Academic Rigor and Student Success Lunch Discussion Professor John M. Braxton of the Higher Education Leadership and Policy Program at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University led a discussion on the role that course examination questions play in the process of student persistence in private residential colleges and universities. His analysis utilized a sample of 408 first-time, …
Category: Student Learning
Taylor Branch Presents at Teaching Center Event
On Friday, January 30, in the Massey Boardroom, the Teaching Center partnered with Belmont University’s Martin Luther King Committee to sponsor a lunch discussion entitled “For Students of Freedom: Taylor Branch on Teaching, Storytelling, and the Civil Rights Movement.” The guest presenter, Taylor Branch, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and author of, among other works, one of the …
Center Co-Hosts Discussion On Students with Disabilities
On January 14, at the Curb Event Center, the Belmont Teaching Center, along with the Office of Student Affairs, hosted a faculty lunch discussion entitled, ” Addressing the Learning Needs of Students with Disabilities.” The event addressed questions such as: How can we best serve the learning needs of our students with disabilities? Are there …