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Assignment - Week 8

Assignment - Week 8

Q Reflect on your learning experiences over this past term. Think about what it means to be a part of the Walden scholarly community. Reflect on the knowledge and insights you gained about the landscape of higher education, and the opportunities and challenges facing leaders in this field. Think about how educational reform issues will shape the future of higher education-in your institution, in this country, and around the globe-and how you may find opportunities for social change within these issues. Finally, consider how you will stay energized and enthusiastic about graduate study so that you can follow the passion that led you to this field. Complete and submit your Reflection as follows: 1. What key ideas or concepts in higher education did you see reflected in your peers’ projects that you reviewed? How did they differ from concepts and themes that you highlighted in your own project? 2. Synthesize your learning by explaining how this course has affected your thinking and learning: a. How have your perceptions changed? b. What new questions do you have? c. What new goals do you have? d. How might your professional conversations be different from only eight weeks ago? e. In what ways have you been energized? f. In what ways are you feeling challenged or overwhelmed? 3. What strategies can you use to stay focused and committed to your development as a higher education professional? 4. Include references to the Learning Resources from various weeks of this course and follow guidelines for APA format and scholarly writing. 5. After you have completed this assignment, screen your paper for plagiarism using Turnitin. Rubric: Refer to the Application and Reflective Assignments Rubric in the Rubrics area of the left navigation bar to familiarize yourself with the evaluative criteria for this assignment. Assignment Length: 2-3 pages (not including title page and reference list) By Day 7 Submit your assignment Submission and Grading Information To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following: • Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK8Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name. • Click the Week 8 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment. • Click the Week 8 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area. • Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK08Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open. • If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database. • Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

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The three peers whose projects I reviewed were Jennifer Bjork, Kristen McCrea and Bria Jones. Jennifer highlighted the issue of various diverse and underserved populations (for example female students, older students who are returning to college later on in life and minority students) whose needs were not being met adequately by the current structure and programs of our higher education institutions. Kristen wrote about the economic, health and educational setbacks experienced by students as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Many people lost their jobs, got very sick and could not afford healthcare, lacked the technological resources to continue with their classes in the form of distance learning,