“The majority of the current student-focused attention is targeted at those who have failed and what we need to add to their tool box of skills. We employ a deficiency model.” — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“Lasticity is at once an outcome, a process, a goal, a trait, a characteristic, a construct, and an architecture to facilitate and foster breakaway… — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“Breakaway students are moving (actually often wrenching themselves) away from where they were to where they can be. Some succeed. Others do not.” — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“We know that on a campus, you can do 98% of things “right,” but one nasty comment or misunderstood encounter can make a breakaway… — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“We underestimate the depth of the behaviors of hypervigilant people because we do not actually see them.” — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“Teachers and faculty are remarkably focused on self and interpret student action (or inaction) as a personal affront. Really? Not everything is personal and… — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“It makes little sense to focus on the end point—graduation and graduation rates—if you can’t get the beginning right.” — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“The current Parent PLUS Loan product is too expensive (including interest rates) and too keyed to credit worthiness.” — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“Stated in its simplest form, lasticity describes the set of express conditions (related to qualities, processes, approaches, values, and interconnectivity) that, if met and… — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“The majority of the current student-focused attention is targeted at those who have failed and what we need to add to their tool box… — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“In other words, professionals within the institution assume that the absence of uptake is evidence of a lack of interest, lack of commitment, lack… — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
“If children are not exposed to opportunity, it is hard for them to know it is there.” — Karen Gross Copy Share Image
