In the past decade especially, liberal arts degrees have been discounted as inferior in securing job placement and career readiness. Institutions need to reevaluate their approach to career services’ to…
Coaching Practices in Higher Education: Coaching for Performance and Coaching for Growth
William Johnson | Student Success Navigator, University of North Carolina at Greensboro Alicia SepulvedaThe best and most effective academic coaches are the ones who combine both performance and growth approaches. Outline the goals of your practice to determine which elements of each approach…
Purpose Pathways offer students the help they need to articulate their individual pathways on their own terms. College is a very expensive undertaking. The most important and stressful endeavor for…
CAEL’s 2020 Conference: Opening Access During the Shutdown
Christine Carpenter | Vice President of Engagement, CAELCAEL’s annual conference is going online for this first time in forty years, but that’s not the only update. Attendance will be free for all members, allowing partnerships, projects and…
Student Growth and Lifelong Learning: It’s Just Not for the “Mature”
William Johnson | Student Success Navigator, University of North Carolina at GreensboroGrowth Year vs Gap Year: The Catalyst for Change
William Johnson | Student Success Navigator, University of North Carolina at GreensboroFinding a Voice: Five Ways to Develop Resilience through Liberal Arts Education and Life
Jose Coll | Fellow, American Council on EducationCommoditization Lessens the Value of Higher Education to Society
Tom Castle | Dean of Adult Programs, Mount Mercy UniversityStrength of Character: The Unique Good of Higher Education
Andrew Roth | President Emeritus, Notre Dame CollegeMy Educational Experiences and Future Plans
Moon Soe | Student, Metropolitan State UniversityHow Higher Education Improved My Life
Virginia Wilson | Student, University of MaineLifelong Learning: The Pursuit of True Happiness
Simon Quattlebaum | Teacher, New Jersey Public SchoolsLessons from Abraham Lincoln, Dean of Lifelong Learning
Edward Abeyta | Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Director of Pre-Collegiate and Career Preparations Programs, UC San Diego
“Reading is about spending time with characters and entering a fictional world and playing with words and living through a story” (Grossman & Sachs, 2007). During the first week of…
Learning Is For Life, Liberty And Happiness
Earl Harewood | Lecturer, Heriot-Watt University/School of Higher EducationGreat nations became great, not only because of the nation’s natural resources or leadership, but because they knew how to leverage learning to create industries, wealth, liberty, parity, and improve…
I sat there staring at my computer screen. I couldn’t take my eyes off the email. The noise, the people around me ceased to exist for just that one moment.…
A Lesson Learned
J. Ana Donaldson | 2011-2012 President, AECTWhen I envision life-long learners, often I picture my 9-year old self in an old oak tree reading tales of the pioneers crossing the prairie. Another image is of my…