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The Purpose of Education

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Pursuing Happiness Through Education

Pursuing Happiness Through Education

If life inherently involves the pursuit of happiness, education should prepare students to face that overall challenge, not just the needs of a future job.

“To Be Honest I’m Not Sure If We Have a Textbook”: Undergraduate Access to Course Reading

The Purpose of Education

“To Be Honest I’m Not Sure If We Have a Textbook”: Undergraduate Access to Course Reading

Faculty and staff don’t often know how hard it is for students to get their course materials. Students choose whether and how to acquire textbooks.

The Ultimate Life Experience: Preparing Students for the World Beyond the Classroom

The Ultimate Life Experience: Preparing Students for the World Beyond the Classroom

There needs to be a general reshaping of how college is viewed and how colleges act. There is an epidemic going on right now. Students invest a massive amount of funds and massive amounts of time into college, and when they finally graduate, many can’t find a job. According

The Safety Paradox

The Safety Paradox

Two news stories at the beginning of the 2016 fall semester reignited an ongoing debate about the importance of safety in higher education. The first was a letter [https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/08/25/u-chicago-warns-incoming-students-not-expect-safe-spaces-or-trigger-warnings] sent to incoming students at the University of Chicago by John Ellison, Dean

Meeting the Dimensions of Education

Meeting the Dimensions of Education

When we talk about education, one fundamental thing from which we should start are the aspects in which education takes place. What does a person need in his life? What makes him educated, and especially completed as a human being? Is it to find a job and be able to

Community-Focused Versus Market-Driven Education

Community-Focused Versus Market-Driven Education

Public education is now transitioning from a system of educating citizens to a market for profit. “Venture capitalists and for-profit firms are salivating over the exploding $788.7 billion market in K-12 education,” says one news report [https://www.thenation.com/article/venture-capitalists-are-poised-disrupt-everything-about-education-market/] . Public education is increasingly viewed as a

Learning Through Conversation

The Purpose of Education

Learning Through Conversation

“My teaching portfolio speaks of challenges and failures alongside successes, all woven into a narrative organically establishing who I am and why I do what I do.” —Martin Kutnowski [https://hybridpedagogy.org/candid-teaching-portfolio/] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- There’s a fair amount of talk these days about the questionable validity of student evaluations

Using a Compass without a Map: The Journey of a Mother-Educator

Using a Compass without a Map: The Journey of a Mother-Educator

Orienting Inquiry and Process We shape our lives at the intersection and interstices of choice and chance. Subject to the vicissitudes of chance, we must ask ourselves what choices we can make that purposefully reflect the values we hold and those we wish to see take root in the world.