Dr. Barbara Howard and Mr. Gerald Boyd-First Fireside Chat: The Changing Mosaic

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HOW HAVE STUDENTS CHANGED/STUDENT/ADMIN </B></div> <div> <B>                           COMMENTS</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>    </B></div> <div> <B>GROUP ACTIVITY & REPORT OUT</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>QUESTIONS POSED DURING TODAY'S DISCUSSION:  Group Work-</B></div> <div> <B> Barbara asks</B><B> question</B><B>: What is the profile of the NVCC student body?</B></div> <div> <B>Who is really sitting in our classes?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The new demographics makes for extraordinary changes, what do you see as the expectations for students?</B></div> <div> <B>What are we doing to deal with the impact of this immigration to deal with the issue of diversity?</B></div> <div> <B>How are we doing in terms of embracing the changes we see?</B></div> <div> <B>Do we have difficulty dealing with differences?</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Jerry shows some demographic slides</B><B>.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>IV.</B></div> <div> <B>VIDEO - MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT 2-YR INSTITUTIONS</B></div> <div> <B>Show video from Misconceptions-</B></div> <div> <B>(Stop at end of panel discussion.-Skip interviews-Stop at Strategies (Moderator)-15 minutes.)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>V.</B></div> <div> <B>DISCUSSION - DIVIDE INTO 2 GROUPS & REPORT OUT</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>BARBARA</B><B> FACILITATE GROUP DISCUSSION:</B></div> <div> <B>WHY DO OUR STUDENTS COME TO NVCC?  </B></div> <div> <B>WHAT ARE THEIR GOALS</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>JERRY</B><B> FACILITATE GROUP DISCUSSION ON:</B></div> <div> <B>“WHAT DO YOU THINK NVCC HAS DONE TO ADDRESS THE  NEEDS OF OUR CHANGING POPULATION?”</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>QUESTIONS POSED IN TODAY'S DISCUSSION:</B></div> <div> <B>Mentioned the academic reputation of NVCC, NY Times Article on the top ten Institutions  foreign students select and NVCC was only CC.</B></div> <div> <B>On Herman Blake - Do we play to the differences at the expense of the similarities because we think it is easier?  What do you think about his statement?</B></div> <div> <B>What about the “comfortable” learning environment Herman spoke about?</B></div> <div> <B>On group work, share example of ESL students working in groups and the issue of younger male student being apprehensive about critiqueing an older male student in his group - it was a cultural “Respect” issue for him.</B></div> <div> <B>Do we talk with students and hear their “voices”?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>VI.</B></div> <div> <B>SAY --  LET'S CONSIDER WHICH SEGMENTS OF THE COLLEGE SHOULD BE INVOLVED.   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SO LET'S LOOK AT ….</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> WHAT SPECIFIC STRATEGIES MIGHT BE USED TO CREATE SUCCESSFUL STUDENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES?</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>VIDEO - STRATEGIES  - 6 MINUTES)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Question:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>IS IT IMPORTANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT  PROGRAMS THAT RESPOND TO THE DIFFERENT CULTURES?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>VII</B></div> <div> <B>JERRY</B><B> HAS SOME BRIEF THOUGHTS ON WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE AT THE COLLEGE WITH OUR GENERATION 1.5 STUDENTS.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>VIII</B></div> <div> <B>BARBARA HOWARD</B></div> <div> <B>LET'S LOOK AT SOME  OF  THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO RESPOND TO DIFFERING CULTURES.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>VIDEO</B></div> <div> <B>      Begin with Interviews-end at Stuart-Skip to Moderator.-8 minutes</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><U>Some Closing thoughts</U></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>FINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FUTURE</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I think that what we see is that </B></div> <div> <B>IT IS NOT THE STUDENT BUT THE FACULTY THAT HAS TO CHANGE THEIR PEDAGOGY.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>PART OF THE ISSUE ABOUT DIVERSITY HAS TO DO WITH </B></div> <div> <B>HOW  ARE  WE  GOING TO CHANGE  OUR PRACTICES WITH IN THE CLASSROOM TO MEET THE CHANGES IN THE POPULATION THAT WE ARE SEEING.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>WE KNOW THAT THE POPULATION IS CHANGING</B></div> <div> <B>WE KNOW THAT THE STUDENTS ARE CHANGING</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>THE QUESTION IS, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS MOST </B></div> <div> <B>CREATIVE AND CONSTRUCTIVE SITUATION POSSIBLE?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>IT SEEMS THAT IF WE GET INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT AND FACULTY INVOLVEMENT,</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>WE COULD HAVE A VERY EXTRAORDINARY FUTURE.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>OR WE CAN CHOOSE NOT TO.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH CHARLES DARWIN'S PHILOSOPHY  ON THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>DARWIN HAD THIS TO SAY:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>“IT IS NOT THE STRONGEST OF THE SPECIES</B></div> <div> <B>THAT SURVIVES</B></div> <div> <B>NOR THE ONE MOST INTELLIGENT</B></div> <div> <B>BUT THE ONE MOST </B></div> <div> <B>RESPONSIVE TO CHANGE.”</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>YOU SEE, IT IS MY OPINION THAT….</B></div> <div> <B>WE NEED TO NOT IGNORE THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>WE NEED TO NOT DENY THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE AND</B></div> <div> <B>WE NEED TO MOBILIZE OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES</B></div> <div> <B>TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE CHANGES </B></div> <div> <B>WE NEED TO MAKE.</B></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Note: The video is available for viewing on request.  Contact Dr. Rosalyn M. King @ roking.nvcc.edu</B></I></div> <div> <I><B> </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>