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Tag Archives: higher education
(#311) Grade Inflation: Have We Arrived In Lake Wobegon?
Grade inflation/distortion has consequences for self-efficacy, self-awareness, and self-competence. For most colleges and universities around the nation, graduation time has arrived. Professors have evaluated the final exams, grades have been submitted, and students anxiously await their grades. Or, more to … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, adjunct faculty, Appropriate Behavior, assumptions, awareness, college retention, confidence, courage, Dreams, Education, education reform, emotional intelligence, Grit, Integrity, Life lessons, Personal growth
Tagged adjunct faculty, college faculty, grade distortion, grade inflation, higher education, integrity, responsibility, self-awareness, self-competence, self-efficacy, teacher evaluations
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(#196) On Collegiality and Collaboration: Reflections from San Diego
It takes more than exchanging an email address or a business card to build meaningful connections. It’s early morning and I’m sitting in the San Diego airport as I write this week’s blog. For the past few days I had … Continue reading
(#178) Empowering Our Students
Measuring long-term outcomes instead of only checking off short-term activities will help us with long-term solutions rather than short-term dependency. In education we need to focus on outcomes, empowerment and efficacy. I have often shared with people how the social … Continue reading
Posted in community development, Education, reslience
Tagged community development, empowerment, growth, higher education, reslience
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