Overview Article on Compentency-based Ed

The link below leads to an up-to-date and fairly brief article posted a few days ago by Phil Hill. It may be a good overview to share with others. http://mfeldstein.com/cbe-an-updated-primer-for-todays-online-market/
Webinar:  Thursday, Dec. 5th

Webinar: Thursday, Dec. 5th

Engaging Practices, Engaging Students: High-Impact Practices in Community Colleges Based on findings from focus groups conducted in colleges across the nation and the integration of results from its four complementary survey instruments, The Center for Community...
Retrospective

Retrospective

Our NMC community hosts a great many stories: history’s lessons, tomorrow’s dreams, and tales of triumph (and of other well-intentioned ideas yielding more modest results). We grow as colleagues share these stories. We’re uplifted and energized; we...
Have You Thanked Your Shop Teacher Lately?

Have You Thanked Your Shop Teacher Lately?

I’m embarrassed to say I never did, not that I recall.  Yet, I believe he taught me as much about general education outcomes as many traditional academic classes.  Terry O’Banion’s keynote speech this summer at a League of Innovation conference I...

Student Death Procedure

Over the past year, the BIRT Team (Behavioral Intervention Report Team) has been developing a procedure to address the very unfortunate occurrence of a student death within the NMC student population. This procedure is now in place to give faculty and staff some...