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Does Assessment Automatically Lead to Improvement?
(From the Dec. 2011 Higher Education Brief)John Dew observes the marginal advances that the field of education has attained because quality methods are not necessarily part of the core curriculum in education administration programs...
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- Publish date: 2011-12
- Keywords:Continuous Improvement, Higher Education Brief

Fab Labs: Re-envisioning Innovation and “Entrepreneering”
(From October 2011 Higher Education Brief) Silvia Tiala explores fabrication laboratories as platforms for students and educators to foster innovation in this paper originally presented at the 2011 Advancing the STEM Agenda Conference...
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- Publish date: 2011-10
- Keywords:Innovation, Higher Education Brief

Innovating for the Future
(From the October 2011 Education Brief) This month, the world lost one of its greatest innovators—Steve Jobs, cofounder of Apple Inc. How can we use what we’ve learned from him to continue to innovate and improve quality in education in the future?..
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- Publish date: 2011-10
- Keywords:Innovation, Higher Education Brief

Not Invented Here: Tales From the Dark Side of Innovation
(From October 2011 Higher Education Brief) Marianne Di Pierro, Ph. D., associate editor of the Higher Education Brief, discusses the importance of being open to thinking differently—and the potential consequences if an organization is reluctant to do so...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2011-10
- Keywords:Innovation, Higher Education Brief

Developing Effective Entry and Socialization Programs to Improve Retention of STEM Students
This article describes strategies for recruiting, orienting and socializing science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) graduates to the workplace, including internship or cooperative (co-op) education programs...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2011-08
- Keywords:Career Development, Higher Education Brief

Editorial: Liberal Arts and Sciences for Everyone
(From the June 2011 Education Brief) Liberal arts and sciences should be part of all college courses, no matter the degree or program...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2011-06
- Keywords:Higher Education Brief, Career Development

Reflection on a Liberal Arts Education
(From the June 2011 Education Brief) Susan R. Stapleton of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo not only writes about how the university emphasizes traditional liberal arts areas of learning, but also how her liberal arts background has helped her..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2011-06
- Keywords:Career Development, Higher Education Brief

Liberal Education: A Portal to Participation in the Global Economy
(From the June 2011 Education Brief) Bethany Zecher Sutton of the nationwide program Liberal Education and America’s Promise (LEAP) writes about the initiative’s objectives, which include championing the importance of a 21st century liberal education for..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2011-06
- Keywords:Career Development, Higher Education Brief

Why the Liberal Arts and Sciences Still Matter
(From the June 2011 Education Brief) Ken Anselment from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI, writes about why the liberal arts and sciences still matter—and why they might be more important than ever...
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2011-06
- Keywords:Career Development, Higher Education Brief

The Changing Context of Advising in Higher Education
(From the April 2011 Education Brief) The changes that have come to universities’ advising and tutoring programs include creating first-year experience programs and developing a doctoral-student advising program. This new way of thinking allows educators..
- Filetype: pdf
- Publish date: 2011-04
- Keywords:Higher Education Brief, Continuing Education