Trinity Banter | Louise Balsmeyer | Activity https://commons.trincoll.edu/members/lbalsmey/activity/ Activity feed for Louise Balsmeyer. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 14:28:16 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=9.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 bb16d3eafef3df0cd0d60f2c5f7918b4 Louise Balsmeyer wrote a new post, The Effect of Student Activism on Trinity College Policy, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2012/05/the-effect-of-student-social-movements-on-trinity-college-policy-2/ Thu, 03 May 2012 20:05:39 -0400 Thumbnail Whether performed on a small undergraduate campus or demonstrated on the streets in a global context, student activism is prominent in all realms of the world. Private liberal arts colleges, such as Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, have the opportunities and extensive networking outreach to assemble in an intimate setting in which students are valued and […]

]]> 365cbd6c0174522abf12381444e01d51 Louise Balsmeyer wrote a new post, The Effect of Student Social Movements on Trinity College Policy, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2012/05/the-effect-of-student-social-movements-on-trinity-college-policy/ Tue, 01 May 2012 16:23:32 -0400 Google Doc Presentation

]]> 4105223c7fb4041f689e54ac0bb35205 Louise Balsmeyer commented on the post, Community Colleges: The potential for socio-economic gain of their students from the 1960s to the present. , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2012/04/community-colleges-the-potential-for-socio-economic-gain-of-their-students-from-the-1960s-to-the-present/ Mon, 23 Apr 2012 05:12:26 -0400 LOVE your research question! I think community colleges are generally overlooked and stereotyped by the socioeconomic demographics of the majority of students who attend. I can’t wait to read more about this topic and it definitely provides a glance at the transition that community colleges have taken over the course of time. I would like […]

]]> f7eeeb06c4b8f6937577a9b24217515f Louise Balsmeyer commented on the post, UPDATED: The Quest to Racially Integrate: How have efforts to racially integrate changed over time? What methods were used in the past and being used today? , on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2012/04/the-quest-to-racially-integrate-how-have-efforts-to-racially-integrate-changed-over-time-what-methods-wer Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:30:28 -0400 “Currently, Wesleyan University, Amherst College, and Trinity College, are partners with A Better Chance, QuestBridge, and the Posee Foundation respectively. By focusing on these institutions, a clearer view of how colleges and universities attempt to diversify their classes and campuses without looking at every single institution in America.” I…Read more

]]> e411e07b0428f4db92710c82129dea13 Louise Balsmeyer wrote a new post, The Effect of Student Social Movements on Trinity Policy, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2012/04/the-effect-of-student-social-movements-on-trinity-policy/ Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:39:41 -0400 ThumbnailHow were Trinity student controversies over alcohol, fraternities, and race from the 1960s similar or different to those of today, and how did they impact Trinity Policy? Social mobility advances on the basis of higher educational pursuit. Those who are privileged enough to receive such an accredited education are therefore the targeted audience to social and […]

]]> 2ac866a74ba0e1179ac834a50fe6a1e4 Louise Balsmeyer wrote a new post, Minding the Gap: The Achievement Gap Task Force, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2012/02/minding-the-gap-the-achievement-gap-task-force/ Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:52:01 -0500 ThumbnailHARTFORD, CT – Room 2A, in the State Capitol’s Legislative Office Building, a public committee hearing was hosted by the Achievement Gap Task Force . This established task force was implemented to examine and monitor the academic achievement gap between racial and socioeconomic classes in the state of Connecticut. The team is compiled of senators, doctors, education reformers, […]

]]> 3f7ef546a735ace31548eb36d5d8e360 Louise Balsmeyer commented on the post, American Teacher, on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2012/02/american-teacher-4/#comment-257 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:19:27 -0500 Your essay did a great job at exploring the overall issues presented in the film as well as include a scenario which brought light to the financial hardships teachers face. I enjoyed your visual of Jonathan Dearman as his story was remarkable and it was a great contribution to the reader’s eye. You pointed out […]

]]> 130b15a8f7cad99979de4a54c0da5e85 Louise Balsmeyer commented on the post, "American Teacher", on the site Educ 300: Education Reform, Past and Present http://commons.trincoll.edu/edreform/2012/02/american-teacher-5/#comment-256 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:11:14 -0500 I thought that your essay depicted an excellent examination of the film. It was incredibly organized into specific sections which made it easy to read and clear to follow. Using graphic screenshots was a great contribution to the reader’s eye, and the visuals used in the film were complimentary in order to understand factual knowledge […]

]]> 2f39454df021ff323530a28f137a9a9a Louise Balsmeyer wrote a new post, Exercise 6: Photo and Visual Presentation, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2011/10/09/exercise-6-photo-and-visual-presentation/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 02:38:34 -0400 Thumbnail Susan Hansen, July 22, 2011 from Trinity College on Vimeo. Hansen, Susan. Oral history interview on West Hartford, CT and restrictive covenants (with video), by Candace Simpson for the Cities, Suburbs, and Schools Project, July 22, 2011.Available from the Trinity College Digital Repository, Hartford Connecticut (http://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/cssp/). The picture above from the Hartford History Center displays students from the […]

]]> 792c4c087b10599342b077ccad8af275 Louise Balsmeyer wrote a new post, Louise's Sample Post Exercise 6, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2011/10/05/louises-sample-post-exercise-6/ Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:54:35 -0400 Thumbnail

Hartford school teachers strike; Hartford (Conn.) 1970

]]> 9d60a0ca9ebe1a7cd8e29c458fa716e8 Louise Balsmeyer wrote a new post, Exercise 4: Maximum Density for Multifamily Housing, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2011/09/26/exercise-4-maximum-density-for-multifamily-housing/ Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:15:45 -0400 This map examines the maximum density for multifamily housing in the Hartford area. The areas in the Hartford zone that are not included in the data, (the white sections on the map) are those that do not have any information thus far and therefore cannot be incorporated. They are: West Hartford, Berlin, Asonia, Derby, Devon, […]

]]> 07f7166b77ece7527328dba7c6aff3d2 Louise Balsmeyer wrote a new post, Exercise 3, on the site Cities, Suburbs & Schools Project at Trinity College http://commons.trincoll.edu/cssp/2011/09/19/exercise-3-2/ Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:56:02 -0400 ThumbnailThese two charts portray the exact same data yet are viewed as individually distinct graphs due to the nature in which the information is displayed. This example of lying through charts presents the notion that we, as students, must pay close attention to the axis’s scaling because information can be manipulative in the explanation of data […]

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