Beruflich Dokumente
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Kris Parsons
Junior, Intl Human Rights
(314)606-2551
saveourplanet08@yahoo.com
Contents
Overview
Categories
Courses
Teaching Methods
Teacher Evaluation
Realistic and Diverse Courses
Administration
Leadership
Oversight
Direction
Cultural Issues
Thai Presence
Community Involvement
Campus Environment
Disconnect
Student Government
Grounds Staf
Homophobic/Hyper-Masculine Environment
Student Respectfulness
Drug and Alcohol Consumption
Personal Notes
Overview
Webster University is one of the few universities that thoroughly
understand the direction higher education is moving inthat is, global.
This university has taken steps to ensure its students receive a truly
global experience and has gone further than any other university I am
aware of by establishing actual Webster campuses abroad. As of now,
Webster is established in at least five countries. However, it seems that
the reality is lagging behind the dream.
Courses
Teacher evaluation
o Based on popularity with students
o Leniency with student attendance and work will earn a
good evaluation
o Possible Solutions
Administration
Campus Leadership
o Business-minded, thus academics leaning towards
business and media
o Other types of academics and activities not supported or
valued
o Possible Solutions
New rector
New academic director
Support for new programs and existing student
requests
Lack of oversight from main campus
o New, more firm relationships needs to be established
between St. Louis and Cha-am because the two schools are
going in two completely diferent directions and academics
are sufering at WUT
Direction
o Someone specialized in either race relations or southeast
Asian studies should work with Webster to facilitate a
discussion on the direction that Webster is going, why it
wants to go there, and what that means for both the
students and the country and communities they will be in.
(Perhaps a good asset to all intl campuses)
Cultural Issues
Campus Environment:
Overall unhealthy environment in the Webster community
Disconnect
o At WUT, a disconnect exists between the students, the
faculty, the staf, and the administration.
o Possible Solutions
Departments can help establish a strong connection
with the professors teaching the same classes at
WUT and other campuses. A discussion of curriculum,
method, expectations, etc. would be helpful in
bringing WUT up to par with university-level courses
and would also benefit those here in St. Louis by
ofering a cross-cultural perspective on the subject
matter. But overall, the connection between STL and
Cha-am needs to be better established, less
centralized and more impartial. Department-todepartment communication facilitates that kind of
interaction.
Goals and purposes should be jointly evaluated
between STL and Cha-am.
Student government
o Popularity contest
o Arguments with staf and among students
o Organized activities always include alcohol
o Possible Solutions
Involve study abroad students (the
vote/participation)
Add more majors to recruit diferent types of
students
Gardening and Upkeep Staf
o Rumors and issues about lack of workers rights and
country of origin
o Possible Solution
Make a silent inquiry
Homophobic and Hyper-Masculine Environment
o Student attitude and comments create an unfriendly and
possibly unsafe environment when combined with alcohol
o Faculty and staf attitude as well
Personal Notes: