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The Future of Higher Education is Experiential
The document discusses the evolution of higher education, emphasizing the shift towards experiential learning and the role of residential life in shaping student experiences. It traces the history of institutions from the University of Bologna to contemporary practices, highlighting significant changes like the impact of the GI Bill and the development of living-learning communities. The author encourages educators to reflect on their goals for students and the influences that shape educational practices.
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- 3. Do you viewyourself as an educator?
- 4. What are someof the educational goals you have for your students?
- 5. How do youprovide opportunities for them to reach these goals?
- 6. What influences your beliefsabout what your students should learn at your institution?
- 7. Think about whatyou hope college means to your students… How WOULD you do that?
- 8. Looking back inhistory… Understanding where we came from…
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- 10. University of Bologna •Founded in 1088 • Students lived in the surrounding community • Unruly, drunk, vagrants • University claimed no control over living environment
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- 12. Oxford and Cambridge •Experienced same issues as Bologna • Began taking control of residences in 1500s • Residential colleges were born • Faculty in part focused on student religious salvation • Elite system
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- 14. Colonial Colleges • Borrowedfrom OxBridge • Same issues of community/campus housing • Elite System • Beginning development of Greek- letter organizations and literary societies
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- 16. Early 1900s • Stillan elite system • Land Grant colleges firmly established • German model arrives in the US • Start of appointment secretaries and student personnel work
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- 18. Post WWII • GIBill results in large influx of students • Move away from elite system
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- 20. 1950s/60s • Large demandfor housing results in the “high rise” and many of the buildings still on campus today • “Co-ed” housing • Unrest and protest of the 60s results in residence life as a means of control
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- 22. 1980s/90s • Programming modelsand the wellness wheel come into use • Beginning of increased accountability/ need to prove outcomes through data and assessment
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- 24. Present • Programs increasinglydeveloping outcomes and assessment measures • Establishment and refinement of living learning communities
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