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Thursday, April 3rd, 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. This webinar helps participants prepare submission to the MAEOPP Center for Best Education Practices of programs and strategies leading to student success and completion of TRIO students. Hosted by the Jandris Center for Innovative Higher Education. Register for the free event at http://besteducationpractices.org/webinars/
Friday, March 23rd, Noon to 1:30 p.m. This webinar helps participants prepare submissions to the Department of Education for their programs and strategies leading to college completion. Hosted by the Jandris Center for Innovative Higher Education. Register for the free event at http://collegecompletion2012.eventbrite.com
Rethinking the Role of Higher Education in Society: Implications for Higher Education Policy
A Webinar
Saturday, December 3, 2011
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Link: https://umconnect.umn.edu/jcdec3event/ (No registration is required)
What is the role of higher education in a flourishing democracy? What are the implications for public policy and higher education? Join Mitch Pearlstein, Harry Boyte, and higher education graduate students at the University of Minnesota to address these important questions.
Mitch Pearlstein is founder and president of Center of the American Experiment, a nonpartisan, tax-exempt, public policy and educational institution that brings conservative and free market ideas to bear on problems facing Minnesota and the nation. Pearlstein served in the U.S. Department of Education during the Reagan administration.
Harry Boyte is senior fellow at the U of M Humphrey School of Public Affairs and co-director for the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg College. Boyte is founder of Public Achievement, a theory-based practice of citizen organizing to do public work that is used in schools, universities, and communities across the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries.
Contact Brynja Gudjonsson at gudjo002@umn.edu for more information or if you have questions. This event is sponsored by the Jandris Center for Innovative Higher Education.
Friday, December 2, 2011
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Minnesota State Capitol Room 107
Minnesota policymakers will join University of Minnesota higher education graduate students in a discussion of critical postsecondary education policy issues facing the State of Minnesota. Student presentations will address the following topics:
- College readiness
- Rural student access
- MnSCU/U of M collaboration
- Innovative teaching and learning
Contact Brynja Gudjonsson at gudjo002@umn.edu for more information or if you have questions. This event is sponsored by the Jandris Center for Innovative Higher Education.
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 227 Burton Hall
Assistant Professor Rashne Jehangir presents
"Narratives and Counter narratives: Using pedagogy and space to tell the stories of first-generation college students."
First-generation, low-income, college students are by no means a homogenous group. Despite their heterogeneity, aspects of their narratives weave together to form a pattern reflective of both the richness they bring to campuses and the obstacles they encounter in college. Jehangir will draw on her longitudinal research study conducted in three phases to describe the experience of first-generation, low-income college students, and to bring attention to the ways in which pedagogy and multicultural curriculum can cultivate place in the academy. Qualitative analysis of students' perceptions of college and their critiques of the academy will invite discussion of how institutions might bridge the gaps and grasp the unique strengths of these students.
PsTL hosts a research presentation once a month. More details on this event can be found here.
Sept. 29th PsTL Research Series: Increasing African American male access to postsecondary education.
September 29th 3:00- 5:00 pm
Burton Hall 227.
Assistant Professor Na'im Madyun presents his research on African American male access to postsecondary education.
Only 16% of the African American men will receive their college degree (Toldson, 2011). The status of African American males in higher education is at a national crises level. Madyun's research over the past six years points to a plausible practical solution that requires a deliberate intersecting of social capital and cultural capital. How do African American male college prep programs strengthen social networks? What are the positive habit forming elements of African American male college prep programs and how do they align with successful college habits for students of color? This presentation addresses why the answers to these two questions will be critical to improving African American male outcomes.
More details on this event can be found here
Nearly each month the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning hosts a research seminar on critical topics related to access, policy, and practice with teaching and learning. These seminars are held in Burton Hall, Room 227 unless otherwise noted fromo 3:30 to 5:00 pm. They are free and open to the public. Some will also be simulcast over the internet with opportunity for viewers to pose questions
Nearly each month the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning hosts a research seminar on critical topics related to access, policy, and practice with teaching and learning. These seminars are held in Burton Hall, Room 227 unless otherwise noted fromo 3:30 to 5:00 pm. They are free and open to the public. Some will also be simulcast over the internet with opportunity for viewers to pose questions
Nearly each month the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning hosts a research seminar on critical topics related to access, policy, and practice with teaching and learning. These seminars are held in Burton Hall, Room 227 unless otherwise noted fromo 3:30 to 5:00 pm. They are free and open to the public. Some will also be simulcast over the internet with opportunity for viewers to pose questions
PsTL Research Series: An Introduction to Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
Nov. 10th, 2011, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 227 Burton Hall
Murray Jensen (Associate Professor) and Allison Mattheis (Graduate Research Assistant ) present on their research titled "An Introduction to Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)". Jensen received a National Science Foundation grant to support efforts to improve undergraduate anatomy and physiology courses through the use of Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL). POGIL is a teaching and learning philosophy that emphasizes cooperative group learning, student-centered instruction, and inquiry-based approaches. It is based on a learning cycle through which students explore content, construct understanding, and apply acquired knowledge. This research presentation will provide an overview of the grant with a focus on the evaluation portion of the project, which includes instructor interviews, classroom observations, and student feedback to gauge the impact of the POGIL approach.
Nearly each month the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning hosts a research seminar on critical topics related to access, policy, and practice with teaching and learning. These seminars are held in Burton Hall, Room 227 unless otherwise noted fromo 3:30 to 5:00 pm. They are free and open to the public. Some will also be simulcast over the internet with opportunity for viewers to pose questions
Nearly each month the Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning hosts a research seminar on critical topics related to access, policy, and practice with teaching and learning. These seminars are held in Burton Hall, Room 227 unless otherwise noted fromo 3:30 to 5:00 pm. They are free and open to the public. Some will also be simulcast over the internet with opportunity for viewers to pose questions.
The Department of Postsecondary Teaching and Learning holds an orientation session for the new cohort of newly admitted graduate students for the Graduate Certificate or Master's in Innovative Postsecondary Teaching and Learning for Diverse Student Populations. The event is hosted in burton Hall at 6 pm by invitation only.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM, Coffman Union, Mississippi Room
The University of Minnesota TRIO Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program cordially invites you to attend their Nineteenth Annual Poster Presentation and Reception for student participants and their faculty mentors. This summer 20 students from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Carleton College will be conducting research under the direction of distinguished faculty research mentors at the University of Minnesota. Students' research poster presentations will be displayed and the McNair Scholars will be present to explain their research.
