Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Series - The faculty role in successful outcomes for underprepared college students
Wednesday, April 8, 11:45-1:15 in BC 142
Diane Angell, Biology, and Heather Campbell, Education (2008-2009 CILA Associates) with members of their learning community on strategies for working with underprepared college students: Dana Gross, Psychology; Eric McDonald, Education; Kris MacPherson, Library and Asian Studies; Bruce Nordstrom-Loeb, Sociology & Anthropology; Mary Walczak, Chemistry
As the article by Vincent Tinto (linked below) notes, students from low income backgrounds tend to graduate from college at much lower rates than their higher income counterparts. Based on the data and resources gathered by this CILA Learning Community, participants in Wednesday's discussion will situate this problem in the St. Olaf context, and will discuss scenarios faculty members may face in their classrooms. Participants will be invited to brainstorm possible solutions and share best practices. Campus resources for supporting underprepared students will also be shared.
Suggested readings:
http://www.pellinstitute.org/tinto/TintoOccasionalPaperRetention.pdf (Student Retention and Graduation: Facing the Truth, Living with the Consequences -- Vincent Tinto, 2004)
http://www.springerlink.com/content/570787222g5u4163/ (“Is that paper really due today?”: differences in first-generation and traditional college students’ understandings of faculty expectations - Collier & Morgan, 2008) – currently only the abstract is available online.
