Dr. Peter Eden, the President of Landmark College in Vermont, talked with Lon Woodbury, an academic expert who is the host of the Struggling Teens weekly radio show on L.A. Talk Radio, about exactly how his college was the first one in the country to offer college degrees for students with LD (Learning Differences).
Dr. Peter Eden
Before becoming President of Landmark College, Dr. Eden served as Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biotechnology at Endicott College in Massachusetts. He was also a tenured Associate Professor and Chair of the Science Department at Marywood University in Pennsylvania. After earning his B.S. in microbiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, he completed his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of New Hampshire. Dr Eden's post-doctoral training was in molecular and cellular neurobiology as a Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before working in a professional capacity in higher education, Dr. Eden worked in the bio-pharmaceutical industry.
How Does Landmark's Program of College Degrees for Students with LD Work?
During the interview with Lon Woodbury, Dr. Eden shared insights about how Landmark College's unique and proven educational model to offer college degrees for students with LD worked. He answered numerous questions about the definition and challenges of LD and also offered a number of reasons why rates of success for Landmark College graduates choosing to pursue a four-year baccalaureate degree continue to increase.
Unlike mainstream universities that do provide a program for students with LD, Landmark College is exclusively devoted to serving only those with LD. The 28 year success of the school was due to a lot of elements, including student not feeling out of place as they did in a large mainstream university and getting sidetracked by a party setting. In addition, the school makes use of integrated training techniques for students with known learning disabilities, ADHD, and ASD. An additional component to student success was the personal attention received by each student. This was possible because of the high faculty-to-student proportion, consisting of 200 instructors assisting 500 students.
Summary
College kids who have actually struggled in mainstream colleges attend Landmark College because of its ingenious educational model. Today, the college is able to offer both two and four-year diplomas. It uses a teaching model that was developed and refined through study and research to help any student with LD to become positive, confident, and independently successful. The goal of Landmark from the beginning has been crystal clear: to offer college degrees for students with LD in the most effective way possible.
Dr. Peter Eden
Before becoming President of Landmark College, Dr. Eden served as Dean of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biotechnology at Endicott College in Massachusetts. He was also a tenured Associate Professor and Chair of the Science Department at Marywood University in Pennsylvania. After earning his B.S. in microbiology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, he completed his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of New Hampshire. Dr Eden's post-doctoral training was in molecular and cellular neurobiology as a Research Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before working in a professional capacity in higher education, Dr. Eden worked in the bio-pharmaceutical industry.
How Does Landmark's Program of College Degrees for Students with LD Work?
During the interview with Lon Woodbury, Dr. Eden shared insights about how Landmark College's unique and proven educational model to offer college degrees for students with LD worked. He answered numerous questions about the definition and challenges of LD and also offered a number of reasons why rates of success for Landmark College graduates choosing to pursue a four-year baccalaureate degree continue to increase.
Unlike mainstream universities that do provide a program for students with LD, Landmark College is exclusively devoted to serving only those with LD. The 28 year success of the school was due to a lot of elements, including student not feeling out of place as they did in a large mainstream university and getting sidetracked by a party setting. In addition, the school makes use of integrated training techniques for students with known learning disabilities, ADHD, and ASD. An additional component to student success was the personal attention received by each student. This was possible because of the high faculty-to-student proportion, consisting of 200 instructors assisting 500 students.
Summary
College kids who have actually struggled in mainstream colleges attend Landmark College because of its ingenious educational model. Today, the college is able to offer both two and four-year diplomas. It uses a teaching model that was developed and refined through study and research to help any student with LD to become positive, confident, and independently successful. The goal of Landmark from the beginning has been crystal clear: to offer college degrees for students with LD in the most effective way possible.
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Find out more about Struggling Teens. Lon Woodbury has the recorded the entire interview on his L.A. Talk Radio show for people to listen to at any time.
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