http://thecollegeprofessor.today.com A Today.com Weblog Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:51:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” – Attributed to Abraham Lincoln  As the end of a semester approaches, pressures to submit assignments and prepare ... http://thecollegeprofessor.today.com/2009/03/20/a-cheat-by-any-other-name/ “In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.” – Mortimer Adler It goes without saying that some of my best friends are books. I prefer to read them, to teach their ... http://thecollegeprofessor.today.com/2009/03/11/ordering-textbooks-may-the-rituals-commence/ “No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious.” – George Bernard Shaw  I believe examination writing is an art form of all its own. Yet among students, mythologies and fallacies abound. For example, many students believe that multiple choice exams are uniformly easier ... http://thecollegeprofessor.today.com/2009/02/23/short-answer-vs-essay-the-examination-conundrum/ "Life is a succession of lessons, which must be lived to be understood.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Perhaps it is a reflection of the times personified by members of a younger generation, but in this Women’s Health class, self-disclosure pertaining to the most intimate health issues and relationships appears to be ... http://thecollegeprofessor.today.com/2009/02/16/the-womens-health-class/ “History is a race between education and catastrophe” – H. G. Wells  Several months ago the College’s Allied Health Student Club (for which I serve as the faculty advisor) agreed that commemorating World AIDS Day would help raise awareness of the need to be screened for HIV and reinforcement to prevent transmission of ... http://thecollegeprofessor.today.com/2009/01/18/world-aids-day-events-for-december-1-2008-faculty-guidance-and-student-implementation/ “Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity” – Aristotle As a fitting introduction to the dynamics of higher education, it is duly noted that tougher economic times often dictate the need to reflect upon purpose and as well as pocketbook. To the student, this may result in ... http://thecollegeprofessor.today.com/2009/01/04/an-opening-argument/