Comments on: Get ‘em in, get ‘em out — Keys to graduating students on time http://www.higheredmorning.com/get-em-in-get-em-out-keys-to-graduating-students-on-time Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Eleanor Bullock http://www.higheredmorning.com/get-em-in-get-em-out-keys-to-graduating-students-on-time/comment-page-1#comment-6070 Eleanor Bullock Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:03:03 +0000 http://www.higheredmorning.com/?p=3169#comment-6070 I just read your article, and found it interesting because my son just got shut out of a few Science classes he needed this semester here at Rutgers University. As a result, he now has to take the semester off and now will NOT graduate in May 2010 and instead may graduate in December 2010!! I thought it was a pity for him to have to do this! I don't think our school here at Rutgers have anything program in place to help students graduate on time. I just read your article, and found it interesting because my son just got shut out of a few Science classes he needed this semester here at Rutgers University. As a result, he now has to take the semester off and now will NOT graduate in May 2010 and instead may graduate in December 2010!! I thought it was a pity for him to have to do this! I don’t think our school here at Rutgers have anything program in place to help students graduate on time.

]]> By: Daniel Fusch http://www.higheredmorning.com/get-em-in-get-em-out-keys-to-graduating-students-on-time/comment-page-1#comment-4276 Daniel Fusch Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:09:12 +0000 http://www.higheredmorning.com/?p=3169#comment-4276 If you're interested, here is a link to the source article with Lucie Lapovsky's advice on correcting curriculum inefficiencies: Making It Easier for Students to Graduate Sooner http://www.academicimpressions.com/newsCMS.php?i=29 If you’re interested, here is a link to the source article with Lucie Lapovsky’s advice on correcting curriculum inefficiencies:

Making It Easier for Students to Graduate Sooner
http://www.academicimpressions.com/newsCMS.php?i=29

]]> By: Jose O. Arrom http://www.higheredmorning.com/get-em-in-get-em-out-keys-to-graduating-students-on-time/comment-page-1#comment-4269 Jose O. Arrom Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:57:29 +0000 http://www.higheredmorning.com/?p=3169#comment-4269 It seems that a lot of departments and schools have increased their curriculum requirements over the years. It seems some of the these requirements are economic, making sure that class enrollment is at capacity or that a professor (who is not very good) gets enough students to maintain her/his employment. It could also be political, such as making sure that a spouse of a brilliant or prestigious academic (such as Nobel prize winner) is retained. For undergraduates, this restricts their opportunities for intellectual development since their course choices are restricted. Institutions should compare the curricula to what the accreditation organizations require as well as other institutions. It is my experience, as an anthropologist, in the long run, that the only useful courses that one can use from one's field are methodologically related since theories and content change over time. It seems that a lot of departments and schools have increased their curriculum requirements over the years. It seems some of the these requirements are economic, making sure that class enrollment is at capacity or that a professor (who is not very good) gets enough students to maintain her/his employment. It could also be political, such as making sure that a spouse of a brilliant or prestigious academic (such as Nobel prize winner) is retained. For undergraduates, this restricts their opportunities for intellectual development since their course choices are restricted.

Institutions should compare the curricula to what the accreditation organizations require as well as other institutions. It is my experience, as an anthropologist, in the long run, that the only useful courses that one can use from one’s field are methodologically related since theories and content change over time.

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