The NISOD Papers, an occasional publication, is NISOD’s version of a whitepaper series that educates our audience or explains a particular issue relevant to community and technical college educators. The NISOD Papers covers an array of diverse topics: professional development, emerging technologies, crisis communication, education reform, and more. It complements NISOD’s Innovation Abstracts, which focuses on teaching and learning topics and is directed specifically toward faculty members.

15 May, 2016

An Entrepreneurial Mindset for Student Success

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An Entrepreneurial Mindset for Student Success Issue No. 3 • May 2016 In “An Entrepreneurial Mindset for Student Success,” Gary Schoeniger, Founder and CEO, The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, and Bree Langemo, President, The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative, offer an inside look at a promising new approach to student success designed to harness the power of entrepreneurial [...]

An Entrepreneurial Mindset for Student Success2017-08-24T20:22:14-05:00
15 Oct, 2015

Questioning Curriculum Purpose and Process: Reflecting on a Major Curriculum Overhaul

2017-08-24T20:23:15-05:00

Questioning Curriculum Purpose and Process: Reflecting on a Major Curriculum Overhaul Issue No. 2 • October 2015 Questioning Curriculum Purpose and Process: Reflecting on a Major Curriculum Overhaul describes the critical questions raised and answered at Texas State Technical College as it combined its four formerly independently accredited colleges into a single accredited institution. [...]

Questioning Curriculum Purpose and Process: Reflecting on a Major Curriculum Overhaul2017-08-24T20:23:15-05:00
15 Sep, 2015

PRIDE: Five Choices for Your Success

2017-08-24T20:23:46-05:00

PRIDE: Five Choices for Your Success Issue No. 1 • September 2015 Being a successful student is a tough job. In this first edition of The NISOD Papers, author Steve Piscitelli provides students with information about how they’ll have a better chance of success in school, work, relationships, and life in general when they practice the [...]

PRIDE: Five Choices for Your Success2017-08-24T20:23:46-05:00