Subject Resources for Higher Education
Sources for Teaching and Learning
Academic
Advising Resources on the Internet
Manuals, guidelines, graduate school and career counseling, tests,
special populations, and much more.
http://www.psu.edu/dus/ncta/
Best
Information on the Net (BIOTN) -- Faculty Resources
Sections include Collaborative Learning Projects, Computer
Information for Amateurs, Copyright and Electronic Reserves, Discouraging
Plagiarism, Improving Teaching, job links, salaries, and more. Selected
by librarians at O'Keefe Library, St. Ambrose University.
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Faculty/facindex.htm
Carnegie Academy
for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (CASTL)
A major initiative of The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,
launched in 1998.
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/CASTL
The CASTL
Campus Program WebCenter
Provides a network of connections to those doing the
scholarship of teaching and learning, and to helpful resources; involves
faculty at over 200 colleges and universities.
http://aahe.ital.utexas.edu/
Center
for Excellence in Learning and Teaching - Penn State
Penn State's CELT offers classes, online links, publications,
and more to support teaching and learning at Penn State. Site includes
links to portfolios, assessment, active learning, diversity, and more.
http://www.psu.edu/dept/celt/index.html
CIT Resources
Guide
Important links about plagiarism prepared by Penn State's Teaching and
Learning with Technology, a unit of Information Technology Services.
http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/cyberplag/
Currents
in Electronic Literacy
An electronic journal for the scholarly discussion of issues pertaining
to electronic literacy, such as the use of electronic texts and technologies
in reading, writing, teaching, and learning in fields. Published by the
Computer Writing and Research Lab, Division of Rhetoric and Composition,
University of Texas at Austin.
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/currents/index.html
EffectiveTeaching: Carolina Colloquy's
Electronic Journal of University Teaching and Learning
Articles, research notes, and a cybrary of teaching / learning resources.
http://cte.uncwil.edu/et/
Higher
Education Syllabi
Collection of syllabi in the field higher education. Sponsored
by the American Educational Research Association and the Association for
the Study of Higher Education.
http://www.higher-ed.org/syllabi/
Inventio
Peer-reviewed articles on instructional research, instructional philosophy,
pedagogy, learning theory, and other significant issues related to excellence
in learning and teaching, and classroom practice. Sponsored by George
Mason University.
http://www.doiiit.gmu.edu/inventio/
Journal of Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning(JoSoTL)
A web-based journal concerning the latest in the Scholarship of Teaching
and Learning.
http://www.iusb.edu/~josotl/
KAIROS:
A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments
An electronic, peer-reviewed journal for teachers, researchers,
and tutors of writing at the college and university level, including technical
writing, business writing, professional communication, creative writing,
composition, and literature. Sponsored by the Alliance for Computers and
Writing.
http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/
Mission:
Critical
An interactive tutorial for students to enhance critical
thinking skills. From San Jose State University Institute for Teaching
and Learning.
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/
PlagiServe
Web service that to see that term papers, research papers and essays are
not plagiarized either from the Internet or from any other paper submitted
to the instructor.
http://www.plagiserve.com/
Preparing
Future Faculty
A national network of academic leaders reshaping graduate
education, to include preparation for the full range of faculty roles.
It is a collaborative effort to give doctoral students a fuller sense
of the scope of the academic profession. Extensive resource links.
http://www.preparing-faculty.org/
Radical Pedagogy
A peer reviewed, academic journal devoted to the examination of the evolving
state and analysis of teaching and learning in contemporary academia.
A publication of ICAAP [International Consortium for the Advancement of
Academic Publication].
http://radicalpedagogy.icaap.org/
Reinventing
Undergraduate Education: Blueprint for America's Research Universities
Report on ways to effect change in undergraduate education. [Boyer
Commission on Educating Undergraduates in the Research University.
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Pres/boyer.nsf/
Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate
Education
By Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F. Gamson. http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/7princip.htm
Teaching
Assistant Handbook
A guide for TA's prepared by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
http://www.umass.edu/cft/handbook/handbook.htm
UMUC-Verizon Virtual
Resource Site for Teaching with Technology
Two modules for key issues in developing and teaching online courses with
the use of technology: selection and use of various web-based media, and
resources for faculty using technology in research assignments.
http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/
The Visible Knowledge Project
A five-year project to improve the quality of college and university teaching
through a focus on both student learning and faculty development in technology-enhanced
environments. Involves more than 50 faculty on 25 campuses engaged in
the scholarship of teaching.
http://crossroads.georgetown.edu/vkp/
World
Lecture Hall
Links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using
the web to deliver class materials.
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
The Campus Environment
The Association of
Higher Education Facilities Officers
An international association dedicated to maintaining,
protecting, and promoting the quality of educational facilities.
http://www.appa.org/
Binge
Drinking on Campus: Results of a National Study
Reports the findings of a survey of college student drinking
completed by the Harvard School of Public Health. A publication of the
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention, funded
by the U.S. Department of Education.
http://www.edc.org/hec/pubs/binge.htm
Campus
Newspapers on the Internet
Includes hundreds of campus papers, searchable by paper or
institution name, or keyword.
http://www.tigtag.com/community/language/852_4_2.html
GreekPages.com
Aims to provide useful services and good information to
fraternity and sorority members, their alumni, pledges, prospective members
and those interested in Greek life.
http://www.greekpages.com/index2.cfm
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
‘97
Provides information about the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act.
http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSERS/IDEA/index.html
Security
On Campus, Inc.
A national, non-profit organization that works for the
prevention of college and university campus violence and other crimes,
and assists campus crime victims in the enforcement of legal rights.
http://www.campussafety.org/
About Individual Colleges and Universities
American Universities
Links to home pages of U.S. universities.
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/CLAS/american-universities.html
Campus Tours
Online source for virtual college tours, interactive maps,
college webcams, QuickTime VR tours, campus movies and pictures.
http://campustours.com/
IPEDS College Opportunities
On-Line
A searchable, criteria-based directory of over 9,000 US colleges and universities
[IPEDS = Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System].
http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS/cool/Search.asp
A Survey of College & University WWW Sites
A comparison of the web presence of selected college and
universities.
http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/academic/classes/TU5020/projects/he/higher_ed.html
U.S.
News and World Report Graduate school guide
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/beyond/bchome.htm
Web
U.S. Higher Education
Links by state and alphabetically to U.S. 2 and 4 year
institutions. Sponsored by the University of Texas, Austin.
http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/
Study Abroad
Penn State University,
Office of International Programs (UOIP)
Supports and promotes the development of an international dimension that
supports Penn State's integration of teaching, research/scholarship, service,
and outreach in a global environment.
http://www.international.psu.edu/
Resources for Global Education, USC Center for Global Education
Includes information on programs from many schools, plus general advice.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/education/globaled/rfsa/
Study Abroad
Extensive links to study, internship, volunteer, job and teaching opportunities
abroad, plus language schools, eco/adventure, US universities, and high
school programs.
http://www.studyabroaddirectory.com/search.cfm
Study Abroad Links
Geographic links to information on study abroad and educational travel
worldwide.
http://www.studyabroadlinks.com/