Getting Smart
Getting Smart

Author: Tom Vander Ark

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-09-20

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1118115872

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A comprehensive look at the promise and potential of online learning In our digital age, students have dramatically new learning needs and must be prepared for the idea economy of the future. In Getting Smart, well-known global education expert Tom Vander Ark examines the facets of educational innovation in the United States and abroad. Vander Ark makes a convincing case for a blend of online and onsite learning, shares inspiring stories of schools and programs that effectively offer "personal digital learning" opportunities, and discusses what we need to do to remake our schools into "smart schools." Examines the innovation-driven world, discusses how to combine online and onsite learning, and reviews "smart tools" for learning Investigates the lives of learning professionals, outlines the new employment bargain, examines online universities and "smart schools" Makes the case for smart capital, advocates for policies that create better learning, studies smart cultures

Know That You Are Worthy
Know That You Are Worthy

Author: Adam J. Rodríguez

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2023-02-02

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1538162423

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Thirty-one alumni who were the first in their family to obtain a college degree share their experiences as first-generation students in this noteworthy new text. Their stories illuminate how the struggles of first-generation students are primarily due to a combination of multiple social inequities that are ignored, reinforced, and perpetuated by exclusive college systems. Speaking directly to current and future first-generation students, the authors offer tips and advice for success, along with powerful words of encouragement. Faculty and staff will also benefit from reading this book, as the authors describe a more equitable system in which universities are enriched by the wisdom, experiences, and talents of first-generation students while promoting a generative culture for all learners.

The Privileged Poor
The Privileged Poor

Author: Anthony Abraham Jack

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 2019-03-01

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0674239660

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An NPR Favorite Book of the Year “Breaks new ground on social and educational questions of great import.” —Washington Post “An essential work, humane and candid, that challenges and expands our understanding of the lives of contemporary college students.” —Paul Tough, author of Helping Children Succeed “Eye-opening...Brings home the pain and reality of on-campus poverty and puts the blame squarely on elite institutions.” —Washington Post “Jack’s investigation redirects attention from the matter of access to the matter of inclusion...His book challenges universities to support the diversity they indulge in advertising.” —New Yorker The Ivy League looks different than it used to. College presidents and deans of admission have opened their doors—and their coffers—to support a more diverse student body. But is it enough just to admit these students? In this bracing exposé, Anthony Jack shows that many students’ struggles continue long after they’ve settled in their dorms. Admission, they quickly learn, is not the same as acceptance. This powerfully argued book documents how university policies and campus culture can exacerbate preexisting inequalities and reveals why some students are harder hit than others.

The Early College High School Graduate
The Early College High School Graduate

Author: JoDee L. Woodcock

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13:

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This qualitative study examined the social and academic experiences of early college high school graduates in postsecondary environments. The study's findings were derived from three structured student interviews, a focus group, and a survey. These methods of gathering data were used to gain insight into the academic and social experiences of early college high school graduates. A current trend for institutions of secondary education is to provide opportunity for high school graduates to enter higher education with previously earned college credits. "Early college is a bold approach, based on the principle that academic rigor, combined with the opportunity to save time and money, is a powerful motivator for students to work hard and meet serious intellectual challenges" (Early College High School Initiative, 2008). Although a noble intention opening the door to higher education for at-risk and socioeconomically disadvantaged students, ECHS has some educators questioning the impact of diminishing crucial developmental timelines, associated with this accelerated program. The voices of these graduates were heard and it was determined that these early college students felt that their experiences as participants of ECHS positively impacted their academic and social experiences at the post-secondary level. However, graduates attested to the great amount of sacrifice and determination the early college program demanded and cautioned that not every student may be prepared for the demands of an early college program.