Are We Teaching International Media at Small Liberal Arts Colleges?

2017 ◽  
pp. 501-518
Author(s):  
Sheryl Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Colleges ◽  
International Media ◽  
Small Liberal Arts Colleges

“The Classics Tuning Project”: Competencies, Value and Visibility of the Classics at Small Liberal Arts Colleges

2019 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-505
Author(s):  
Clara Hardy ◽  
Lisl Walsh ◽  
John Gruber-Miller ◽  
Sanjaya Thakur ◽  
Angela Ziskowski
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Colleges ◽  
Small Liberal Arts Colleges

A major in computer applications for small liberal arts colleges

1988 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-94
Author(s):  
J. Wey When ◽  
Gordon R. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Colleges ◽  
Computer Applications ◽  
Small Liberal Arts Colleges

College Admissions in Twenty-First-Century America: The Role of Grades, Tests, and Games of Chance

2007 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
REBECCA ZWICK
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Colleges ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
College Admissions ◽  
Class Rank ◽  
College Selectivity ◽  
Campus Diversity ◽  
Admissions Policies ◽  
Games Of Chance ◽  
Small Liberal Arts Colleges

In this essay, Rebecca Zwick confronts the controversy surrounding the use of standardized tests in college admissions. She examines the degree to which the SAT and its lesser known cousin, the ACT, limit access to college, particularly for racial and ethnic minorities, and considers two alternative admissions policies that do not involve tests: class rank admissions systems and admissions lotteries. She finds that these initiatives carry their own controversies and have little impact on campus diversity. Zwick notes that some small liberal arts colleges have deemphasized tests and have achieved some success in increasing campus diversity while maintaining high academic standards, but highlights the difficulty of replicating these policies at large institutions. Her analysis sheds light on the ongoing tension between maintaining college selectivity and promoting equal opportunity.

scholarly journals Entomology at Small Liberal Arts Colleges

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-109
Author(s):  
Kirk Larsen ◽  
Carrie L. Hall ◽  
Daniel R. Howard
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Colleges ◽  
Small Liberal Arts Colleges

scholarly journals Small Liberal Arts Colleges Foster Success in STEM and Entomology

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-126
Author(s):  
Valerie S. Banschbach
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Colleges ◽  
Small Liberal Arts Colleges

Mapping as Orientation, Support, and Aide-mémoire in Short-term Travel Courses

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-80
Author(s):  
Christopher M. James
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Liberal Arts Colleges ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Study ◽  
Course Structure ◽  
Short Term Study ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Interactive Map ◽  
Small Liberal Arts Colleges

This essay addresses drawbacks to short-term study abroad courses offered at small liberal-arts colleges, as well as difficulties students encounter in such courses. These difficulties arise due to the extremely full itineraries that the course structure may seek to provide, which can become overly burdensome to students in terms of what they are able to process fully, and what they retain during the course and after the course is over. One avenue of possible amelioration of this difficulty, while not challenging the opportunity to expose students to a wide range of sites and course-topical material, is a reliance on mapping. In terms of pre-travel, the map serves as orientation, a setting of expectations for what will be seen. During the course, while onsite, students are able to use the supplemental materials offered on the interactive map better to understand their surroundings. After the course, revisiting the map, along with their course notes, photos, and journals, provides an essential aide-mémoire. Choosing potential sites for extensive mapping based on those sites students are least familiar with is a way, then, to maximize the map's impact on learning outcomes.

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