What's Your Cheese?
I started my career with the leadership and support of an excellent mentor, one of my undergraduate professors, Dr. M. Neil Browne of Bowling Green State University. My interactions with him laid the foundation for a solid career as a teacher‐scholar.
I am thinking about my undergraduate experience as I write this essay. I majored in business as an undergraduate student. If you had asked my “why” at that time, I am certain I would have linked a college education/business degree to getting a good job. Accidentally, though, my college experience inspired me to grow intellectually, too. For those of you who scoff at the idea that students are in college because they want jobs, please read Casey Wiley's thoughtful essay, http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2011/08/26/wiley_essay_whether_college_students_are_motivated_by_intellectual_development_or_job (August 26, 2011). I agree with Wiley that, in today's economy, we must acknowledge, and respect, students’ rationales for why they want a college degree.
