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Folks:

The posting below describes a strategy for maximizing professional productivity by better linking teaching, research, and service. It is from the Chapter Agents of Learning, Strategies for Assuming Agency, for Learning, in Tenured Faculty Careers by Anna Neumann, Aimee LaPointe Terosky, and Julie Schell, in the3 book The Balancing Act: Gendered Perspectives in Faculty Roles and Work Lives, edited by Susan J. Bracken, Jeanie K. Allen, and Diane. R. Dean. Stylus Publishing. Copyright © 2006 by Stylus Publishing, LLC. http://www.styluspub.com/ 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, Virginia 20166. Reprinted with permission.

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Rick Reis
reis@stanford.edu

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Folks:

The posting below looks at the many uses of a course (not teaching) portfolio. It is from Chapter 1, Making Teaching and Learning Visible in the book by the same name written by Daniel Bernstein, University of Kansas amd Amy Nelson Burnett, Amy Goodburn, and Paul Savory, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Anker Publishing Company, Inc., 563 Main Street, P.O. Box 249, Bolton, MA 01740-0249 USA. [www.ankerpub.com]. Copyright © 2006 by Anker Publishing Company, Inc. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-882982-96-7

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Rick Reis
reis@stanford.edu
UP NEXT: On Journal Rejection

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Folks:

The posting below looks at teacher responses to team based learning. It is from Chapter 15, Team-Based Learning: A Strategy for Transforming the Quality of Teaching and Learning, by Arletta Bauman Knight in the book: Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups in College Teaching, edited by Larry K. Michaelsen, Arletta Bauman Knight, and L. Dee Fink. The book was originally published in hard cover by Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., Westport, Conn. Copyright © 2002 by Larry K. Michaelsen, Arletta Bauman Knight, and L. Dee Fink. Paperback edition by arrangement with Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Stylus Publishing, LLC 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166. http://www.styluspub.com/

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Rick Reis
reis@stanford.edu
UP NEXT: The Future of Higher Education: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Risks of the Market

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Folks:

In this month’s Carnegie Perspectives looks at how best to address the teaching of basic skills that are not present among many entering college freshman. It is by Carnegie Senior Scholar, Rose Asera, and is #27 in the monthly series called Carnegie Foundation Perspectives. These short commentaries exploring various educational issues are produced by the CFAT. The Foundation invites your response at: CarnegiePresident@carnegiefoundation.org. Reprinted with permission.

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Rick Reis
reis@stanford.edu
UP NEXT: Campus Interview – The Research Presentation

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Folks:

The posting below, while longer than most, it offers some excellent advice on how to conduct effective seminars.. It is by Don McCormick of the University of Redlands and Michael Kahn, of the California Institute of Integral Studies. The article originally appeared in EXCHANGE: The Organizational Behavior Teaching Journal. 1987, Volume VII, Number 4. pp. 16-20. (now the Journal of Management Education at: http://jme.sagepub.com/). Reprinted with permission.

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Rick Reis
reis@stanford.edu
UP NEXT: Advisee Management Tip: Ask for a Memo

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