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• Title:
  Assessing the Needs of Our Students: Using a Course Rotation Cycle to Increase Well-Being
• Creator:
  DiTunnariello, Nancy
• Description:
  In an effort to better understand how a decrease in university enrollment has led to a series of campus closures across the United States, this paper of practice proposes a structural change to assist students and departments alike. Using an action research approach and a case study-like format, the author takes a closer look at two departments at St. John’s University, Staten Island, New York, USA to better understand the problem, and propose a potential solution in offering a four-year course cycle to assist in cutting costs and meeting student needs. This practice paper highlights the pedagogical practice of a mainly two-year institution to provide relevant insights into what went wrong with the university system. The paper layout includes a literature review highlighting the current state of enrollment concerns in the United States, a closer look at the university in question, an explanation of how Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs can be used as a lens for showcasing universit.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 ;
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2025 Nancy DiTunnariello
• Date:
  2025.05.16
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  English
• Source:
  Pedagogika Społeczna Nova; Vol. 5 No. 9 (2025); 101-117;
  Pedagogika Społeczna Nova; Tom 5 Nr 9 (2025); 101-117;
  2720-7587;
  2720-1635
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/psn/article/view/47390/38528
• Subject:
  action research;
  case study;
  college teaching;
  course curriculum;
  education;
  Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs;
  student needs;
  theory in practice
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/psn/article/view/47390
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  text