Emergent Property – The Mind in Action in Higher Education Sheina Leboeuf SD’17 and Jim Stellar Sheina is a Sophie Davis CUNY combined BS-MD degree program student who transferred there from Queens College, a fairly rare event at … Continued
A freshman approaches Law School Mala Singh UA’19 and Jim Stellar I met Mala when she was a receptionist at the Career Service office at UA as a freshman. We began to talk and wanted now to … Continued
Internships and growth – one student’s story Rachel Eager UA’18 and Jim Stellar This is Rachel’s story. We work together this summer in a small group doing literature research into how experiential education activities can promote the development of women … Continued
Higher Education Cost – make it more worthwhile by adding experience to the academic curriculum Allyson Savin and Jim Stellar We started talking about writing this post at the end of June 2014 when there was a burst of media … Continued
My Year in the CUNY Service Corps Naomi Ducat QC’16 and Jim Stellar Naomi just finished writing a short paper on a different topic for another section of this website, but I had to ask her to write this blog … Continued
Counseling and Diversity Ashley Bryant QC 15 and Jim Stellar Ashley took my large general education lecture class that I co-teach in the spring. That led us to a conversation about how we best help students find their way through … Continued
Social Capital and Experiential Education Carolina Morgan NU ’10 and Jim Stellar I met Carolina in her freshman year at Northeastern University over her application to a scholarship that my office ran when I was Dean of the College of … Continued
An Attachment to a College Jessica Bruder QC ’11, ’13 and Jim Stellar Jessica just finished her master’s degree at Queens College. Counting from the time she was in high school taking her first college course under a program called … Continued
Reflection It is important to try new things. When Sarah and I decided to write a piece together on reflection, having written a previous blog post, she did what she often does with me and produced something impressive. This time, … Continued
The power of reflection – a story from Greece Adrienne Dooley NU’12 and Jim Stellar Our last blog (8/21/12) focused on the bonding that occurred in a study abroad trip to Greece in the fall of 2011. This … Continued