scholarships, loan and grant opportunities, ACT Testing, the Upward Bound Program at KSU, military recruitment, “Soft Skills” in the Workplace and dual credit classes available at KSU.
This is the second year the Office of Regional Stewardship and Civic Engagement has hosted this event. Next year's plans for Operation Preparation include a campus tour for high school students.
AWA Partners with California-based Acceleration in Context and Umoja Community for Exploring Culturally-Relevant Pedagogy, Student Voices
Two prominent California-based professional development organizations, The Umoja Community and Acceleration in Context (AIC), visited KSU on January 28-29 for two days of work with 70 administrators, faculty and staff on a broad range of curricular and practice strategies aimed specifically at strengthening work with KSU students who begin with developmental education needs. The focus was on accelerated curriculum design, culturally relevant practice, and engaging student voices as a source for informing our pedagogy.
Umoja and AIC work with over fifty colleges across California and in several other states. Umoja is the first organization of its kind in California to step forward with a fully articulated philosophy and strategy based on many years of experience and supported by strong institutional data to improve African American student success. The Umoja Community, which began in 2006, serves at risk, educationally and economically disadvantaged California community college students through culturally responsive curriculum and practices. AIC currently works with teams from ESL, Math, Learning Communities, Counseling and English—Writing, Reading, and Integrated Reading and Writing.
AIC teams are all engaged in curriculum redesign. AIC aims to shift basic skills instruction from models that warehouse students until they are “ready” for college to basic skills instruction and counseling that immerse students in a college learning environment and experience from the first day they step on campus.
As the original grant ends, CITLA staff is working to close out financial issues and prepare for greater dissemination of the work from the grant as we prepare for a potential follow-up grant. As part of the dissemination, KSU President Mary Evans Sias has been asked to serve on a panel for a formalized Congressional hearing on promising practices that will emanate from this grant.
Kentucky State University has moved the SACS Office to 112 Carver Hall. This office will contain a living documents room where all SACS related documents will be stored and collected. This office will also serve as a place where technical assistance can be provided for academic unit faculty who are engaged in their discipline related accreditation efforts. Dr. Mark Shale, SACS Liaison and Dr. Beverly Downing, Interim Associate Provost will facilitate management of the area.
The Office of Academic Affairs is currently engaged in the Program Review Cycle for the following programs:
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