1st Meeting with Supervisor

Date: Sep 10, 2009
Time: 17.00 - 18.00

Key points:

- Do teachers at LU know about LA education?
- Do I know what LU CC graduates do?
- Does LU enjoy an edge since it has rolled out LA education for more than a decade, given all uni follow suit with the 3-3-4 implementation?
- What makes LU's LA unique?
- Stakeholders include senior mgmt, academic staff, parents
- Does LU have to recalibrate LA education?
- How is the notion of US CC embedded in local CC? Any comparisons?

- What are my main arguments? conceptual framework? Theories?

Actions:

1. Write a 1-pg document containing:

* research problems with sub-problems
* key concepts
* important lit (3-4 essential books/ journal articles)
* conceptual models
* methodology/ preliminary hypothesis
* expected outcomes

2. Schedule (when to deliver the research seminar)

3. Re-send previous UWA research proposal

Submitted on 24 Sep.

Suggested readings:

1. Community college models : globalization and higher education reform
By Rosalind Latiner Raby, Edward J. Valeau.
London : Springer, c2009.

2. Global Development of Community Colleges, Technical Colleges, and Further Education Programs
by Paul A. Elsner, George R. Boggs, and Judith T. Irwin (Paperback - Nov 30, 2008)

3. Dimensions of the Community College: International, Intercultural, and Multicultural Perspectives (Garland Reference Library of Social Science)
by Norma Tarrow (Hardcover - April 1, 1996)

4. Do Community Colleges Respond to Local Needs
by Duane E. Leigh and Andrew M. Gill (Paperback - Aug 31, 2007)

5. Community College Faculty: At Work in the New Economy
by John S. Levin, Susan T. Kater, and Richard L. Wagoner (Hardcover - Jan 19, 2006)

Liberal Arts for PR

The researcher tries to understand the effectiveness of LA education from different stakeholders, probably students. Yet this YouTube clip is only for recruiting prospective USC students. To what extent is it true?

Re-inventing Liberal Arts

Bennington president Liz Coleman delivers a call-to-arms for radical reform in higher education. Bucking the trend to push students toward increasingly narrow areas of study, she proposes a truly cross-disciplinary education -- one that dynamically combines all areas of study to address the great problems of our day.

English Proofreading

I might have to come back to this site - http://www.madibaworld.com/ when touching up on my proposal and dissertation.

Embarking on an academic journey

I am thrilled to set sail on the academic waters with the Web 2.0 platform.