The Undergraduate

Author : Peter Felten,John N. Gardner,Charles C. Schroeder,Leo M. Lambert,Betsy O. Barefoot,Freeman A. Hrabowski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781119050742

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The Undergraduate Experience by Peter Felten,John N. Gardner,Charles C. Schroeder,Leo M. Lambert,Betsy O. Barefoot,Freeman A. Hrabowski Pdf

A clear, practical framework for getting higher education back on track The Undergraduate Experience is a guide for significantly improving student learning and institutional performance in the rapidly changing world of higher education. Written by recognized experts in undergraduate education, this book encourages college and university leaders to rethink current practices that fragment the student experience, and to focus on creating powerful, integrated undergraduate learning for all students. Drawing from their own deep experience and the latest research, the authors reveal key principles that enable institutional change and enhance student outcomes in any higher education setting. Coverage includes high-impact practices for engagement, the importance of strategic leadership, the necessity of setting and maintaining high expectations, and insight on fostering excellence through systematic planning. Through its core themes and action principles, this book can be a valuable resource for faculty, staff, administrators, and governing boards at all types of postsecondary institutions. The book provides a practical framework for achieving excellence in undergraduate education by focusing on: Learning Relationships Expectations Alignment Improvement Leadership The value of an undergraduate education is under greater scrutiny than ever before, and campus leaders must be able to convey the value of their institutions to students, boards, donors, and legislators. Is a college or university degree worth the increasing cost? Are today's students academically adrift? What's the difference between a degree and an education? Responding to these questions requires focused action by individuals and institutions. The Undergraduate Experience offers practical guidance for creating and sustaining excellence in the face of disruption and change in higher education.

Author : E. Scott Lloyd
Publisher : Liberty Island
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1947942328

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The Undergraduate by E. Scott Lloyd Pdf

The rule for students at Montpelier is simple: party hard; nurse your hangover, and graduate into your place in America's best and brightest. But Will Ferguson is not one for rules. When he drinks, he goes all out - generally until he blacks out, leading to many escapades he can brag about later. No big deal...except one night's drunken bender ends with a very unwanted pregnancy for Kristen, Will's occasional friend-with-benefits.A typical college life of wild campus parties, morning after remorse, a semester abroad in Italy, and high expectations comes to a crashing halt as Will must come to grips with Kristen's reluctant and pained decision to have an abortion -- and for his part in bringing her to such desperation. Crushed and lost, he turns, haltingly, to the Catholic faith that he has ignored since childhood. The Undergraduate is Less Than Zero for the Millennial generation - a painfully relatable tale of how privileged youth can be torn asunder by the sudden intrusion of adult responsibility and burning questions of moral culpability. Will's journey stands in for the struggle so many who are raised with impossibly high standards for success, a sad tolerance for delayed adulthood, and a shallow sense of morality. Will's search for redemption is not just personal; it's the hero quest of an entire generation.

Author : Dona S. Straley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313058882

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The Undergraduate's Companion to Arab Writers and Their Web Sites by Dona S. Straley Pdf

This companion provides information on the lives and works of about 150 authors who write primarily in Arabic, covering the first known works of Arabic literature in the 5th and 6th centuries A.D. to the present day. While concentrating on literary authors, writers from the fields of history, geography, and philosophy are also represented. The individuals represented were chosen primarily from the Encyclopedia of Arabic Literature. Among the major authors are Najib Mahfuz, the 1988 Nobel laureate; Nawal Saadawi, the Egyptian physician who is the leading female literary author in the Arab world and the most frequently translated into English; Abu al-Ala' al-Ma'arri, the 11th century poet whose verses are taught to every Arab schoolchild; and Avicenna, the great physician and philosopher, transmitter and interpreter of Aristotle, whose work on medicine was long the standard not only in the Middle East but also (in Latin translation) in Europe. In addition, entries will be included for the anonymous romances so common in Arabic literature, such as The Arabian Nights, a cycle of stories perhaps even better known in the West than in the Arab world. Interest in the history and culture of the Arab world at U.S. universities has taken a quantum leap since the events of September 11, 2001. In this book, the author demonstrates that at least three major, distinct literary and cultural traditions are included within the fields of Middle Eastern and Islamic studies—Arabic, Persian, and Turkic. The Arabic tradition is the oldest, largest, and most widely dispersed. Undergraduate courses in Arabic literature and culture are now being taught at both lower- and upper-levels at many universities. Such courses are often used by undergraduates to fulfill basic educational requirements for their degrees. Students in such courses often have difficulty finding information on Arab writers, and this volume fills the void.

Author : Charles Chester Cole
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Universities and colleges
ISBN : IND:30000089367647

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Flexibility in the Undergraduate Curriculum by Charles Chester Cole Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Brewer,Anthony C. Ogden
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000980554

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Education Abroad and the Undergraduate Experience by Elizabeth Brewer,Anthony C. Ogden Pdf

Co-published with This volume focuses on two questions. First, how can education abroad be embedded into undergraduate education so that students experience it as an integral component of their education and something they help shape, rather than as time away from their education and as a commodity to be consumed? Second, how can colleges and universities maximize the educational value of education abroad by forging stronger connections between it and other undergraduate experiences? The volume argues that learning abroad be positioned within the work of the larger institution and students’ overall education.Organized within three sections, this volume makes the case that learning abroad must be positioned within the work of the larger institution and students’ overall education. In doing so, it questions many current assumptions and stimulates thinking about the power of an integrative approach to education abroad to lead to lasting educative value. An integrative approach requires that students be afforded multiple opportunities and ongoing support to draw connections with their learning abroad with other dimensions of their undergraduate education.Chapters cover topics such as the additive value of integrating multiple HIPs with education abroad to span disciplinary boundaries and promote an array of soft or operational skills; the importance of maintaining the disruptive quality of the encounter with the foreign to enrich study at home; issues of commodification and reciprocity; increasing access to study abroad to community college--particularly adult--populations; facilitating students’ social and intellectual development, identity formation, and reflective practice; rethinking orientation programming to emphasize the continuity of learning pre-, during- and post-education abroad; asking fundamental questions about the purpose of education abroad to rethink assessment and its purposes; the faculty role in the internationalization of the curriculum; and developing more intentional relationships with in-field partners and international educational organizations to more effectively connect leaning abroad with other dimensions of undergraduate education.For everyone involved in international education – whether SIOs, faculty, department chairs or deans – the critical questions and new perspectives offered here will inform and shape the growing movement to integrate education abroad with the overall undergraduate experience.

Author : Julie Barnes,Jessica M. Libertini
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781470448011

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Tactile Learning Activities in Mathematics by Julie Barnes,Jessica M. Libertini Pdf

Q: What do feather boas, cookies, and paper shredders have in common? A: They are all ingredients that have the potential to help your undergraduate students understand a variety of mathematical concepts. In this book, 43 faculty from a wide range of institutional settings share a total of 64 hands-on activities that allow students to physically engage with mathematical ideas ranging from the basics of precalculus to special topics appropriate for upper-level courses. Each learning activity is presented in an easy-to-read recipe format that includes a list of supplies; a narrative briefly describing the reasons, logistics, and helpful hints for running the activity; and a page that can be used as a handout in class. Purchase of the book also includes access to electronic printable versions of the handouts. With so many activities, it might be hard to decide where to start. For that reason, there are four indices to help the reader navigate this book: a concept index, a course index, an [Author]; index, and a main ingredient index. In addition to providing activities for precalculus, calculus, commonly required mathematics courses for majors, and more specialized upper-level electives, there is also a section describing how to modify many of the activities to fit into a liberal arts mathematics class. Whether you are new to using hands-on activities in class or are more experienced, the [Author];s hope that this book will encourage and inspire you to explore the possibilities of using more hands-on activities in your classes. Bon appetit!

Author : Syracuse University. School of Social Work
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Social work education
ISBN : MINN:30000011645714

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Undergraduate Social Work Education for Practice by Syracuse University. School of Social Work Pdf

Author : Kirsten Malmkjær
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027216657

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Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes by Kirsten Malmkjær Pdf

This book brings together an international team of leading translation teachers and researchers to address concerns that are central in translation pedagogy. The authors address the location and weighting in translation curricula of learning and training, theory and practice, and the relationships between the profession, its practitioners, its professors and scholars. They explore the concepts of translator competence, skills and capacities and two papers report empirical studies designed to explore effects of the use of translation in language teaching. These are complemented by papers on student achievement and attitudes to translation in programmes that are not primarily designed with prospective translators in mind, and by papers that discuss language teaching within dedicated translation programmes. The introduction and the closing paper consider some causes and consequences of the odd relationships that speakers of English have to other languages, to translation and ultimately, perhaps, to their "own" language.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382501136

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The Oxford Undergraduate by Anonymous Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Ruth J. Palmer,Deborah L. Thompson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000541403

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Conducting Undergraduate Research in Education by Ruth J. Palmer,Deborah L. Thompson Pdf

This book offers a student-focused guide to conducting undergraduate research in education and education-related programs, engaging students in the process of learning through research, and supporting them to navigate their multidimensional academic programs. Written for undergraduate students in teacher education programs, the book features a range of leading voices in the field who offer a step-by-step guide to all elements of the research process: from conducting a literature review and choosing a research topic, to collecting data and building a research community with peers and mentors. Ultimately, volume editors Ruth J. Palmer and Deborah L. Thompson help model the competencies that students need to succeed, including complex thinking, strategic design, modeling, and persistent iterative practice, while demonstrating how conducting research can help students develop as deep thinkers, courageous researchers, and active participants in their communities of practice. Offering strategic approaches, support, and guidance, this book demonstrates the wider importance of undergraduate research in informing educational practice and policy, as well as understanding schools beyond the classroom context, encouraging active engagement and continued learning progression.

Author : Matthew A. Pons
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-25
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781461496380

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Real Analysis for the Undergraduate by Matthew A. Pons Pdf

This undergraduate textbook introduces students to the basics of real analysis, provides an introduction to more advanced topics including measure theory and Lebesgue integration, and offers an invitation to functional analysis. While these advanced topics are not typically encountered until graduate study, the text is designed for the beginner. The author’s engaging style makes advanced topics approachable without sacrificing rigor. The text also consistently encourages the reader to pick up a pencil and take an active part in the learning process. Key features include: - examples to reinforce theory; - thorough explanations preceding definitions, theorems and formal proofs; - illustrations to support intuition; - over 450 exercises designed to develop connections between the concrete and abstract. This text takes students on a journey through the basics of real analysis and provides those who wish to delve deeper the opportunity to experience mathematical ideas that are beyond the standard undergraduate curriculum.

Author : Michael Dorff,Allison Henrich,Lara Pudwell
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-16
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781470449346

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A Mathematician’s Practical Guide to Mentoring Undergraduate Research by Michael Dorff,Allison Henrich,Lara Pudwell Pdf

A Mathematician's Practical Guide to Mentoring Undergraduate Research is a complete how-to manual on starting an undergraduate research program. Readers will find advice on setting appropriate problems, directing student progress, managing group dynamics, obtaining external funding, publishing student results, and a myriad of other relevant issues. The authors have decades of experience and have accumulated knowledge that other mathematicians will find extremely useful.

Author : Dana S. Dunn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780199933822

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The Oxford Handbook of Undergraduate Psychology Education by Dana S. Dunn Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Undergraduate Psychology Education is dedicated to providing comprehensive coverage of teaching, pedagogy, and professional issues in psychology. The Handbook is designed to help psychology educators at each stage of their careers, from teaching their first courses and developing their careers to serving as department or program administrators. The goal of the Handbook is to provide teachers, educators, researchers, scholars, and administrators in psychology with current, practical advice on course creation, best practices in psychology pedagogy, course content recommendations, teaching methods and classroom management strategies, advice on student advising, and administrative and professional issues, such as managing one's career, chairing the department, organizing the curriculum, and conducting assessment, among other topics. The primary audience for this Handbook is college and university-level psychology teachers (at both two and four-year institutions) at the assistant, associate, and full professor levels, as well as department chairs and other psychology program administrators, who want to improve teaching and learning within their departments. Faculty members in other social science disciplines (e.g., sociology, education, political science) will find material in the Handbook to be applicable or adaptable to their own programs and courses.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015042992316

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Shaping the Future: Perspectives on undergraduate education in science, mathematics, engineering, and technology by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tania S. Smith
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780739179338

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Undergraduate Curricular Peer Mentoring Programs by Tania S. Smith Pdf

Curricular peer mentoring is a programmatic approach to enrich student learning and engagement in postsecondary courses in which instructors welcome a more experienced undergraduate student into a credit course they are teaching. The student then serves as peer mentor to the students enrolled. Peer mentors can provide a variety of peer-appropriate, course-specific mentoring, tutoring, facilitation and leadership roles and activities that complement the roles of the course’s instructor and teaching assistants both in classroom settings and beyond. A program provides training and ongoing support for a larger number of peer mentors and instructional teams and manages recruitment and program research and quality. This volume provides research findings, definitions, theories, and practical program descriptions as a foundation for program development and research of undergraduate curricular peer mentoring programs in higher education. This work builds on a long history of higher education program development and collects a significant amount of literature that has previously been scattered.