Episode 6: Dr. Timothy Eatman
Innovating education
"...we are trying to revolutionize honors. We are trying to cultivate talent and we are trying to engage community."
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More About Today's Guest:
Professor Tim Eatman is a publicly engaged scholar professionally situated within academe who employs transdisciplinary, cross-sectoral approaches within his life and work. As an educational sociologist Tim conducts research, produces a range of scholarly products including papers, workshops, consultancies, and presentations designed to challenge inequality in all of its forms. Eatman's work places special emphasis within the domain of higher education.
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About Episode 6:
Dr. Eatman talks with us in this episode about the Honors Living Learning community at Rutgers University, Newark. He describes the version that led to the vision, and the ways in which the LLC is reimagining what it means to be educated.
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Main Discussion Points
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How could the cultural changes in today's day reflect to what we put in our CV compared to previous years?
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How would the political environment impact the ways in which aid to immigrant and minoritized students are perceived?'
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What are some visions in education that knowledge unbound are trying to promote?
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