People are seeking alternatives to higher education; e.g., uncollege (convinces young people to forgo college and seek their own education) Jane Shaw Two important points: financial situation (cost) and university losing public confidence Grade inflation and dumbing down affect public confidence Should Review enrollment policies University has grown faster than population; students poorly prepared Set admissions bar higher scholarships should include a merit component Work with community colleges Community colleges best place for remedial education Have lower costs Community colleges need to prepare students better Need more cutting evaluate programs – Cut duplication and irrelevant programs (cut programs with poor track record for job success) Improve humanities to restore public confidence Re-evaluate research Public more interested in classes taught than research done Increase faculty class loads Reconsider graduate degree programs Can advanced degree graduates find jobs? Consider differential tuition Flagship universities raise tuition and get less state funding Also UNC school of the arts Consider online education carefully Competing with low-cost distance programs Could partner with private online companies Revamp education schools Criticism of education schools is widespread Return to teaching good teaching techniques rather than education theories Question: how can you keep the system at its current size and receive funding, which is based on enrollment growth? Answer: increasing enrollment should not necessarily be the source of funding; Question: education curriculum determined by department of public instruction, so criticism is misplaced. Answer: Question: How can you use national stories of debt to talk about NC system? How can you suggest community colleges can be a substitute for a 4 yr education? How can you decide which programs are unnecessary (some of them are predicting the future)? How can you question research, which goes through a rigorous peer review progress? Assembly is always talking about differential tuition, program redundancy, etc. How can we not teach social justice to education majors? Answer: didn’t pluck stated ideas out of outer space; student loans may not be as great in NC, but NC students are taking out more loans. Social justice teach content and – how to teach Response need to teach social justice because it is a part of who we are. – Students need to learn how to teach all students.
People are seeking alternatives to higher education; e.g., uncollege (convinces young people to forgo college and seek their own education) Jane Shaw Two important points: financial situation (cost) and university losing public confidence Grade inflation and dumbing down affect public confidence Should Review enrollment policies University has grown faster than population; students poorly prepared Set admissions bar higher scholarships should include a merit component Work with community colleges Community colleges best place for remedial education Have lower costs Community colleges need to prepare students better Need more cutting – evaluate programs Cut duplication and irrelevant programs (cut programs with poor track record for job success) Improve humanities to restore public confidence Re-evaluate research Public more interested in classes taught than research done Increase faculty class loads Reconsider graduate degree programs Can advanced degree graduates find jobs? Consider differential tuition Flagship universities raise tuition and get less state funding Also UNC school of the arts Consider online education carefully Competing with low-cost distance programs Could partner with private online companies Revamp education schools Criticism of education schools is widespread Return to teaching good teaching techniques rather than education theories Question: how can you keep the system at its current size and receive funding, which is based on enrollment growth? Answer: increasing enrollment should not necessarily be the source of funding; Question: education curriculum determined by department of public instruction, so criticism is misplaced. Answer: Question: How can you use national stories of debt to talk about NC system? How can you suggest community colleges can be a substitute for a 4 yr education? How can you decide which programs are unnecessary (some of them are predicting the future)? How can you question research, which goes through a rigorous peer review progress? Assembly is always talking about differential tuition, program redundancy, etc. How can we not teach social justice to education majors? Answer: didn’t pluck stated ideas out of outer space; student loans may not be as great in NC, but NC students are taking out more loans. Social justice – teach content and how to teach Response – need to teach social justice because it is a part of who we are. Students need to learn how to teach all students.
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