What Is Student Swirl?

Learn more about swirl in these articles, which address this trend of students completing their academic goals and college degrees by “swirling” through multiple institutions. Enjoy.

“Students Keep Swirling” (5/6/14)
From Community College Daily:
http://www.ccdaily.com/Pages/Campus-Issues/swirl.aspx

“Four Emergent Higher Education Models” by Steven Mintz (4/2/14)
(Addresses swirl as a behavioral trend affecting higher ed)
From Inside Higher Ed’s “Higher Ed Beta” blog:
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-ed-beta/four-emergent-higher-education-models

“The New, Nonlinear Path Through College” by Jeffrey J. Selingo (9/30/13)
From The Chronicle:
http://chronicle.com/article/The-New-Lifelong-Nonlinear/141867/      
     

“The Student Swirl” by Jeff Selingo (3/8/12)
From The Chronicle’s “Next” blog:
http://chronicle.com/blogs/next/2012/03/08/the-student-swirl/

CCCOnline Annual Conference Call for Proposals--Reminder!

The CCCOnline CONNECT to Excellence Committee is looking for proposals for the CONNECT Conference scheduled on September 19, 2014.  Our four strands for 2014 are: ·       Online Instruction ·       Online Learners ·       Assessment ·       Technology We are particularly interested in hearing about your best ideas for the following subjects: ·       Designing courses for Quality Matters certification ·       Techniques for engaging students in discussions ·       Ways to share professional or discipline content with students ·       Establishing instructor presence in your courses ·       Interesting Web 2.0 apps ·       Useful resources for online libraries, for LORs, or for your particular discipline ·       Training online instructors ·       ADA/Section 508 compliance ·       Open source texts or media ·       Complying with copyright and the TEACH Act ·       Assessing online courses across the curriculum ·       Teaching writing across the curriculum There are lab classrooms if you want to share hands-on practices. Staff and faculty from all Colorado community colleges are invited to present.  Please take a moment to visit http://CONNECT.ccconline.org and follow the instructions found under the “Call for Proposals” tab. Submit proposals to CONNECT@ccconline.org.  Deadline is May 15, 2014.