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Empowering Students – Shaping Students for The Workforce
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Student Life 2024 / Undergraduate Ethnography / Updates

Empowering Students – Shaping Students for The Workforce

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By Angelina Nguyen, Hanisha Mistry, and Norah Rahman “Why go to University?” Many students pursue higher education to increase their chances for jobs. The University of Toronto entices students with its prestige and reputation for producing high-achieving scholars. However, does your GPA and the name of your academic institution truly matter if you can’t apply … Continue reading →

Assessing Assessment
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Student Life 2024 / Undergraduate Ethnography / Updates

Assessing Assessment

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By Cameron Miranda-Radbord and Maia De Caro Early on in our class, we read articles and had discussions surrounding audit, evaluation, and efficacy, which influenced our decision to look into assessment processes within the division of Student Life. In this case, assessment is used to identify and understand how effective programs are at meeting their … Continue reading →

What Student Life Did with Student Feedback
Ethnography of the University: Focus on Student Life 2024 / Undergraduate Ethnography / Updates

What Student Life Did with Student Feedback

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By Cameron Miranda-Radbord and Maia De Caro How does student feedback translate into change at Student Life? Attaining feedback is a crucial component of the assessment process. It helps identify gaps in operations and programming, enabling targeted improvements. Feedback can be gathered through various methods, such as surveys, focus groups, reflections, and conversations. In our … Continue reading →

ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY: FOCUS ON STUDENT LIFE 2024
Ethnography of the University: Focus on Student Life 2024 / Updates

ETHNOGRAPHY OF THE UNIVERSITY: FOCUS ON STUDENT LIFE 2024

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Over the past two decades, Student Life has emerged at the University of Toronto and elsewhere as a domain where various aspects of student life become subject to expert management with the aim of facilitating learning, enhancing well-being, minimizing stress, and promoting a healthy and productive university experience. Yet for most students at U of … Continue reading →