Tag Archives: Curriculum

Productivity in Higher Education

Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the issue of productivity in higher education. There are many ways to measure what we accomplish such as numbers of graduates, what kinds of jobs our graduates get, research dollars, patents received, research … Continue reading

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Why Assessment Gets a Bad Name

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am actually quite supportive of the whole idea of assessment in higher education. I am convinced that we need authentic forms of longitudinal assessment of learning in all of our programs, … Continue reading

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So It’s Come to This?

Who knew that history educators could be put in the unenviable position to fighting to keep a standardized multiple choice test that is inflicted on third graders here in Virginia? For as long as the test’m till they drop mentality … Continue reading

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Is It Time For a New Capstone Course?

The latest issue of Perspectives [as I write this the current issue is not yet online] includes an interesting and useful forum on the capstone course in the undergraduate history major. Because I’m teaching such a course this semester, I’ve … Continue reading

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