Saint Leo University stresses to prospective and current students the importance of service- learning, which means finding ways to help others while pursuing academic study. With the university’s guidance, students can pursue volunteer opportunities outside of class or opportunities directly linked to class work. This happens at both the main campus and at our Continuing Education centers.
Recently, two professors from Arkansas published a new book called Professors’ Guide to Getting Good Grades in College that offers realistic advice on how students can do their best academically. The authors, Lynn F. Jacobs and Jeremy S. Hyman,included some of their advice in their Professors Guide Blog on the U.S. News and World Report Web site. One tip stands out as advice that echoes the atmosphere at Saint Leo: that good students make some contact with the professor beyond the classroom discussion (or in our case, sometimes, beyond the online session).
Saint Leo University is offering the Master of Education in Educational Leadership Program online. This graduate studies (http://www.saintleo.com/Graduate/) program focuses on public school curriculum and instruction, organizational management and development, leadership skills, communication skills, technology, human resource management and development in education, educational law, and educational finance.
While people across the country are rightly concerned about the continued recession and job cuts, some government data illustrate why it is so worthwhile to earn a college degree. The Bureau of Labor Statistics tells us that in May (the most recent month available), the national unemployment rate was 10 percent for adults age 25 or older with only a high school diploma. But the rate dropped to 7.7 percent for those with an associate degree, and to 4.8 percent for people who have earned a bachelor’s degree. So, while a degree won’t guarantee a college grad will never be laid off in his or her lifetime, the degree increases the chances of staying employed.
When Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin spoke on Saturday, June 6, at Saint Leo’s Atlanta-area commencement, she moved the audience at the Atlanta Civic Center with a call to action that was beautifully expressed, and well worth sharing.
The Mayor quoted from the words of noted African-American scholar and activist William E.B. DuBois, who once wrote that “today is the seed time” when we must plant the beginnings of a better future.
