I'm so relieved to hear I'm not going crazy! I'm new to adjuncting, and
when I told my husband some of the activities I had planned for an upper
level elective he asked "Isn't that a little babyish?" We graduated college
in '79, and things were definitely different then -- I don't think any profs
were too worried about "grabbing our attention" the first day, so we
wouldn't be upset about the impending workload!
Sarah
William Paterson U of NJ
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From: "GIMENEZ MARTHA E" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teach Soc Listserv (E-mail)" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:20 PM
Subject: TEACHSOC: Many Going to College Are Not Ready
From the NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/education/17scores.html?hp&ex=1124337600&en=858619efb7b39590&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Many Going to College Are Not Ready, Report Says
By TAMAR LEWIN
Published: August 17, 2005
Only about half of this year's high school graduates have the reading
skills they need to succeed in college, and even fewer are prepared for
college-level science and math courses, according to a yearly report from
ACT, which produces one of the nation's leading college admissions tests.
The report, based on scores of the 2005 high school graduates who took the
he report, based on scores of the 2005 high school graduates who took the
exam, some 1.2 million students in all, also found that fewer than one in
four met the college-readiness benchmarks in all four subjects tested:
reading comprehension, English, math and science.
....................
This is nothing new for us, right? This is why, especially in lower
division but, at all levels, teachers must use techniques more appropriate
in elementary school to entice students to learn. Sigh.....
I argued in a paper published in Teaching Sociology in 1989 that in this
country, real university education starts at the graduate level and since
then I haven't had reasons to change my view.
Martha
