Rethinking Higher Education With Freeman Hrabowski
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The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), once little known outside of the state, is now a national powerhouse in science, technology and math education. The driving force behind the transformation is University President Freeman Hrabowski, now in his 20th year at the school. We talk with the mathematician, who also emphasizes the importance of the arts, about the state of higher education and how we can all help ensure more students succeed.
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Freeman Hrabowski, III
President, The University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Kojo,
Good afternoon and great listening to your show with Dr. Hrabowski! I am a veteran, and am finishing a Bachelor's at UMUC. UMUC is very well-known to the military community for being very military-friendly. By that, I mean they make it easy to use our GI Bill benefits, and walk the students through the process.
I have been attending UMUC since Jan 2011, and I have found, in all but 2 of my classes (sociology class last semester and a homeland security class this semester), the professors have no problems accepting sub-par work from students. It is like every class is aimed at just allowing us to pass, because we are veterans, and we all have 40+hr/week jobs, unlike the general college population.
I take 2 face to face classes per semester and one overlapping online course between both of those. The online courses require a student to have one main post to the professor's question/issue, and two response posts to other students. I have found time and time again I cannot even respond to another students' post because it is so substandard, and generally a regurgitation of the text.
It has really just perplexed me how committed UMUC seems to ensure their students receive a degree, but not an education.
Jamie
Alexandria, VA