November, 2018

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Who, Where, and How to Engage Partners and Stakeholders in a Residential Curriculum

Dr. Paul Gordon Brown

Educational and curricular efforts exist in context. Furthermore, residence life and education departments do not exist on an island. When developing a campus or residential curriculum, it is important to identify partners and stakeholders early on and include them in the curriculum design process. This inclusion can include stages from planning to implementation, and throughout assessment and review processes.

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Finding Your “Thing” at Hope College

Hope College Network

Whether it’s friends, clubs, or a major, finding your “thing” in college can be a daunting task. With about 80 different clubs and student groups at Hope College, you have plenty to choose from! Here are some tips that will hopefully help you determine what “thing” is rig ht for you. Think about your interests. Are you an athlete? You don’t have to be on a Hope varsity team to play sports here; there are many intramural options.

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10 tactics and tips to help your digital marketing dollars be more effective

Terminalfour

Without a focused strategy it can be money poorly spent. An approach relying purely on outbidding competitors through pay per click is no longer going to work.

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Learning To Be Thankful One Day At A Time

Hope College Network

Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday for as long as I can remember. When I tell people this, I generally get a lot of questions asking why. No, it’s not because my favorite food is mashed potatoes (though it definitely takes a nice second to puppy chow) or because I love watching the Lions lose every year. It’s the idea of taking a specific day out of your life to be thankful.

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Glasses Under the Sea

Hope College Network

I lost my glasses in the Mediterranean Sea. Twice. I don’t miss them one bit. Why? Because I learned two important lessons when I studied in Spain last May. First, don’t go kayaking without securing your glasses. Second, you have a rare opportunity to earn college credit while having a marvelous adventure by finding a new way of seeing things — in more ways than one, in my case.

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Worrying About the “What If?”

Hope College Network

Chandler Alberda is a junior from Austin, Texas Deciding where to go to college was just as stressful and scary as it was exciting. What if I made the wrong choice and I missed out on an entirely different experience at a different school? I wanted someone else to decide for me so I didn’t have to think about it. My whole mindset changed once I went on college visits.

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Developing A Culture of Assessment in Your Residence Life and Education Program

Dr. Paul Gordon Brown

Because developing a residential curriculum entails refocusing your departmental efforts towards student learning, it necessarily follows that you must develop a culture of assessment. A culture of assessment is one in which decisions are data-driven and tested through the design, implementation, and review of assessment measures. As Lakos and Phipps (2004) describe it, a culture of assessment is: An organizational environment in which decisions are based on facts, research, and analysis, and wh

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Monsters University - The best Halloween 2018 Higher Ed hauntings

Terminalfour

Over the past few years, we have noticed that institutions have really upped their game when it comes to celebrating Higher Ed Halloween.

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