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Posted on June 30th, 2010 by Randy Proto

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I noticed that this blog under a really interesting section called “Dispelling Myths”  quoted my most recent Huffington Post article. The blog picked up the article from another educators blog – HICE School. So I spent some time looking over the author Tony Bates background and some of the posts.

Tony Bates is an excellent resource for anyone involved in higher education…..

Posted on June 20th, 2010 by Randy Proto

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What do employers want from graduates? Over the past 30 years it hasn’t changed. There are surveys out there (I will find some and post the links). But, long ago I was introduced to a seemingly self evident set of answers by one of my mentors in management. The answers were based upon a survey he had reviewed.

Employers want, in this general order of importance for an entry level position in many fields: demonstrated reliability and perseverance; professionalism and organizational fit; and position specific knowledge and skills. 1, 2, and 3.

Item 1 : Demonstrated reliability and perseverance

Completing a program – a degree or a… read more

Posted on June 18th, 2010 by Randy Proto

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Early in my teaching career, I thought I knew. Give me a week or two, an assignment, a quiz and I could tell who would do well, and who wouldn’t. Who wasn’t “cut out for this.”

Then I met a woman I will call Sue. I was teaching Computer Programming. Sue just struggled from the first. I was teaching day and evening classes. I would get to class at 8 – and Sue was there. I would often leave at 10 pm, and frequently Sue would leave a bit before me. All of this to get to a “C.”

I watched her do the same for her entire program. Sometimes, I questioned the process by which she was admitted. Surely it could have filtered Sue out and saved… read more