Stewards of Place: The Role of Dialogue and Deliberation in Strengthening Our Universities and Colleges

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Windy Y. Lawrence ◽  
Zach Justus ◽  
Leah A. Murray ◽  
Barbara A. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Universities And Colleges

Promoting Civic Engagement through University Curricula

2017 ◽  
pp. 218-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryna Bobick
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mission Statements ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The Arts ◽  
University Curricula ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into

In recent years, universities and colleges are including civic engagement in their mission statements. University administrators are increasingly encouraged faculty and students to participate in civic engagement both on and off campus. Various stakeholders should be part of this conversation in order to create a setting for learning that reflects the mission of the university or college. In this study, sixteen university freshmen participated in civic engagement through a freshman honors forum course. In addition to promoting civic engagement, the course supported the arts and museums in Memphis, Tennessee. Pre and exit surveys were conducted the participants to gain insight into their thoughts and experiences towards the course's curriculum. Their experiences provide a window into thinking about the role of civic engagement with university students.

scholarly journals Literature Education in Universities Colleges and the Cultivation of University and College Students’ Humanities Quality

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Xiangqiu Zhuoma ◽  
Luorong Qupi
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Simple Analysis ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Teaching Activities ◽  
University College ◽  
Literature Education

With the reform of China's educational undertakings, in the daily teaching activities, various universities and colleges in China have gradually begun to attach importance to the cultivation of literature education and the cultivation of university and college students’ Humanities quality. As a kind of discipline integrating art and humanity, literature education plays an important role in the cultivation of university and college students' humanities quality. Based on this, this paper conducts a simple analysis of the role of literature education in the quality cultivation and university college students, the current situation of China’s literature education in universities and colleges and the cultivation of university and college students' humanities quality and related optimization measures. It is hoped that there will be inspiration and help for improving the humanities quality of university and college students in China and giving play to the role of literature education.

scholarly journals Geography and Teaching of Programming

Geografie ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
Václav Bezvoda
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Mathematical Programming ◽  
Natural Sciences ◽  
Computer Art ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
History Of

The urgent need of computers in natural and social sciences will strongly influence the modification of the curricula at our universities and colleges. On the basis of an analysis of the history of application of computers at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the Charles University, Prague and the situation in teaching mathematical programming and computer art, the paper formulates one of the most probable variants of teaching the above-mentioned subjects in geographical sciences. A special attention is paid to the role of microcomputers as the basic yet still problematic device in the computer art.

scholarly journals Vocabulary Barriers Experienced by University Students in the Process of Learning English as a Foreign Language

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 173-182
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ahsan ◽  
Shahid Nawaz ◽  
Syed Waseem Azhar Seemab
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
University Students ◽  
English Language ◽  
Social Needs ◽  
Language Teachers ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
English Language Teachers ◽  
The Difference

The purpose of this research was to analyze the vocabulary barriers experienced by learners of public sector universities and colleges situated in South Punjab. SPSS version 23 was used to check the frequency and percentage of the responses of the respondents. The bulk of the learners indicated that they fail to achieve sufficient vocabulary to satisfy their educational and social needs due to certain factors such as the scope and magnitude of the assignments given to the students meaning the number of words that L2 learners need to learn is extraordinarily large. Similarly, the difference between spoken and written English becomes challenging on the way of learning L2 properly. To overcome all these barriers, the role of English language teachers is vulnerable as he is regarded as the custodian of L2 classroom, especially in EC and OC Circle countries and Pakistan is included in OC Circle countries.

Promoting Civic Engagement Through University Curricula

2019 ◽  
pp. 776-793
Author(s):  
Bryna Bobick
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mission Statements ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
The Arts ◽  
University Curricula ◽  
The University ◽  
Insight Into

In recent years, universities and colleges are including civic engagement in their mission statements. University administrators are increasingly encouraged faculty and students to participate in civic engagement both on and off campus. Various stakeholders should be part of this conversation in order to create a setting for learning that reflects the mission of the university or college. In this study, sixteen university freshmen participated in civic engagement through a freshman honors forum course. In addition to promoting civic engagement, the course supported the arts and museums in Memphis, Tennessee. Pre and exit surveys were conducted the participants to gain insight into their thoughts and experiences towards the course's curriculum. Their experiences provide a window into thinking about the role of civic engagement with university students.

The Role of Values, Beliefs, and Culture in Student Retention and Success

2018 ◽  
pp. 54-72
Author(s):  
Julie M Little ◽  
Scott Gaier ◽  
Danielle Spoutz
Keyword(s):  
Student Retention ◽  
Completion Rates ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Shared Set ◽  
Success In Higher Education ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Individual Success ◽  
The Impact

Culture is comprised of a shared set of values and beliefs, and is known to contribute to organizational success. But how do these factors contribute to individual success within the framework of academia? The purpose of this chapter is to better understand the intersection of values, beliefs, and culture within the area of student retention and success in higher education. As both universities and colleges struggle to identify aspects to increase graduation completion rates in various environments, it is essential to examine the most basic factors that often contribute significantly to this area. This chapter defines individual values and beliefs, the development of shared values, beliefs and culture, the impact of each, and the role of each within the larger topic of student retention and success.

Medical Topics in the De anima Commentary of Coimbra (1598) and the Jesuits’ Attitude towards Medicine in Education and Natural Philosophy

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Sander
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Natural Philosophy ◽  
Sense Perception ◽  
De Anima ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Jesuit Universities ◽  
Modern Learning ◽  
Jesuit College

Early-modern Jesuit universities did not offer studies in medicine, and from 1586 onwards, the Jesuit Ratio studiorum prohibited digressions on medical topics in the Aristotelian curriculum. However, some sixteenth-century Jesuit text books used in philosophy classes provided detailed accounts on physiological issues such as sense perception and its organic location as discussed in Aristotle’s De anima II, 7–11. This seeming contradiction needs to be explained. In this paper, I focus on the interst in medical topics manifested in a commentary by the Jesuits of Coimbra. Admittedly, the Coimbra commentary constituted an exception, as the Jesuit college that produced it was integrated in a royal university which had a strong interest in educating physicians. It will be claimed that the exclusion of medicine at Jesuit universities and colleges had its origin in rather incidental events in the course of the foundation of the first Jesuit university in Sicily. There, the lay professors of law and medicine intended to avoid subordination to the Jesuits and thereby provoked a conflict which finally led the Jesuit administration to refrain from including faculties of medicine and law in Jesuit universities. Towards the end of the sixteenth century, a veritable Jesuit animosity towards medicine emerged for philosophical and pedagogical reasons. This development reflects educational concerns within the Society as well as the role of commentaries on Aristotle for early-modern learning.


scholarly journals Racism as a Workload and Bargaining Issue

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita Kaur Dhamoon
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Collective Bargaining ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
College Campuses ◽  
Black Faculty ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
University College

My main contention is that racism should be read beyond the registers of discrimination, human rights, or harassment – rather, I approach racism as a workload issue that labour organizations and employers need to address at the level of collective bargaining. To illustrate this argument, I focus on racism and workload as it relates to Black faculty, faculty of colour, and Indigenous faculty in universities and colleges in Canada, although the argument can be applied to other job types and other places. While many unions have policies and statements in support of local, national and international anti-racist struggles, the idea of racism as a workload issue has not been seriously taken up by unions/associations, or for that matter by anti-racist activists on university/college campuses. I offer reasons why racism is a workload issue, and consider the potential role of unions in addressing racism.

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