Behind The Scenes - 1639 Words

Behind the Scenes Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you. - Habakkuk 1:5 Where did God fit in the equation, and how would all the following elements shape His plan: my husband, my supervisor, my transformed ambition to enroll into college, my college professors, and my career job choices? There I stood, without a college degree, in the office of my supervisor, an astute college professor, and the department’s chairperson. I left the law school (in March 1998) and got a new job at the main campus. I worked in the School of Education, Department of Educational Administration Policy (EAP) at Howard University. I worked as the†¦show more content†¦I discovered that â€Å"higher education† has various meanings depending upon the individuals and their demographic area. For instance, if middle school students are victims of living in a poor country, their academic resources are scarce. This means, from their view, moving from middle school and into high school sounds like a form of higher education, but most Americans look at higher education as education that takes place after they finish high school. When I said, â€Å"after high school,† I opened a new discussion. For example, I discovered that not all high school graduates go straight to college. Their personal duties might influence their decision to go back into a classroom. In some cases, but not all situations, there might be a few students who join the military, start a family, or move into our competitive job market. Once they retire from the military and their children have left home, they get tired of sitting at home or working in a low paying job. Have you seen today’s college classrooms? The face-to-face and virtual classrooms are packed with non-traditional students— 25 years or older; a traditional student is between the ages of 17 and 25. Due to a rise of older adults in the traditional classroom, a new type of learner is carved out: the adult learner. According to Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dr. Ed. Lawrence A. Tomei, and author of Designing Instruction for the Traditional, Adult, and Distance Learner: A New Engine for Technology-Based