By Thomas Carey. A recent post in Matt Reed’s
Confessions of a Community College Dean column raised the question of “
how research informs teaching and whether it factors in at the community college level”. I think this question is best framed in a slightly more general way: “how can our teaching activity and our scholarly activity complement each other to be mutually beneficial at a teaching-intensive institution”. This is of importance at any teaching-intensive institution, particularly one which integrates foundational, vocational and professional programs along with more traditional academic pathways.
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