The secondary aims were to seek opinions on the strengths and weaknesses, specifically, of clinical learning in the current course, to seek students' views on possible reductions in clinical experience, and on alternative teaching methods, that may be required as a result resulting of increasing student numbers.
The program seeks students with scientific knowledge on the theory that if you don't understand the content, then you can't communicate it.
Steve Schwartz, an LSAT tutor, said the new LSAT figures were not a surprise, given the steady decline in the number of students seeking one-on-one tutoring.
Speaking on the troubled iPad program, Cortines said the district should seek student input on their technology needs and take more time deciding on the best tools for them.
Sister Cities group seeks student reps.
At the University of Wisconsin at Madison, an increase in students seeking on-campus employment has meant that some semiskilled nonstudent employees have been replaced by undergraduates, working fewer hours and earning closer to the minimum wage.
The uptick in college students seeking on-campus counseling can be explained, Schwartz said, by the drastic cuts in community mental healthcare in the past few decades.
The uptick in college students seeking on-campus counseling can be explained, Schwartz said, by the drastic cuts in community mental health care in the past few decades.
One particular sample that was offensive to the department is a response to an essay seeking the students' views on "the impact of European colonization of the 'New World'," to which the essayist hypothesized European colonization "has a horrifying and negative effect on the natives that have been here for thousands of years".
When I walk past a classroom full of bored students, and see some of those students seeking an escape on personal electronics, I wonder if at least some of these children would be learning more in front of a properly programmed machine.
