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Tim’s Tips: Creating an Environment That Helps Adult Students Succeed
Creating an Environment That Helps Adult Students Succeed April 17, 2013, 3:11 pm The Chronicle of Higher Education By Beckie Supiano San Francisco — Adult students are an unrecognized minority group at traditional colleges. Not only are there fewer students who fall into that category, but the institutions have been set up to serve a [...]
Tim’s Tips: Romney Attributes Loss in Part to Obama ‘Gifts’ to Students
Romney Attributes Loss in Part to Obama ‘Gifts’ to Students Inside Higher Education November 15, 2012 – 3:00am In a conference call with his major donors on Wednesday, Governor Mitt Romney attributed his presidential campaign loss in part to President Obama’s “gifts” to various voting groups, including students, The New York Times reported. Romney cited [...]
Tim’s Tips: Gender, Generations, and Faculty Conflict
November 19, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Gender, Generations, and Faculty Conflict Will academe’s mothers and daughters repeat the errors of its fathers and sons? By Caroline Walker Bynum “What was it about the 60s, Mom?” my daughter asked. The question made me think, for my daughter’s puzzlement didn’t seem like my own childhood [...]
Tim’s Tips: Episode 44: Mom Goes Back to College, at 1980s Tuition
Episode 44: Mom Goes Back to College, at 1980s Tuition November 12, 2012, 10:36 pm The Chronicle of Higher Education By Caitlin Peterkin In this episode, we hear from Joy Wildes (right), a 43-year-old student at Lipscomb University, in Nashville. Through its Turn Back Tuition program, she is paying the same rate as when she [...]
Tim’s Tips: Old, Boring, White, and Mean: How Professors Appear on the Small Screen
November 12, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Old, Boring, White, and Mean: How Professors Appear on the Small Screen By Jenny Rogers Señor Ben Chang taught a Spanish course on the television show Community in which he called his students “morons.” George Feeny, a quintessential old-school teacher and professor on Boy Meets World, refused [...]
Tim’s Tips: Defying Expectations, Half of Young Voters Cast Ballots, 60% for Obama
November 7, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Defying Expectations, Half of Young Voters Cast Ballots, 60% for Obama In some battleground states, tallies show, their ballots were decisive factors in the president’s victory By Sara Lipka Despite expectations that young voters wouldn’t turn out for this year’s election, they participated at nearly as high [...]
Tim’s Tips: Report: Record Shares of Young People Earning Degrees
Report: Record Shares of Young People Earning Degrees Inside Higher Education November 6, 2012 – 3:00am Record shares of young adults are enrolling in college and completing degrees there, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center. The report, based on newly available U.S. Census data, says that in 2012, one-third of [...]
Tim’s Tips: Youngest Voters Favor Obama but Are Uneasy With Politics, Poll Finds
Youngest Voters Favor Obama but Are Uneasy With Politics, Poll Finds October 17, 2012, 3:00 pm The Chronicle of Higher Education By Libby Sander On the eve of the next presidential election, young Americans are showing far less enthusiasm for voting—and much greater skepticism about the political process—than they did four years ago, according to [...]
Tim’s Tips: The New ‘Traditional Student’
October 15, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education The New ‘Traditional Student’ By Rob Jenkins Over the past couple of years, as I’ve traveled around the country talking to graduate students about community-college careers, I’ve had the pleasure of visiting some of America’s finest campuses…. (Note: May require subscription.) http://chronicle.com/article/The-New-Traditional-on/135012/?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Tim’s Tips: Why Some Academics Publish More
Why Some Academics Publish More Inside Higher Education September 27, 2012 – 3:00am By Matthew Reisz for Times Higher Education Motivation and the ability to network have a far greater impact on research productivity than age, gender, job satisfaction, managerial support or teaching load…. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/09/27/new-analysis-factors-associated-academics-publishing-more-others
