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Although students think they are prepared for college-level courses, Koch says the difficulty still catches them by surprise.
"We asked 14,000 freshmen about their first year in college, and as a group they all said they didn't know they'd have to work as hard as they did," Koch says. "What was interesting was that they said this regardless of whether they had been successful."
John Gardner, author of "Your College Experience: Strategies for Success," the academic work "The Freshman Year Experience: Helping Students Survive and Succeed in College," and a senior fellow at the National Resource Center on the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, says simply leaving home is harder for students than they realize.
"Homesickness is a factor, particularly for men," Gardner says. "Believe it or not, men adjust less well to leaving home than women do. Men tend to be less mature at age 18 than women."
Koch and Gardner agree that students must focus on both the social aspects of fitting in at college as well as stepping up their academic efforts. They offer these tips for making a successful transition:
- Make friends with people who share similar goals
"The first item on your to-do list should be to make friends," Koch says. "Not to party, but to make relationships with your peers. You should attend as many orientation activities as possible, and if your school has an academic learning community where students in similar majors are housed together, you should join that. There, you'll find students who are going through the same things, taking the same classes. As I tell students, serendipity is too important to leave to chance."
Gardner points out that the single biggest influence on students is other students. "You should pay attention to who you associate with because you are going to become like them. If they like to party every night, you will, too."
- Don't go home for as long as you can
Although students may think that going home on weekends and staying in touch with high school friends is a way to ease the adjustment, the experts say the opposite is true.
"We have research that shows the more frequently you go home the less likely you are to survive the first year," Gardner says. "The worst thing you can do is stay in your room and text old friends from high school about what you are going to do that weekend."
- Join a club or group
Research has shown that students who joined at least one co-curricular activity were more likely to be successful in their freshman year.
"This is part of finding people who share your interests," Koch says. "This gives you a reason to be on campus on the weekends and gives you a group of new friends to enjoy. You have to find your niche, but it's also a great opportunity to try new things."
- Take care of your physical health, including managing stress
The enormous amount of life change that accompanies the transition to college produces stress, and often students try to deal with it in ways that actually increases the stress - by sleeping less, eating more or drinking alcohol.
"Overeating and drinking alcohol are not only damaging to your health, but they also lower a student's self-esteem," Gardner says.
- Go to class and do the homework
"Academics should be your first priority," Koch says. "This is why finding friends in your classes or through learning communities is important for student success. They'll literally drag each other out of bed to attend class."
Koch and Gardner point out that even the best high school students find they need to learn new academic behaviors in college.
"Students may be brilliant, so they never had to study in high school or really pay attention in class," Koch says. "They can find themselves on academic probation at the end of their first semester in college. They need to know they have to go to class, take good notes and read the assigned materials, even if they could get good grades without doing that before."
- Attend help sessions
In high school, help sessions may have been seen as unnecessary and may have even carried a stigma. University freshmen need to quickly understand that college is different.
"Students have to learn a new set of rules about getting help," Gardner says. "No one is going to tell your parents, and it doesn't mean you are a bad student or person. Ironically, it's the top students, the real fast burners, who seek out help first."
"Asking for help in college is like the old joke about voting in Chicago: Do it early and often."
This fall Purdue launched an online program called Signals that encourages students to seek help and recommends appropriate steps to take. Signals alerts students with a red, yellow or green stoplight when they log into their courses, depending on their predicted success, and sends the students messages from their instructor about how to improve.
"Signals offers a host of interventions," Koch says. "It alerts them when they are not being as successful as they could be, and it helps students make connections with teaching assistants or study groups."
- Maintain your personal standards
Life away from home has many opportunities and temptations, and many of these are exaggerated by immature peers. Students who put their personal values at risk can damage their self-esteem, which will have an impact on their college career. Poor decisions about drinking alcohol, sexual relationships or overspending and credit card debt can put students at risk.
"Students are going to be confronted with choices about doing things to belong, and they should not compromise their values," Gardner says. "If they do compromise their values, this can cause tremendous damage to their self-esteem."
- Parents should be prepared for a text or e-mail message saying things aren't going well
Parents have a role to play in students' success, too, Koch says, although it is less direct than when the students were in high school.
"You have to allow the student to grow and to let go, but not let go completely," Koch says. "Read the resource material for parents the college provides so that if the student calls and says they are struggling, you can offer good information about resources as well as emotional support. Both are important."
"We asked 14,000 freshmen about their first year in college, and as a group they all said they didn't know they'd have to work as hard as they did," Koch says. "What was interesting was that they said this regardless of whether they had been successful."
John Gardner, author of "Your College Experience: Strategies for Success," the academic work "The Freshman Year Experience: Helping Students Survive and Succeed in College," and a senior fellow at the National Resource Center on the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, says simply leaving home is harder for students than they realize.
"Homesickness is a factor, particularly for men," Gardner says. "Believe it or not, men adjust less well to leaving home than women do. Men tend to be less mature at age 18 than women."
Koch and Gardner agree that students must focus on both the social aspects of fitting in at college as well as stepping up their academic efforts. They offer these tips for making a successful transition:
- Make friends with people who share similar goals
"The first item on your to-do list should be to make friends," Koch says. "Not to party, but to make relationships with your peers. You should attend as many orientation activities as possible, and if your school has an academic learning community where students in similar majors are housed together, you should join that. There, you'll find students who are going through the same things, taking the same classes. As I tell students, serendipity is too important to leave to chance."
Gardner points out that the single biggest influence on students is other students. "You should pay attention to who you associate with because you are going to become like them. If they like to party every night, you will, too."
- Don't go home for as long as you can
Although students may think that going home on weekends and staying in touch with high school friends is a way to ease the adjustment, the experts say the opposite is true.
"We have research that shows the more frequently you go home the less likely you are to survive the first year," Gardner says. "The worst thing you can do is stay in your room and text old friends from high school about what you are going to do that weekend."
- Join a club or group
Research has shown that students who joined at least one co-curricular activity were more likely to be successful in their freshman year.
"This is part of finding people who share your interests," Koch says. "This gives you a reason to be on campus on the weekends and gives you a group of new friends to enjoy. You have to find your niche, but it's also a great opportunity to try new things."
- Take care of your physical health, including managing stress
The enormous amount of life change that accompanies the transition to college produces stress, and often students try to deal with it in ways that actually increases the stress - by sleeping less, eating more or drinking alcohol.
"Overeating and drinking alcohol are not only damaging to your health, but they also lower a student's self-esteem," Gardner says.
- Go to class and do the homework
"Academics should be your first priority," Koch says. "This is why finding friends in your classes or through learning communities is important for student success. They'll literally drag each other out of bed to attend class."
Koch and Gardner point out that even the best high school students find they need to learn new academic behaviors in college.
"Students may be brilliant, so they never had to study in high school or really pay attention in class," Koch says. "They can find themselves on academic probation at the end of their first semester in college. They need to know they have to go to class, take good notes and read the assigned materials, even if they could get good grades without doing that before."
- Attend help sessions
In high school, help sessions may have been seen as unnecessary and may have even carried a stigma. University freshmen need to quickly understand that college is different.
"Students have to learn a new set of rules about getting help," Gardner says. "No one is going to tell your parents, and it doesn't mean you are a bad student or person. Ironically, it's the top students, the real fast burners, who seek out help first."
"Asking for help in college is like the old joke about voting in Chicago: Do it early and often."
This fall Purdue launched an online program called Signals that encourages students to seek help and recommends appropriate steps to take. Signals alerts students with a red, yellow or green stoplight when they log into their courses, depending on their predicted success, and sends the students messages from their instructor about how to improve.
"Signals offers a host of interventions," Koch says. "It alerts them when they are not being as successful as they could be, and it helps students make connections with teaching assistants or study groups."
- Maintain your personal standards
Life away from home has many opportunities and temptations, and many of these are exaggerated by immature peers. Students who put their personal values at risk can damage their self-esteem, which will have an impact on their college career. Poor decisions about drinking alcohol, sexual relationships or overspending and credit card debt can put students at risk.
"Students are going to be confronted with choices about doing things to belong, and they should not compromise their values," Gardner says. "If they do compromise their values, this can cause tremendous damage to their self-esteem."
- Parents should be prepared for a text or e-mail message saying things aren't going well
Parents have a role to play in students' success, too, Koch says, although it is less direct than when the students were in high school.
"You have to allow the student to grow and to let go, but not let go completely," Koch says. "Read the resource material for parents the college provides so that if the student calls and says they are struggling, you can offer good information about resources as well as emotional support. Both are important."
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Check list for college
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August 27, 2009, 4:15 pm
Checklists for Parents of College Students
By Lisa Belkin
Among the emails responding to my post about sending your son to college were two lists.
The first is from Houston Dougharty, vice-president for Student Affairs at Grinnell College, who has spent much of his 24-year career advising parents on how to prepare their children (and themselves) for this new chapter.
There are five things you must talk about before your kids leave (or shortly thereafter, if you read this and feel the need to play catch up…) he writes:
What’s the communication plan? Given the many easy ways we can communicate these days (cell phone, texting, Twitter, e-mail, etc.), students and their parents should agree on how –- and how often –- they will communicate during the school year. Determining this in advance can help keep parents informed and connected, while fostering the student’s sense of independence –- a critical step in the early days of a new college experience.
Who sees the grades? College students’ records are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). It restricts institutions from releasing grades and other educational records without a student’s written permission. Students and parents should discuss what level of disclosure is mutually expected and acceptable, as well as what campus policies address this matter and what releases may need to be signed.
What about sex, drugs and alcohol? Many students have experimented with these while in high school, but for some, there will be new temptations. Fortunately, this generation of students tends to be open to advice and feedback from their parents about these critical issues. Success in the first year of college is often linked to a student’s capacity to make good social choices.
How to manage all this time and freedom? Few high school seniors have had to be fully responsible for waking up, getting to meals, scheduling study and work and creating their own curfew. Good habits for using tools like alarm clocks, day-planners and calendars don’t come naturally. Also, when the winter holiday break brings students back home for a few weeks, do the old high school years’ rules still apply?
Whose experience is this, really? Families need to have a plan for taking advantage of campus information and resources so that parents are confident their children are enjoying a positive learning environment while allowing them to create their own college experiences and advocate for themselves.
The second is from Kiplinger.com, and includes “Ten Things College Students Don’t Need.” You can read the complete list here. It includes:
New textbooks. To avoid paying unfathomable new-book prices, see whether your university offers a rental program — such services are most often available for the school’s core-curriculum and prerequisite classes. Or rent from a Web site such as Chegg.com, where you can save up to 85%. Order the book for a one-time fee — for example, about $60 plus shipping for a $180 calculus book — keep it for a semester, then return it with free shipping, or you could buy it. (Chegg even plants a tree for every book you rent.)
You could also head to the used-book lot. BigWords.com searches the Web for the best prices on used textbooks. Always search for a book using its ISBN number — not just the title — to make sure you’re getting the right book and the right edition. Also check with professors about peripheral materials that come packaged with textbooks, which used books may be missing.
Printer. Here’s what you can save by skipping this unnecessary item: about $50 for a printer, $30 for replacement ink and $9 for a pack of paper. For about $10, your child could buy a flash drive instead, save his 20-page term paper on it and print the paper in the campus computer lab, which you may already be paying for. Some schools include a technology fee in room and board costs — $100 per semester in some cases.
Cable TV. These days, you don’t have to foot a hefty cable bill when your child can catch the latest movies and TV shows online. Hulu.com, Veoh.com and Fancast.com let you download current TV shows for free. The movies offered on these sites are slightly old, but you can get a Netflix DVD-rental subscription for as little as $5 a month. For $9 a month, you get unlimited DVD rentals, plus on-demand streaming to your computer or TV through a Web-enabled device, such as an Xbox 360 or a TiVo HD.
A credit card. The average freshman amassed more than $2,000 in credit-card debt during the 2007-08 academic year. Starting in February 2010, Uncle Sam will try to help rein in that first-year frivolity with stricter credit-card rules: Anyone younger than 21 will need to prove his or her ability to repay any debts or have a parent (or someone else 21 or older) co-sign card applications.
Before the new rules kick in, help your student stay in the black by telling him not to get a credit card until he’s proven that he’s responsible with his money. Talk with him about finances and get him started using a debit card.
Big meal plan. Brain food is important, but avoid loading up your child’s meal account with enough money to feed the football team by researching the campus rules carefully. Each university has its own meal plan, whether set up for a certain number of meals per day or a certain amount of money per semester. Often, the money does not roll over from year to year — if you don’t use the money, you lose it. Best to start low and see how much your student uses. Many colleges will give you the opportunity to replenish the meal plan midyear.
You could also supplement your kid’s meal plan with gift cards to the local grocery (or the local pizza joint). Or you can buy gift cards at GiftCertificates.com.
August 27, 2009, 4:15 pm
Checklists for Parents of College Students
By Lisa Belkin
Among the emails responding to my post about sending your son to college were two lists.
The first is from Houston Dougharty, vice-president for Student Affairs at Grinnell College, who has spent much of his 24-year career advising parents on how to prepare their children (and themselves) for this new chapter.
There are five things you must talk about before your kids leave (or shortly thereafter, if you read this and feel the need to play catch up…) he writes:
What’s the communication plan? Given the many easy ways we can communicate these days (cell phone, texting, Twitter, e-mail, etc.), students and their parents should agree on how –- and how often –- they will communicate during the school year. Determining this in advance can help keep parents informed and connected, while fostering the student’s sense of independence –- a critical step in the early days of a new college experience.
Who sees the grades? College students’ records are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). It restricts institutions from releasing grades and other educational records without a student’s written permission. Students and parents should discuss what level of disclosure is mutually expected and acceptable, as well as what campus policies address this matter and what releases may need to be signed.
What about sex, drugs and alcohol? Many students have experimented with these while in high school, but for some, there will be new temptations. Fortunately, this generation of students tends to be open to advice and feedback from their parents about these critical issues. Success in the first year of college is often linked to a student’s capacity to make good social choices.
How to manage all this time and freedom? Few high school seniors have had to be fully responsible for waking up, getting to meals, scheduling study and work and creating their own curfew. Good habits for using tools like alarm clocks, day-planners and calendars don’t come naturally. Also, when the winter holiday break brings students back home for a few weeks, do the old high school years’ rules still apply?
Whose experience is this, really? Families need to have a plan for taking advantage of campus information and resources so that parents are confident their children are enjoying a positive learning environment while allowing them to create their own college experiences and advocate for themselves.
The second is from Kiplinger.com, and includes “Ten Things College Students Don’t Need.” You can read the complete list here. It includes:
New textbooks. To avoid paying unfathomable new-book prices, see whether your university offers a rental program — such services are most often available for the school’s core-curriculum and prerequisite classes. Or rent from a Web site such as Chegg.com, where you can save up to 85%. Order the book for a one-time fee — for example, about $60 plus shipping for a $180 calculus book — keep it for a semester, then return it with free shipping, or you could buy it. (Chegg even plants a tree for every book you rent.)
You could also head to the used-book lot. BigWords.com searches the Web for the best prices on used textbooks. Always search for a book using its ISBN number — not just the title — to make sure you’re getting the right book and the right edition. Also check with professors about peripheral materials that come packaged with textbooks, which used books may be missing.
Printer. Here’s what you can save by skipping this unnecessary item: about $50 for a printer, $30 for replacement ink and $9 for a pack of paper. For about $10, your child could buy a flash drive instead, save his 20-page term paper on it and print the paper in the campus computer lab, which you may already be paying for. Some schools include a technology fee in room and board costs — $100 per semester in some cases.
Cable TV. These days, you don’t have to foot a hefty cable bill when your child can catch the latest movies and TV shows online. Hulu.com, Veoh.com and Fancast.com let you download current TV shows for free. The movies offered on these sites are slightly old, but you can get a Netflix DVD-rental subscription for as little as $5 a month. For $9 a month, you get unlimited DVD rentals, plus on-demand streaming to your computer or TV through a Web-enabled device, such as an Xbox 360 or a TiVo HD.
A credit card. The average freshman amassed more than $2,000 in credit-card debt during the 2007-08 academic year. Starting in February 2010, Uncle Sam will try to help rein in that first-year frivolity with stricter credit-card rules: Anyone younger than 21 will need to prove his or her ability to repay any debts or have a parent (or someone else 21 or older) co-sign card applications.
Before the new rules kick in, help your student stay in the black by telling him not to get a credit card until he’s proven that he’s responsible with his money. Talk with him about finances and get him started using a debit card.
Big meal plan. Brain food is important, but avoid loading up your child’s meal account with enough money to feed the football team by researching the campus rules carefully. Each university has its own meal plan, whether set up for a certain number of meals per day or a certain amount of money per semester. Often, the money does not roll over from year to year — if you don’t use the money, you lose it. Best to start low and see how much your student uses. Many colleges will give you the opportunity to replenish the meal plan midyear.
You could also supplement your kid’s meal plan with gift cards to the local grocery (or the local pizza joint). Or you can buy gift cards at GiftCertificates.com.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Swine Flu Fears and Preparations Hit College Campuses -- Politics Daily
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/25/swine-flu-fears-and-preparations-hit-college-campuses/
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Monday, August 24, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
New Millenials
Our current crop of freshmen belong to the Millennium generation. When one is born does shape attitudes, and these young folk have grown up during the the War on Terror and many technological and economic changes. The experts say today's young people are confident, team-oriented, tolerant and inclusive. But she added with a smile that the experts also contend that this generation is also easily stressed, ambitious with unrealistic expectations, underprepared and overly reliant on their parents. But then, few students come to college well-prepared for the the rigors university life requires.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
ACT results
42 percent nationally are prepared for college-level algebra and 67 percent for English composition. Still, on the English test, 40 percent struggled or failed with some basic skills: using the correct adverb or adjective forms, using correct prepositions, and subject-verb agreement.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Hitting potholes and bumps?
Novelist Ellen Glasgow observed, “The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.”
Monday, August 17, 2009
Friday, August 14, 2009
Exciting Days
Our faculty come back Monday to plan and get prepared, our students begin to arrive Tuesday with move into the res halls, new faculty orientation will happen and a huge new student convocation and BBQ will cap the week before the semester begins. Summers long hard work pays off.All exciting each new year, I still feel the joy and trepidation of those first days on campus. Let the wild rumpus begin!
Book rentals news
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-13-2009/0005077334&EDATE=
Thursday, August 13, 2009
U Toledo's First Read Book
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16088311
Since 2003, when StoryCorps was launched, about 15,000 conversations have been recorded as part of the project.
"What StoryCorps is really about is the experience in the booth...," Isay tells Steve Inskeep. "It's about families taking the time to kind of turn off the computer screens, turn off their BlackBerrys and look each other in the eyes and tell them that they love them by listening."
Since 2003, when StoryCorps was launched, about 15,000 conversations have been recorded as part of the project.
"What StoryCorps is really about is the experience in the booth...," Isay tells Steve Inskeep. "It's about families taking the time to kind of turn off the computer screens, turn off their BlackBerrys and look each other in the eyes and tell them that they love them by listening."
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
4 learning tracks in the Academic Journey
Keystone courses in the Academic Journey
This is part of a ongoing project designed to help students throughout the university connect courses to urgent problems and possible solutions. By reframing elements of our curriculum at the core as well as at advanced levels, we can promote engagement, active learning, and integration among diverse disciplines in relation to issues—“themes”—that address and advance the faculty’s unique and substantial pursuit of our university’s mission to enhance our community and to inspire our students.
. The courses need to address——one of the four “themes.” That address can take the form of an assignment or project, film or guest lecturer. These themes can be addressed from multiple perspectives (humanities, arts, sciences, technical and professional). The themes are:
• Environments in Transition
• Health, Wellness, and Community
• Science and Sensibility: Ways of Knowing
• Sustainability
Thanks To Professor Pryor for his description here.
This is part of a ongoing project designed to help students throughout the university connect courses to urgent problems and possible solutions. By reframing elements of our curriculum at the core as well as at advanced levels, we can promote engagement, active learning, and integration among diverse disciplines in relation to issues—“themes”—that address and advance the faculty’s unique and substantial pursuit of our university’s mission to enhance our community and to inspire our students.
. The courses need to address——one of the four “themes.” That address can take the form of an assignment or project, film or guest lecturer. These themes can be addressed from multiple perspectives (humanities, arts, sciences, technical and professional). The themes are:
• Environments in Transition
• Health, Wellness, and Community
• Science and Sensibility: Ways of Knowing
• Sustainability
Thanks To Professor Pryor for his description here.
Friday, July 31, 2009
new course name and content
Beginning the Academic Journey Orientation Course
(formerly known as FYI: First Year Information Course)
Beginning the Academic Journey (BAJ) course is taken the first semester on campus, featuring interactive classes, that meet once a week and provide critical thinking skills to help students succeed. First year students will build connections with the university community through inquiry, participation, and problem solving; investigation of disciplines; and, identification of campus and community resources for academic success and personal development.
Common for all first year students to the University:
* Describe why they are here and what they hope to gain by earning a college degree at UT;
* Demonstrate academic citizenship within the university community;
* Identify campus/community resources which are relevant to achieving their goals;
* Make connections with campus and community resources which support their academic success and personal development; and,
* College- or discipline-specific information as defined by the offering unit.
Three (3) of the following five will be posted to e-Folio as part of the Beginning the Academic Journey orientation course:
1. A personal, academic mission statement;
2. A plan covering at least two years which moves the student toward stated academic and personal goals;
3. An analysis or reflection on a new experience in the university or larger community environment;
4. Evidence of students' knowledge/use of key campus and community resources;
5. A document, power point, video, photographs, or other evidence of students' connectedness to some aspect of UT community
(formerly known as FYI: First Year Information Course)
Beginning the Academic Journey (BAJ) course is taken the first semester on campus, featuring interactive classes, that meet once a week and provide critical thinking skills to help students succeed. First year students will build connections with the university community through inquiry, participation, and problem solving; investigation of disciplines; and, identification of campus and community resources for academic success and personal development.
Common for all first year students to the University:
* Describe why they are here and what they hope to gain by earning a college degree at UT;
* Demonstrate academic citizenship within the university community;
* Identify campus/community resources which are relevant to achieving their goals;
* Make connections with campus and community resources which support their academic success and personal development; and,
* College- or discipline-specific information as defined by the offering unit.
Three (3) of the following five will be posted to e-Folio as part of the Beginning the Academic Journey orientation course:
1. A personal, academic mission statement;
2. A plan covering at least two years which moves the student toward stated academic and personal goals;
3. An analysis or reflection on a new experience in the university or larger community environment;
4. Evidence of students' knowledge/use of key campus and community resources;
5. A document, power point, video, photographs, or other evidence of students' connectedness to some aspect of UT community
Getting Ready
Now you are ready for fall, after a long year of decision making your child is off to college. Rest assured it will be a roller coaster of emotions for all of you., But also know this is a beginning of a great journey they will take and your undying support and encouragement is extremely important!
Most institutions have a great line up of support services that want to partner with you to make the transition to college good for everyone. This is a time full of challenges , anxieties, lots of excitement and unexpected turns!
This journey will bring growth, challenges and great insight at it transpires.
Good luck I'm here if you need a word of encouragement or any advice I can make!
Keep those notes coming!
Jennifer
Most institutions have a great line up of support services that want to partner with you to make the transition to college good for everyone. This is a time full of challenges , anxieties, lots of excitement and unexpected turns!
This journey will bring growth, challenges and great insight at it transpires.
Good luck I'm here if you need a word of encouragement or any advice I can make!
Keep those notes coming!
Jennifer
New Begining the Academic Journey Web
http://www.utoledo.edu/utlc/baj/index.
http://www.utoledo.edu/utlc/baj/INstructor_Resources_and_Lesson_Plans.html
http://www.utoledo.edu/utlc/baj/INstructor_Resources_and_Lesson_Plans.html
New web design
http://www.utoledo.edu/utlc/baj/index.html
Our transformed orientation course in now outlines on our website.
Enjoy Beginning the Academic Journey webpages.
Our transformed orientation course in now outlines on our website.
Enjoy Beginning the Academic Journey webpages.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Integrity Forum
Fundamental Values of
Academic Integrity Forum:
Reaffirming the Importance of Honesty in Our Students
Faculty who teach first year students...Join your colleagues for one of two
academic integrity discussion forums held on March 3 and 4 especially for faculty who
teach first year students. Academic integrity is a fundamental value upon which colleges
and universities are built. This faculty forum will discuss candid opinions that are vital to
the exchange of ideas on this important subject. For learning and scholarship to thrive,
academic communities cannot tolerate acts of academic dishonesty, such as cheating,
misrepresentation or plagiarism.
According to the Center for Academic Integrity there are five fundamental values that
characterize an academic community of integrity:
• Honesty: The quest for truth and knowledge requires intellectual and personal honesty
in learning, teaching, research and service.
• Trust: Academic institutions must foster a climate of mutual trust in order to stimulate
the free exchange of ideas.
• Fairness: All interactions among students, faculty and administrators should be
grounded in clear standards, practices and procedures.
• Respect: Learning is acknowledged as a participatory process, and a wide range of
opinions and ideas is respected.
• Responsibility: A thriving community demands personal accountability on the part of
all members and depends upon action in the face of wrongdoing.
Acts of academic dishonesty compromise these core values and undermine the process
by which knowledge is created, shared and evaluated. Repeated offenses cast suspicion
not only upon the integrity of individuals, but also damage the reputation of the larger
academic community.
2009
This forum is brought to you by FYE and
the UT Learning Collaborative
www.utoledo.edu/utlc
Wednesday, March 4
Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: SU 2591
Speakers:
- Bernie Bopp, Professor, Astronomy
- Matthew Wikander, Professor, English
- Sharon Barnes, Associate Professor,
Interdisciplinary Studies
- Tom Barden, Director, Honors Program
Tuesday, March 3
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: SU 2584
Speakers:
- Luanne Momenee, Director,
Learning Enhancement Center
- Jerry VanHoy, Associate Professor,
Sociology
- Charlie Blatz, Professor, Philosophy
- Renee Heberle, Assoc Professor,
Political Science
All faculty are welcome, no RSVP needed.
Academic Integrity Forum:
Reaffirming the Importance of Honesty in Our Students
Faculty who teach first year students...Join your colleagues for one of two
academic integrity discussion forums held on March 3 and 4 especially for faculty who
teach first year students. Academic integrity is a fundamental value upon which colleges
and universities are built. This faculty forum will discuss candid opinions that are vital to
the exchange of ideas on this important subject. For learning and scholarship to thrive,
academic communities cannot tolerate acts of academic dishonesty, such as cheating,
misrepresentation or plagiarism.
According to the Center for Academic Integrity there are five fundamental values that
characterize an academic community of integrity:
• Honesty: The quest for truth and knowledge requires intellectual and personal honesty
in learning, teaching, research and service.
• Trust: Academic institutions must foster a climate of mutual trust in order to stimulate
the free exchange of ideas.
• Fairness: All interactions among students, faculty and administrators should be
grounded in clear standards, practices and procedures.
• Respect: Learning is acknowledged as a participatory process, and a wide range of
opinions and ideas is respected.
• Responsibility: A thriving community demands personal accountability on the part of
all members and depends upon action in the face of wrongdoing.
Acts of academic dishonesty compromise these core values and undermine the process
by which knowledge is created, shared and evaluated. Repeated offenses cast suspicion
not only upon the integrity of individuals, but also damage the reputation of the larger
academic community.
2009
This forum is brought to you by FYE and
the UT Learning Collaborative
www.utoledo.edu/utlc
Wednesday, March 4
Time: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: SU 2591
Speakers:
- Bernie Bopp, Professor, Astronomy
- Matthew Wikander, Professor, English
- Sharon Barnes, Associate Professor,
Interdisciplinary Studies
- Tom Barden, Director, Honors Program
Tuesday, March 3
Time: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: SU 2584
Speakers:
- Luanne Momenee, Director,
Learning Enhancement Center
- Jerry VanHoy, Associate Professor,
Sociology
- Charlie Blatz, Professor, Philosophy
- Renee Heberle, Assoc Professor,
Political Science
All faculty are welcome, no RSVP needed.
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