http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/index.asp?key=532 Carnegie Perspectives -- essays that offer a different way to think about teaching and learning. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 5 Mar 2009 07:17:33 -0700 Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with Google Bill Cerbin. Educator Bill Cerbin argues that if the goal of higher education is to improve students' future performance, then the common practice of assessing what students have learned is not enough. What is also required is "assessment that reveals how students learn."http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2882 Thu, 5 Mar 2009 07:17:33 -0700 Tom Ehrlich. With the need for critical analysis and good judgment in business more important than ever, the author argues that we must strengthen our commitment to ensure that undergraduate students who major in business and other professional fields also gain the benefits of a strong liberal-arts education.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2866 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:17:33 -0700 Pat Hutchings. In this month's Perspectives, Carnegie Vice President Pat Hutchings argues that "professional development" should not be a separate or special occasion but an integral feature of the way educators do their work everyday. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2768 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:17:33 -0700 Vincent Tinto. The author writes that for too many low-income students the open door to American higher education has become a revolving door. In examining what can be done, he recognizes the centrality of the classroom to student success. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2626 Fri, 22 August 2008 07:17:33 -0700 Lee S. Shulman. In an insightful commentary, the author ruminates on the dilemmas of coaching in the context of high-stakes testing. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2598 Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Molly Breen. The author reports on recent promising efforts by community college faculty to make the teaching and learning from their classrooms more visible. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2538 Fri, 8 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Lee S. Shulman. In pondering the many challenges of basic skills education, Shulman finds inspiration in the advice of one of his mentors, Benjamin Bloom. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2483 Tue, 4 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Michael C. Burke. A call for educators to emerge from their monastic disciplinary cells and address the challenges of quantitative literacy. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2451 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Anne Colby. The author challenges us to reconsider the role of higher education in preparing students for potential roles in the political process. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2433 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Tom Ehrlich. The author revisits Harvard's effort to reform its general education and finds that the revised report is a dramatic improvement over its predecessor. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2391 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700 Lloyd Bond. The author examines a variety of reasons why test performance may not always be a valid measure of a person's competence or potential. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2369Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700 By Alexander C. McCormick. In a timely essay, the author reminds us that launching an accountability initiative without careful thought to how it will affect behavior can do more harm than good.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2349Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0700 By Ray Bacchetti. As the author recounts the story of his family's educational experiences over three generations, he reminds us that access to higher education is one of the blessings that every American should expect as a birthright, not a special privilege. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2315 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700 By Mary Taylor Huber and Molly Breen. As one means to combat the dis-integration of the undergraduate experience, the authors make a case for the kinds of integrated education needed to prepare students to respond creatively and with commitment to our society's most critical challenges. February 20 http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2251 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0700 By Lloyd Bond. Through an examination of one institution's efforts to strengthen teaching and learning on campus, the author makes a strong case for the use of common examinations as a powerful form of assessment as well as a fruitful context for faculty deliberations. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2207 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0700 By Ray Bacchetti and Thomas Ehrlich. A call for foundations and educational institutions to build their programs around the goal of increasing educational capital through more open and accountable forms of education grantmaking and educational activity. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2123 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0700 By Dsire Pointer Mace and Ann Lieberman. The authors describe and propose a solution to the struggles that teachers and teacher educators face when they seek new models of practice. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2056 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700 By Pat Hutchings, Mary Taylor Huber, and Chris M. Golde. The authors share principles developed from a Sloan Foundation-sponsored conference where participants considered professional development broadly, from learning from the scholarship of their colleagues to seeking support to attain personal equilibrium.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=2003Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700By Rose Asera. A candid assessment of the challenges that community colleges face in educating students in basic skills.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1878Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700By Chris Golde. To direct attention to the expectations for leadership, integrity and responsibility of the doctorate, the author argues for the creation of a ritual ceremony of initiation for students entering doctoral education.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1811Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700By Theodore J. Marchese. The author asks whether higher education reform -- once so vigorous and far-reaching -- has run out of new things to say.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1736Wed, 10 May 2006 00:00:00 -0700By Toru Iiyoshi. A piece that addresses a critical but overlooked question, "How can open education's tools and resources demonstrably improve education quality?"http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1151Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700By Tom Ehrlich and Anne Colby. A thoughtful commentary that proposes an alternative course for faculty and campus leaders to navigate through the highly politicized Academic Bill of Rights debate.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1135Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0700By Pat Hutchings and Lee S. Shulman. The authors point out that offices of institutional research are valuable resources for collecting data to help faculty improve their teaching, and can involve the whole institution in a collaborative effort towards improved student learning.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1096Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0700By Tom Ehrlich. A pointed critique of Harvard's recent efforts to reform its core undergraduate curriculum, an issue that speaks to a lack of coherence in undergraduate education programs nationally.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1002Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0700By Alexander C. McCormick. An in-depth look at the new Carnegie Classifications, including suggestions for its use.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=882Wed, 16 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0700By Pat Hutchings and Mary Taylor Huber. Posits the emergence of a "teaching commons" -- a conceptual space in which communities of educators committed to inquiry and innovation come together to exchange ideas about teaching and learning and use them to meet the challenges of educating students.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=800Wed, 26 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700By Lee S. Shulman. A commentary that addresses the responsibility and moral obligation of the education community to engage in active investigations of teaching practices and their consequences for students.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1252Tue, 20 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700By Tom Ehrlich. A long time advocate for service-learning continues his call for institutional responsibility while taking a look at the progress made.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1251Tue, 19 Jul 2005 00:00:00 -0700By Lloyd Bond. A reminder that the polemics of reform frequently portray the realm of teaching and learning in far more extreme terms than is really necessary.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=566Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700By John Merrow. A provocative view of the quality of education experienced by many of America's college students.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=567Tue, 17 May 2005 00:00:00 -0700By Katharine Lyall. Lyall asks that we break the silence about what is happening to public higher education funding and begin to address the repercussions of privatization.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=568Tue, 19 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700By Lloyd Bond. Bond calls our attention to the many traps associated with one of the most frequent uses of assessment: the technical difficulties of measuring changes in learning over time.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=569Wed, 23 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0700By Janet L. Holmgren and Linda Basch. A call for a more "constructive discourse" around the problem of women and girls under-represented in the sciences.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=570Thu, 24 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0700By Pat Hutchings. In order to help students pursue learning in more intentional, integrative ways, Hutchings suggests a strategy of expanding the use of student evaluations of teaching.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=571Wed, 19 Jan 2005 00:00:00 -0700By William Sullivan. In today's environment of unrelenting economic and social pressures, Sullivan makes the case that the professions need their educational centers more than ever as resources and as rallying points for renewal.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=572Tue, 14 Dec 2004 00:00:00 -0700By Elizabeth Beaumont. A timely examination of the role of colleges and universities in shaping the values, knowledge, skills and motivation that would ensure political and civic engagement of students over a lifetime.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=573Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700By Richard Gale. A thoughtful examination of liberal education's goals, methods, contexts, and outcomes as seen through the lens of the seminar experience.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=574Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700By Tom Ehrlich. An essay that addresses the difficult issue of college quality and provides some advice to prospective students and their parents.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=1163Wed, 21 Jul 2004 00:00:00 -0700By John Merrow. An examination of grade inflation in the context of the larger issue of student engagement at colleges and universities.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=576Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700By Jason Stephens. A commentary that looks at the pervasiveness of student cheating and responds to the question, "What is the significance of this behavior and what can be done?"http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=577Tue, 18 May 2004 00:00:00 -0700By Lloyd Bond. A commentary on the thorny issue of high-stakes testing and the pressures on teachers to "teach to the test."http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=579Tue, 27 Apr 2004 00:00:00 -0700By Jamienne S. Studley. A commentary on the need for more thoughtful ways to introduce undergraduate students to the world of work.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=580Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:00:00 -0700By Mary Taylor Huber and Rebecca Cox. A commentary on one of the most vexing issues facing education at all levelsincentive systems that impede serious scholarly work on teaching and learning.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=581Tue, 24 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0700By Pat Hutchings. A commentary that addresses efforts to enable conversations between and among faculty members and administrators that will lead to improved teaching and learning.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=582Tue, 20 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0700By Anne Colby, Thomas Ehrlich, Elizabeth Beaumont, and Jason Stephens. A commentary on the responsibility of colleges and universities to make moral and civic learning an integral part of the undergraduate experience.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=583Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:00:00 -0700By Lloyd Bond. A personal and honest look at the often contradictory ways in which tests are seen and used.http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=584Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:00:00 -0700By Lee S. Shulman. What different picture emerges, and what consequences follow, if we think about the teacher as the primary agent of his or her own accountability?http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/perspectives/sub.asp?key=245&subkey=585Wed, 15 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700