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The Brown and White Vol. 132 No. 19 Friday, April 21, 2017 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Admission rate at an all time low Sir Ken Robinson discusses creativity in the classroom By KAYLA SIPPIN Assistant News Editor For accepted class of 2021, 35% represent diversity Lehigh’s acceptance rate has fallen for the third consecutive year. Interim vice provost of admissions Bruce Bunnick said the acceptance rate for the class of 2021 was 24.7, 1.6 percentage points lower than the class of 2020. Bunnick said one factor that influences the acceptance rate is the quality of students that apply to Lehigh. The selectivity increased because of the high number and qual-ity of applicants. Bunnick said highly-qualified stu-dents come from a variety of back-grounds, have a passion for knowl-edge and display leadership capabil-ities. Lehigh’s definition of “highly qualified” doesn’t necessarily mean students who have a high GPA or high test scores, but Bunnick said these are considered in the deci-sion- making process. Jennifer Castro, the director of diversity recruitment and Jade Eggleston, the assistant director, said 35 percent of the students accepted to the class of 2021 represent diversity, of which 10 percent are international students and 25 percent are students of color. “The biggest thing with our pro-gramming is all about access,” Eggleston said. “A lot of times, these students don’t have the means to get here and have never heard of Lehigh before.” Another factor that influences the acceptance rate is the proportion of students who apply for the early deci- By LAURYN RAGONE Associate News Editor A revolution is occurring in edu-cation. The importance of the human-ities, science, technology, engineer-ing and mathematics is a never-ending debate among educators. Finding a creative balance between moving students’ feet and solving algorithms is commonly dismissed in the classroom. Sir Ken Robinson, a world-re-nowned speaker on creativity in education, spoke at Lehigh on Tuesday as a part of the College of Education’s Distinguished Lecture Series: Leaders of Practice. Robinson is best known for hav-ing the most viewed TED Talk of all time, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” His lecture in Baker Hall, titled “Creative Schools: Revolutionizing Education from the Ground Up,” focused on engaging students by implementing creative and person-alized methods. Kate Morrell/B&W Staff Sir Ken Robinson takes questions during a classroom session with Lehigh faculty, students and Lehigh Valley administrators and teachers Tuesday in Zoellner Arts Center. Robinson came to speak as part of the College of Education’s “Distinguished Lecture Series: Leaders of Practice.” “Dance is as important as math-ematics,” Robinson said to the fac-ulty, students and Lehigh Valley administrators and teachers who gathered in the audience. Robinson said dance education offers a different way to communi-cate with others and improve rela-tionships between genders. He also said it is an effective technique to teach students about different cultures. “The real principle that gov-erns human ability is diversity,” Robinson said. “We have all kinds of abilities across different disci-plines and fields.” Robinson said he believes every school should be different because the world is a community of learn-ers, and diversity is an important base to facilitate learning. He said the current educational system promotes a particular view of aca-demic intelligence, which empha-sizes increased output and gradu-ation rates. Robinson thinks education in the classroom should shift away from an artificial learning environment to a more diverse environment, which would accommodate all types of student learning. Robinson said great learning happens in groups. Although edu-cators put increasing emphasis on See ACCEPTANCE Page 3 sion programs versus regular deci-sion. Bunnick said one of his goals is to attract students with diverse back-grounds who are underrepresented outside of the mid-Atlantic. Director of international recruit-ment Morgan Volkart said this is a long-term goal for Lehigh admis-sions. When Volkart looks for prospective international students, she said she wants students who know why they See ROBINSON Page 4 Anna Simoneau/B&W Staff
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Title | Brown and White Vol. 132 no. 19 |
Date | 2017-04-21 |
Month | 04 |
Day | 21 |
Year | 2017 |
Volume | 132 |
Issue | 19 |
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Source Repository | Lehigh University |
Coverage | United States, Pennsylvania, Lehigh, South Bethlehem |
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FullText | The Brown and White Vol. 132 No. 19 Friday, April 21, 2017 ‘All the Lehigh News First’ Admission rate at an all time low Sir Ken Robinson discusses creativity in the classroom By KAYLA SIPPIN Assistant News Editor For accepted class of 2021, 35% represent diversity Lehigh’s acceptance rate has fallen for the third consecutive year. Interim vice provost of admissions Bruce Bunnick said the acceptance rate for the class of 2021 was 24.7, 1.6 percentage points lower than the class of 2020. Bunnick said one factor that influences the acceptance rate is the quality of students that apply to Lehigh. The selectivity increased because of the high number and qual-ity of applicants. Bunnick said highly-qualified stu-dents come from a variety of back-grounds, have a passion for knowl-edge and display leadership capabil-ities. Lehigh’s definition of “highly qualified” doesn’t necessarily mean students who have a high GPA or high test scores, but Bunnick said these are considered in the deci-sion- making process. Jennifer Castro, the director of diversity recruitment and Jade Eggleston, the assistant director, said 35 percent of the students accepted to the class of 2021 represent diversity, of which 10 percent are international students and 25 percent are students of color. “The biggest thing with our pro-gramming is all about access,” Eggleston said. “A lot of times, these students don’t have the means to get here and have never heard of Lehigh before.” Another factor that influences the acceptance rate is the proportion of students who apply for the early deci- By LAURYN RAGONE Associate News Editor A revolution is occurring in edu-cation. The importance of the human-ities, science, technology, engineer-ing and mathematics is a never-ending debate among educators. Finding a creative balance between moving students’ feet and solving algorithms is commonly dismissed in the classroom. Sir Ken Robinson, a world-re-nowned speaker on creativity in education, spoke at Lehigh on Tuesday as a part of the College of Education’s Distinguished Lecture Series: Leaders of Practice. Robinson is best known for hav-ing the most viewed TED Talk of all time, “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” His lecture in Baker Hall, titled “Creative Schools: Revolutionizing Education from the Ground Up,” focused on engaging students by implementing creative and person-alized methods. Kate Morrell/B&W Staff Sir Ken Robinson takes questions during a classroom session with Lehigh faculty, students and Lehigh Valley administrators and teachers Tuesday in Zoellner Arts Center. Robinson came to speak as part of the College of Education’s “Distinguished Lecture Series: Leaders of Practice.” “Dance is as important as math-ematics,” Robinson said to the fac-ulty, students and Lehigh Valley administrators and teachers who gathered in the audience. Robinson said dance education offers a different way to communi-cate with others and improve rela-tionships between genders. He also said it is an effective technique to teach students about different cultures. “The real principle that gov-erns human ability is diversity,” Robinson said. “We have all kinds of abilities across different disci-plines and fields.” Robinson said he believes every school should be different because the world is a community of learn-ers, and diversity is an important base to facilitate learning. He said the current educational system promotes a particular view of aca-demic intelligence, which empha-sizes increased output and gradu-ation rates. Robinson thinks education in the classroom should shift away from an artificial learning environment to a more diverse environment, which would accommodate all types of student learning. Robinson said great learning happens in groups. Although edu-cators put increasing emphasis on See ACCEPTANCE Page 3 sion programs versus regular deci-sion. Bunnick said one of his goals is to attract students with diverse back-grounds who are underrepresented outside of the mid-Atlantic. Director of international recruit-ment Morgan Volkart said this is a long-term goal for Lehigh admis-sions. When Volkart looks for prospective international students, she said she wants students who know why they See ROBINSON Page 4 Anna Simoneau/B&W Staff |
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