Panel one: What happens in college . . .

Topic: What does it mean to read, learn, think, and perform like a college student in 2016?

This discussion will explore college literacy and how it relates to learning and course work for today’s college student. All teachers went to college, but it’s been *ahem* a while since most teachers were college undergrads. Come, listen, and ask questions as college professors and recent college graduates discuss the skills and knowledge college students need.

Panel Members:

Name / Position / School / Email
Dr. Suzanne Hall / Assistant Professor: Music Education and Humanities / Augusta University /
Dr. Dave Hunt / Associate Professor: Sociology / Augusta University /
Dr. Wes Kisting / Assistant Dean in the Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences / Augusta University /
Dr. Daren Timmons / Dean of the College of Sciences and Engineering / University South Carolina Aiken /

Ideally, this will serve as a general framework for the panel discussion; I think that these types of conversations work best when they have some basic structure, but allow ample opportunities for the conversation to guide itself. Please feel free to add your own questions or comments if there’s a specific area you think would be good to explore.

  1. College Literacy
  2. Reading in College
  3. What types of reading are your students expected to do during the course of a semester?
  4. How much learning occurs through reading in your class?
  5. Writing in College
  6. What types of writing are your students expected to do during the course of a semester?
  7. How much learning occurs through writing in your class?
  8. Other literacy
  9. Aside from literacy in the traditional way we think about it, what other forms of literacy are necessary for success in your discipline?
  10. How much learning occurs through this literacy in your class?
  11. The students you teach
  12. Are there any overarching things that your students seem to struggle with as it relates to literacy?
  13. Specifically, is there an area of literacy that younger students seem to struggle with (ie: is there something that high school students don’t seem to come prepared to do in college as it relates to literacy as “reading.”)
  14. Do you feel like your students do the reading that you require of them?
  15. Discuss the types of papers (whatever that entails for your discipline) your students hand in to you.
  16. Is there an overarching skill that students seem to get better at while they are in college?
  17. College things
  18. Do you take attendance?
  19. How much time outside of class do you expect students to have to work on your class?
  20. How many graded assignments are there in a class?