About College Success With Dean Graeme Harper of Oakland University Honors College.
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Colleges are expensive. So students going to college should have a clear idea of What College Success is and How to achieve it.
We are fortunate to have Dean Graeme Harper of Oakland University Honors College to guide us through this conversation.
In this Podcast, Dean Harper tells us How Students Should Think of Success, Your College Ingredients, Taking Advantage of College Resources, and finally Measuring Your Progress towards Success.
In particular, we discuss the following with him:
- Why Do Students Attend College?
- How Should Students Think of Success?
- How Colleges Help with Success
- Measuring Progress Towards Success
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Introducing Dean Graeme Harper, OU Honors College []
- Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
- Why Do Students Attend College? []
- How Should Students Think of College Success []
- Ingredients for Success in College []
- Is Individual Attention Possible? []
- How College Can Support Students Secondary Goals []
- How Should Students Take Advantage of College Resources []
- Why Honors Colleges []
- Experiential Learning []
- Smaller Community []
- Monitoring Student Progress in College []
- Closing Thoughts []
Our Guest: Professor Graeme Harper is the Dean of the Oakland University Honors College, Rochester, Michigan. Dean Harper received the Bachelor of Arts degrees in History, English, Economic History from the University of Sydney. He then earned his Master of Letters from the University of New England (AU), PhD in Creative Arts from University of Technology Sydney. Dean Harper also received a PhD in from the School of English and American Studies from the University of East Anglia (UK).
Memorable Quote: “Student success is a buzz term at the moment. It's out there a lot. You'll hear a lot of people use it, you know. I would encourage families and students to question when somebody says, Oh, we really want students to be successful. Ask the question like we've done today - What do you mean by that? ” Dean Harper.
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