Theory is practice at all levels of the educational structure at the University of La Verne.<\/p>\n
Five faculty members will be attending the Association of American Colleges and Universities’\u00a02014 Institute on High-Impact Practices and Student Success June 17 \u2013 24 at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is another step in refining and building on the La Verne Experience, and particularly in developing a better freshman experience,\u201d Interim Dean, College of Arts & Sciences Dr. Felicia Beardsley said. \u201cThe task of this group is to develop a handbook for entering freshman and the faculty who teach them, with the end-goal of creating a more robust academic atmosphere in the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n
Beardsley will be attending the Institute along with Associate Dean, Academic Support & Retention Services Dr. Carlos Cervantes, Associate Professor of Physics Dr. Vanessa Preisler, Associate Professor of Legal Studies Carolyn Bekhor and Modern Languages Instructor Jose Perez-Gonzalez.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy goal was to build a team that has either taught freshmen or interacts with them in some fashion,\u201d Beardsley said. \u201cOnly one of us, Carolyn, has not really taught freshmen–she is our sounding board, in a way, to help us keep on track and to make us examine our concepts from all perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is the fourth time La Verne is participating in an AAC&U Institute and the first time at the High-Impact Practies and Student Success Institute, which according to AAC&U, \u201cis designed to help campuses and systems make institution-wide changes that benefit all students.\u201d<\/p>\n
La Verne was selected to attend based on a competitive process that included a proposal submission describing the project to be completed through the Institute.<\/p>\n
\u201cEntering freshmen have not yet made the transition from high school to college, which makes the first weeks of their first semester a difficult one,\u201d Beardlsey said. \u201cOur expectation is that this handbook will help the transition (classroom behavior, expectations for college work, etc).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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