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November 18, 2009 9:55 AM
Accounting for the College Fear Factor
Inside Higher Ed highlights what looks to be an important new book:
Despite best intentions, today’s first-generation college students and their professors “misunderstand and ultimately fail one another” in the classroom, according to a new scholarly work on community college pedagogy.
The College Fear Factor, published last month by Harvard University Press, is based upon five years of observations of community college courses and interviews with students and professors by Rebecca Cox, professor of education at Seton Hall University. In her work, she tries to show how “traditional college culture” is a barrier to student success, particularly for disadvantaged students.
Lots of good stuff here, so give the article a read.
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Dennis Taylor on November 19, 2009 12:26 AM:
Thanks for calling my attention to this article and book, and thanks for both an excellent magazine and blog.