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General Education: A Deep And Broad Foundation
It is an honor to have the opportunity to contribute some thoughts on the topic of General Education at Eugenio María de Hostos Community College. As I started to

Research: If You Do Not Want Them To Know, Do Not Teach Them Statistics? (Story Of North Korean Mathematics)
It has been more than sixty years since Korea was divided into two separate countries – the D

Research And SoTL: Advice For The Community College Scholar
Advice for Conducting Research as a Junior Faculty Member at Hostos

Back in February, I published an article in Inside Higher Ed called “Advice for t

Sabbatical Experience: Hurricane Maria
Hurricane Maria, the most devastating hurricane in 85 years, struck Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017. Hurricane Maria was called the worst natural disaster on record in

General Education: Keeping Education in Perspective – Using the Hostos General Core Competencies to Promote Reflection About the Purpose of Education
The beauty and diverse benefits of studying mathematics is

A Fulbright Opportunity In Honduras: An Abroad Conversation About The Meaning Of Student Engagement, Assessment, And Classroom Management Today
This Fulbright Specialist opportunity in Honduras revealed a faculty

A Different Kind of International Fellowship By Natasha Lorca Yannacañedo
The idea behind the apexart International Fellowship is to break artists out of our comfortable little bubbles of work and expose us to

Professor And Celebrated Artist Ian Charles Scott
It was not until I was watching the recent ‘heist film’, Oceans Eight, where a group of 8 ladies decide the rob the Metropolitan Museum annual Ball that I

Sabbatical Experience
Over the last three decades, I have enjoyed working intensively with students to help them achieve their academic goals here at Hostos. Upon my appointment, I knew that research would be

Universal Design For Learning: Fostering Neurodiversity, Equity, And Inclusivity Through Educational Technology
Neurodiversity is an approach to learning and disability that posits diverse neurological conditions

Diversity Survey
The Center for Teaching and Learning collaborated with the Diversity Fellow Prof. Nelson Nuñez-Rodríguez to develop a faculty survey based on cultural competencies and organize a panel focused o

The Sabbatical Experience: A Fulbright Scholar in Slovakia A Transformative Experience
I embarked on my sabbatical leave during the fall of 2016 after earning my tenure in 2014. I had the privilege to receive a

Teaching Tips: Building Experimental Communities: A Holistic Approach in Education
This article is about my own personal experience as an educator. When I finished high school, I was hired as a fifth grade

Approach to Training: An Introduction to Theories of Learning
Over the past half century, American higher education has expanded from an elite audience to the mass market. Audience demographics have changed

Seen the Unseen
 

I have joined in the Natural Sciences Department in 2007 as an Assistant Professor. Like many of us at Hostos Community College, in addition to our significant teaching loads, service and s

Variations in an Emergency
Hostos English Department faculty member Anne Lovering Rounds had her first book, Variations in an Emergency, published at the end of 2016. Praised by literary critics and musicians

Looking for General Education in a New Global Space of Education
When I first sat down to write this piece, Talking Heads’ question involuntarily surfaced: “How did I get here?” And I felt the urge to pursu

Changing the Mindset for Enhanced Pedagogy
Linda Ridley
Lecturer
Business Academic Department

As a global consultant focusing on change management within organizations, over the past decade I have

Reflections Upon Teaching Our Students (and some tips!)
I have been fortunate enough to teach community-college students for the past seventeen years. As I complete my fifth year as an Assistant Professor at

Planning for End-of-Life is not a Death Sentence. The Influence of Culture on End-of-Life Decision.
THE POWER OF QUESTIONS
QUESTION: How do we introduce the End-of Life Conversation to Minority