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Hawkins, LouAnne B.; Kaplan, Leslie G. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2016
Recent research has empirically demonstrated that young adults today are different from prior generations in their decreased empathy, increased narcissism, and decreased civic engagement. The formative years of young adulthood are a critical period for the development of civic values and civil ideologies, a time when college-age adults need to…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Refugees, Generational Differences, Honors Curriculum
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Armstrong, J. David, Jr. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
As President of Broward College, the author is proud of the honors education that has been offered to students since 1982. Two-year colleges play a crucial role in higher education, having experienced extensive growth in the past few decades and with honors as an important part of that growth. Broward College was founded in 1960 to support the…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Two Year Colleges, Two Year College Students, Program Descriptions
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Hanbury, George L., II – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2015
The mid-1960s were a time of historic social and cultural change, creating a perfect climate for a small university with a handful of students and some revolutionary ideas to take shape. During that dynamic era, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) was founded in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. In 2014, NSU celebrated fifty years of growth, innovation,…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Institutional Mission, Leadership, Student Development
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Kinghorn, Janice Rye; Smith, Whitney Womack – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2013
While honors programs and colleges often proclaim the importance of recruiting and retaining a diverse group of high-ability students, many are still exclusionary and predicated on assumptions about the student body that are no longer valid. The structure and programming of honors can thus prohibit the full participation of nontraditional students…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Honors Curriculum, Student Characteristics, Student Role
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Kelly, Sean K. – Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council, 2013
An honors curriculum with realistic graduation requirements should have a respectable graduation rate. This number, when low, can indicate significant problems in the program. But a high graduation rate does not necessarily indicate success. A quality honors program, especially one that remains attentive to students' ability to thrive, might have…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Success, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Sederberg, Peter C., Ed. – National Collegiate Honors Council, 2009
One enduring, and perhaps endearing, characteristic of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) is its commitment to pluralism. NCHC recognizes that excellent honors educational opportunities can be cultivated across the diverse settings of American higher education from two-year community colleges through large, comprehensive research…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Honors Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Surveys