https://www.kathryntoure.net/2013/05/20/first-kauffman-scholars-prepare-to-graduate/ Education, Research, Partnerships Sun, 04 Sep 2022 21:29:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 https://www.kathryntoure.net/2013/05/20/first-kauffman-scholars-prepare-to-graduate/comment-page-1/#comment-13030 Kathryn Toure Sat, 19 Oct 2013 22:27:01 +0000 http://www.kathryntoure.net/?p=1014#comment-13030 May 25, 2013 Dear Editor of <em>The Kansas City Star</em>, Re: <strong>Kauffman scholars</strong> I appreciated the May 20 article on the Kauffman scholars, “Scholars near finish line.” Congratulations to all those who will soon graduate from college and to all those who have decided to pursue other trajectories. I appreciated hearing about the support to the scholars by encouraging college preparedness, providing training in schedule planning and time management and facilitating strong on- and off-campus support, and, in the case of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, providing opportunities for peer mentoring. Education is a dialogue in which scholars can do better, as can the institutions seeking to provide quality and relevant education. So I was wondering what the participating institutions of higher learning might have learned through participation in the program. In which directions is teaching being adjusted? What kinds of insights are there about changes to the curriculum? In what modest ways are the scholars showing how the educational system might evolve and thus not just learning but also shaping the future? <strong>Kathryn Toure</strong> <em>Lenexa, Kansas, USA</em> <a href="http://www.kathryntoure.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/KauffmanScholars-letter2editorKCStar.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.kathryntoure.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/KauffmanScholars-letter2editorKCStar.jpg" alt="" title="KauffmanScholars-letter2editorKCStar" width="500" height="505" /></a> May 25, 2013
Dear Editor of The Kansas City Star,
Re: Kauffman scholars
I appreciated the May 20 article on the Kauffman scholars, “Scholars near finish line.” Congratulations to all those who will soon graduate from college and to all those who have decided to pursue other trajectories.
I appreciated hearing about the support to the scholars by encouraging college preparedness, providing training in schedule planning and time management and facilitating strong on- and off-campus support, and, in the case of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, providing opportunities for peer mentoring.
Education is a dialogue in which scholars can do better, as can the institutions seeking to provide quality and relevant education. So I was wondering what the participating institutions of higher learning might have learned through participation in the program.
In which directions is teaching being adjusted? What kinds of insights are there about changes to the curriculum?
In what modest ways are the scholars showing how the educational system might evolve and thus not just learning but also shaping the future?
Kathryn Toure
Lenexa, Kansas, USA

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