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August/September 2008 Newsletter Save the Date: Friday, September 19, 2008, will be our Fall Convocation and HEP's 20th Anniversary. The event is for all students in our D.A. Ph.D. and MAIS programs. The keynote speaker is Dr. George Vaughan, Professor Emeritus of Higher Education at North Carolina State University and Founding Director of DACCE at George Mason. For information about this year's event, please see the convocation schedule. All students planning to attend the Fall 2008 Convocation should RSVP hepadmin@gmu.edu by no later than September 12, 2008. Avoid the Late Add Fee! Students must be registered for at least one course prior to the first day Dr. Jamie Lester is HEP's New Full-Time Assistant Professor Dr. Jaime Lester holds a Ph.D. and M.Ed. in higher education from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California. Lester also holds a dual B.A. from the University of Michigan in English and Women’s studies. Prior to George Mason University, she was an assistant professor and Co-Director of the Research Center for Community College Inquiry in the Department of Leadership and Counseling at Old Dominion University from 2006-2008. Dr. Lester maintains an active research agenda that examines gender equity in higher education; retention and transfer of community college students; socialization of women and minority faculty; and leadership. She has published articles in the Community College Journal of Research and Practice, Community College Review, Journal of Higher Education, Liberal Education, National Women’s Studies Association Journal, and NEA: Thought & Action. She also has three forthcoming books on gendered perspectives in community colleges, family-friendly policies in higher education, and ways to restructure higher education to promote collaboration. Currently, she is completing a project on non-positional leadership and change in higher education. In addition to her research, Lester has participated as a reviewer for several academic journals inside and outside higher education, including the National Women’s Studies Association Journal, Community College Review, Journal About Women in Higher Education, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, and New Directions for Community Colleges. She also serves as a board member for the national association the Council for the Study of Community Colleges who granted her an award for her dissertation work. Dr. Lester is teaching CTCH 622 (Organization/Administration) and CTCH 792 (Research Writing) for HEP this fall term. Her office is located in Enterprise Hall; Room 350. FALL 2008 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE (for a detailed schedule, check the Registrar’s Office web site):
Fall 2008 HEP Schedule of Classes CTCH 602 College Teaching Tuesday 4:30pm Kuhta, A. CTCH 605 Curriculum and Assessment Monday 4:30pm Patrick, S. CTCH 622 Organization/Administration Tuesday 4:30pm Lester, J. CTCH 792--002 Research Writing Thursday 7:20pm Lester, J. CTCH 885 Internship (proposal required) Snyder CTCH 998 Proposal Writing CTCH 999 Dissertation Writing Special Topics Course Descriptions: Higher Education Law The purpose of this course is to introduce students to laws and legal issues that impact higher education. By the end of the course, students should have a general familiarity of higher education law and be able to recognize when a legal issue presents itself in situations involving students, faculty or administration. Students should also have researched at least one legal question in depth and be able to explain the policy implications of the law in that area. Research Writing This course is offered in a seminar format and is intended to encourage and assist students in making substantive progress toward the identification and development of their dissertation topics. Students will make presentations on their work and will be expected to constructively critique the work of others. Class activities beyond the first meeting will be determined by the progress students are making and their perceived needs to advance their work. All students enrolled in the course will be expected to commit themselves to actively pursuing a dissertation topic, to diligently pursuing the literature and other sources in describing and developing the topic, to writing professionally as expected in the dissertation proposal, and to constructively critiquing the work of other students in the class. Active participation in class is a very important aspect in making this a successful experience for each student and for the class as a whole. Click here for a complete list of course descriptions. SPRING 2009 SCHEDULE OF CLASSES CTCH 602 College Teaching Wednesday 7:20pm-10pm Instructor: Dr. Leslie Smith CTCH 603 Technology in Higher Education Monday 7:20pm-10:00pm Instructor: Dr. Star Muir CTCH 621 Higher Education in the U.S. Wednesday 4:30pm-7:10pm Instructor: Dr. Claire Snyder CTCH 624 Finan/Fiscal Mgmt in Higher Ed Thursday 4:30pm -7:10pm Dr. Larry Czarda CTCH 644 Student Service in Higher Ed Wednesday 7:20pm-10:00pm Dr. Mark Kidd CTCH 685 Higher Education Practicum Instructor: Mark Kidd CTCH 792 Special Topics in Higher Education International Higher Education—Wed. 4:30pm-7:10pm Instructor: Dr. Peter Stearns E-portfolios—Tuesday 7:20pm-10:00pm Instructor: Dr. Darren Cambridge Teaching Resources in Humanities—Tuesday 4:30pm-7:10pm Instructor: Dr. Kelly Schrum Philosophy of Education—Monday 4:30pm-7:10pm Instructor: Dr. Jaime Lester CTCH 821 History of Higher Education in U.S. Wednesday 4:30pm-7:10pm Instructor: Dr. Claire Snyder CTCH 830 Ethics in Higher Ed: Pers/Org/Inst Tuesday 7:20pm-10:00pm Instructor: Dr. Nance Lucas CTCH 885 Internship in College Teach/Admin CTCH 998 CTCH 999 The Fall 2008 CHSS Graduate Orientation took place on August 21st. A reception was held at the Center for the Arts Atrium, where HEP's newly admitted students were greeted by our department's faculty and staff: Dr. R. Claire Snyder, Director of Academics; Dr. Jaime Lester, Assistant Professor; and Nina Joshi, Administrative Coordinator. Immediately following the reception, students gathered in Harris Theater for the main program. Speakers included Dr. Jack Censer, Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Dr. Jamie Cooper, Associate Dean of Graduate Academic Affairs; Dr. Terry Zawacki, Director of Writing Across the Curriculum; and Bill Miller, Assistant Professor of English and Fall for the Book Festival Director. We had a separate, program-specific orientation later that evening in the Johnson Center. The guidelines for formatting a Mason theses and dissertations have been modified. A new project guide can be found here in the Downloads/Templates portion of this web site. Any student graduating in summer 2008 or later needs to format their thesis or dissertation using the updated guidelines
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