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was a blast to create my own lessons and actually teach.” During the study abroad trip, the GVSU students were required to keep a blog to document the differences they noticed between schools in Tanzania compared to those in America. One difference, Greene said, is that the students stay in the same classroom all day and the teachers travel between the rooms. Greene and Glefke both noticed that some teachers would not show up to
their classes. “Teachers are nowhere near as motivated here in Tanzania (compared to America),” Greene said. “If a teacher does not show up for class, there is no substitute; the kids go without class and there’s no adult supervision.” Most students don’t have textbooks for their classes and many schools in Arusha don’t have libraries, Glefke said. A lot of time is spent copying notes from the board so the students have something to reference later on. “The school I was at was
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nicer compared to most in Arusha because there was a small library with a few copies of the textbooks,” Glefke said. “Overall, they are missing a lot of resources that we take for granted in America. Also, Arusha Meru International School is one of only a few schools in Tanzania that does not discipline by corporal punishment.
Other students’ placements actually have corporal punishment in their schools.” Despite the differences and difficulties, Greene and Glefke both recommend the trip to other education majors. To read students’ full blogs about the trip visit studyabroadtanzania2014.wordpress.com.
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performance has increased,” Hollister said. “There’s a real awareness that faculty salaries have to be near the average or above, because we’re more than an average school. They’re trying to make gains now to get back to the mean.” “Faculty drives much of what happens at the university. I’m hopeful that in the next couple years that investment will be made by the administration. They’ve said they want to make that investment too.” Godwin agreed. “We are hopeful that we can also improve our ranking to be higher than 10th place,” he said. “Grand Valley’s performance on many of the metrics identified by the state has been amongst the best in the state. “That performance is due to the hard work of our faculty and I think they should be recognized for their efforts with pay levels that reflect their hard work.” To view the entire report from the AAUP, visit w w w. a au p. o r g / r e p o r t s publications/2013-14salarysurvey.
intensive universities tend to be supported at a higher level and pay higher salaries than teaching oriented, Master’scomprehensive universities such as Grand Valley,” Godwin said. “We would not expect our salaries to be comparable to U of M, MSU, WSU or Michigan Tech.” However, Godwin recognizes that GVSU salaries do lag behind other Mich. universities. “There are some academic disciplines where we compare very well with the rest of the state’s universities,” Godwin said. “There are also some disciplines where our pay levels may have lagged behind other universities.” Though the salaries of GVSU professors are lower than the state average for a public university, Hollister is sure that the administration is mindful of the value of GVSU faculty members. “While our salaries have fallen across the board, student
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BRIEFS GRCC AND GV TO SIGN ARTICULATION AGREEMENT Grand Valley State University’s President Thomas J. Haas and Grand Rapids Community College’s President Stephen C. Ender will sign an articulation agreement on June 4 at 11 a.m. in Sneden Hall, room 108 at Grand Rapids Community College, located on 415 E. Fulton St. This partnership allows an easier transition for GRCC students studying in all fields coming to GVSU, as well as seamless credit transfers. GV STUDENTS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST UNIVERSITY Two Grand Valley State University students, Erin Jurek and Ashley Short, have filed a lawsuit against the university. The students feel that they were unjustly accused and punished for academic dishonesty after their professor, Jonathan Hodge accused them of collaborating on a takehome exam in Mathematics 345 during the 2013 summer. The students argue that their answers were similar due to studying together before the exam was handed out. The two students also claim that Hodge harassed them based upon their gender. CLAS ON THE GREEN The third annual golf outing sponsored by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will take place on June 18 at the Meadows golf course. The event is open to all Grand Valley State University faculty, staff, alumni, students and community members. Registration is still open, and may be completed at www.gvsu.edu/clas/golfindex.htm. Registration and the driving range opens at noon, and the shotgun start is at 1 p.m. A cookout and a celebration with prizes begins at 6 p.m.
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