Talk:Thomas Edison State University/Archive 1

Neutrality Edits
Many of these items were recently added by, what appears to be, an employee of the college. Algorithmatic (talk) 03:39, 10 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Your edits have greatly improved the neutrality of the article, and I currently have no complaints with it. If there is no further discussion and NPOV tag is still there in another day or two, I'll go ahead and remove it.


 * 67.252.52.125 (talk) 23:04, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

BSAST
I want to address the Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and Technology (BSAST). Many U.S. sailors who graduate from the Naval Nuclear Power School are awarded close to half of all the credits needed for the BSAST. Some things to consider.

1.TESC seems to give the most credit for this military training while many other schools refuse to     acknowledge NNPTC as a source of valid credits.

2.What percentage of the students awarded the BSAST are former navy nucs (graduates of NNPTC)?

3.Why has TESC not obtained Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) status? Could this have anything to do with the leniant standards on military training?

4.How important is it to have graduated from an ABET school?

Being a nuc myself, who is close to completing the BSAST, these issues are important to me. I hope there are others who want to shed some light on these matters.

--Hydro 00:13, 17 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Hydro:


 * I am a graduate of TESC (albeit with a Bachelor of Arts Degree) and an Alumni Ambassador. Have you directed your comments to TESC faculty and staff? If so, have you mentioned your concerns to them? I have networked with a number of people at TESC and would be willing to assist in trying to work out some answers for you to the best of my ability.


 * Ardicius Greenknight 26 April 2007

POV issues
Some examples:
 * The School of Applied Science and Technology provides students with innovative degree programs to gain expertise in the fields of the applied sciences and technology.
 * The School of Nursing provides students with innovative degree programs that meet the educational and career needs of licensed registered nurses who want an alternative to campus-based instruction.

The term innovative is very POV.Autarch (talk) 02:51, 20 December 2010 (UTC)

Flesh Out the History of the College
I am not an expert on the history of Thomas Edison State College, but the mere descriptive listing in this article does not provide a context for the college's historical importance. Those with more knowledge than I should write on at least the following topics:

1. The historical context for the creation of the college in the early 1970s, including (but not limited to) the involvement of ETS, the Carnegie Commission and its goal to identify and create new methods for assessing learning outside the classroom, and other public institutions formed during the same period (e.g., Empire State College) created with similar missions.

2. The development and use of portfolio assessment in addressing the mission, as well as other means to assign college credit for learning outside the classroom.

3. The evolution of the mission of the college from predominantly one of prior learning assessment into a major provider of distance education in higher education and continuing adult education.

4. The host and primary sponsor of the annual "National Institute for the Assessment of Adult Learning" (formerly the "National Institute for the Assessment of Experiential Learning"), which dates back to the 1980s.

5. The creation and development of the college's John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy.

These should be considered only a subset of key sections that should be included in the article. In my view, key figures in the evolution of the college should also be included along with their roles and the historical context in which they operated. To the extent these figures have separate Wikipedia articles, these can be referenced as appropriate.--Drbb01 (talk) 03:31, 8 October 2011 (UTC)


 * " Fortunately, there was a solution — an institution called Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, N.J. This is a virtual college with no residence requirements. It banks credits acquired through inexpensive correspondence courses from any accredited college or university in America.


 * I took classes by mail from the University of Washington, the University of Wyoming, and other schools with the lowest-priced correspondence courses I could find. My degree required the same number of credits and type of classes that any student at a traditional university would take. I took the same exams (proctored at local libraries and graded by graduate students) as in-person students. But I never met a teacher, never sat in a classroom, and to this day have never laid eyes on my beloved alma mater." from "My Valuable, Cheap College Degree" by Arthur C. Brooks January 31, 2013. We don't seem to cover this. User:Fred Bauder Talk 13:36, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Removing "Dr." title from names
I have removed the "Dr." title from the president as per Manual of Style (biographies). If relevant to the article, their academic qualification can be discussed elsewhere. BahamaLlama8 (talk) 14:30, 9 January 2014 (UTC)

Name Change and Status Change
As of December 21, 2015 the name was changed to Thomas Edison State University. The web page is now www.tesu.edu

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