May 2012
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“Public Service as Responsible Citizenship”—The Public Service Major at Rutgers University–Newark

When the School of Public Affairs and Administration (SPAA) at Rutgers University–Newark began designing an undergraduate program to complement the school’s masters’ and doctoral programs, the chancellor of the university gave the faculty a particular charge: “to come up with a curriculum that really engaged the whole community,” says Sharon Stroye, assistant dean of SPAA. The new program should help students understand their immediate environment and recognize the contributions they could make, and foster an understanding of wider issues happening not just in Newark but around the state, nation, and world.

 

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College-Age Millennials—A Generation in Transition

A Better Way to Evaluate Colleges—And Improve Education?
Richard Kahlenberg, Chronicle of Higher Education, April 8, 2012

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Public Policy and Foundation Funding Should Support the Intersection of College Completion and Quality
The January 2012 edition of Liberal Education, devoted to the “completion agenda,” should be required reading for those concerned with improving student success in US higher education. As a public university president, scholar of writing across the curriculum, and member of Team Illinois of Complete College America, I urge policy makers and funders to focus on the points of intersection of completion and quality ...More…


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AAC&U News is written and edited by Wilson Peden. If you have questions or comments about the newsletter's contents, please e-mail peden@aacu.org.

 

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