School of the Art Institute
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Welcome to the third issue of the Bringing Theory to Practice Project (BTtoP) Newsletter. The newsletter's primary purpose
is to communicate with a wide audience of institutions and individuals about the current activities, programs, research initiatives, and new opportunities supported by the Project. Features of the newsletter includes announcements of funding opportunities, profiles of specific campus efforts, and news of conferences and relevant scholarly work.
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Letter from the Director: Looking Ahead 2010-2012
In an earlier newsletter, we shared a synopsis of the BTtoP Project’s work to date, looking back over the last few years. This piece instead looks ahead.
BTtoP Campus Highlight - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Of the many challenges that befall first-year students in their transition to college, a few tend to be more intensified in scope and unique to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) campus, including greater reports of depression, smoking cigarettes, and drinking beer, wine and liquor (as compared to national [CIRP] and art school data).
Four Years of BTtoP—What Have We Learned? Overview of Findings to Date
While there is still much to be derived from the intricate connections between students’ engaged learning, civic development, and mental health and well-being, aggregate findings from the Bringing Theory to Practice Demonstration and Intensive Site Program research over the last several years have provided strong evidence that the linkages among these critical elements of student success are connected in salient, and oftentimes powerful, ways.
What We Have Learned: The Lessons on One Campus on Institutional Sustainability and Support
Since 2005, Dickinson College has been examining learning and well-being outcomes associated with living-learning communities as part of its first-year seminar program. While we have learned a good deal about these outcomes over the last four years, we have learned equally about the complex nature of campus culture, sustainability of practices, and institutional change.
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