load.</div>

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Assessing Developmental Assessment in Community Colleges - 0 views

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By Katherine L. Hughes and Judith Scott-Clayton, published by Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, Feb 2011. From the report description: "This paper examines the extent of consensus regarding the role of developmental assessment and how it is best implemented, the validity of the most common assessments currently in use, and emerging directions in assessment policy and practice." A PDF of the full paper is available from this web page.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Katherine L. Hughes and Judith Scott-Clayton, published by Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, Feb 2011. From the report description: "This paper examines the extent of consensus regarding the role of developmental assessment and how it is best implemented, the validity of the most common assessments currently in use, and emerging directions in assessment policy and practice." A PDF of the full paper is available from this web page. </div>

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Community colleges wasting student time and money - 0 views

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By Jay Matthews in the Class Struggle column, The Washington Post, May 5 2011. Matthews writes about the recently published study, Assessing Developmental Assessment in Community Colleges (see tag assess_study), which finds that it might be the assessment process itself that is failing developmental ed students, rather than the content or delivery of the developmental ed courses.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">By Jay Matthews in the Class Struggle column, The Washington Post, May 5 2011. Matthews writes about the recently published study, Assessing Developmental Assessment in Community Colleges (see tag assess_study), which finds that it might be the assessment process itself that is failing developmental ed students, rather than the content or delivery of the developmental ed courses.</div>

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Patrick Henry Community College Catalog, 2010-2011 - 0 views

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College catalog, used by students for course selection. PHCC is one of the GSCC participating schools.

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M.Z. used the course catalog in a lesson, week 13, semester 2.

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on Essay Start. Essay Start offers essay samples, tips, a step by step guide, articles and online resources.

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MZ assigned this in week7, semester 3.

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Beginning algebra : DEV 108 - 0 views

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Custom edition of Tobey, Slater Beginning Algebra (7th E) for Sinclair Community College. Published by Pearson Custom Publishing, 2006.

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EK uses this custom edition in his course, week1, Semester3

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Why Not to Stay Alone in a Hospital - 0 views

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Presented by Atul Gawande, author of Better. Posted to website 5minLife, Videopedia in the Health section. For more on Gawande and Better, follow the gawande tag.

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NH assigned in Week 1, semester 3.

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Published in Newsweek with no author credit or date. According to a GSCC faculty member, the author is James Dillard.

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NH uses this for a writing assignment, week 1, semester 3.

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By Lynne Gaetz and Suneeti Phadke, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2009.

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