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Faculty Evaluation

 Faculty evaluation can be an essential part of nurturing and building effective innovation into the culture and fabric of Northwestern College, but to do so well the faculty evaluation process should be reconceived and revised. Currently the criteria for successful evaluations are available to faculty in the faculty handbook, but we do not have […]
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Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation

 Introducing effective innovation into the classroom often takes time and expertise that individual faculty members do not have. Most faculty members have not had training in pedagogy, nor are they able to keep up with new pedagogical technologies and techniques while simultaneously keeping abreast of their own field. Computing services personnel are not trained […]
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Increased External Learning for All Programs

 NWC must continue to establish strong, enduring, and multifaceted relationships with regional businesses and organizations.  These relationships can take many forms such as responding to a local educational or research need; collaborating to reinvigorate civic culture; partnering to create mutually beneficial programs; and developing experiential learning opportunities.  Increasing these relationships will enhance students’ educational experience and offer needed assistance to […]
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Creative Student “Work” Exchange

 Students are seeking a lower cost option for college and parents are facing “sticker-shock” for higher education in private colleges.  Higher education is facing more enrollment challenges due to costs, but if those costs could be lowered through a work exchange program then more students would be able to financially afford NWC.   Furthermore, research has found […]