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HEA 520 Milestone Three Guidelines and Rubric The final project for this course is the creation of a research paper on a contemporary national issue addressing the current shifts and changing role of higher education in the twenty-first century. You will analyze the historical and current impact of the issue and associated trend on higher education institutions, using empirical data to illustrate how and why the trend impacts higher education institutions now and in the future. You will conclude your research paper by reflecting on the impact of the issue on your personal educational and professional experiences and pursuits. For Milestone Three, you will submit an article analysis. Critically analyze a research article that focuses on your chosen contemporary higher education issue related to technology in curriculum and teaching. Determine the impact of the issue on student outreach. Additionally, discuss how technology can be used to improve student achievement for underrepresented students. The research article must be taken from one of the following top-tier, peer-reviewed journals: Research in Higher Education, Review of Higher Education, Journal of Higher Education, or Peabody Journal of Education and Teaching. An article analysis is the basic format of a literature review for a single article. Select an article from top tier, peer reviewed journals and discuss the type of research, the research question, and the strengths and weaknesses of the article’s impact on the subject. Prompt: Submit an article analysis related to your chosen contemporary higher education issue. Select and read the article to discuss the subject addressed by the authors. Determine what areas of higher education research are being studied (e.g., students, curriculum, administration) and describe their methods. Finally, explain why you believe they performed the study and the future direction of this research. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Article Analysis

a) Select a research article that focuses on a chosen contemporary higher education issue with a component related to technology in curriculum and teaching.

b) Discuss the subject being addressed by the author. c) Discuss what area of higher education research the authors are working on, such as students, curriculum, or administration. d) Describe the methods researchers used to perform the study. e) Describe why the researchers performed the study. f) Describe what you think will be the potential future direction of this research.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your article analysis must be 3 to 4 pages in length and must adhere to standard formatting (Times New Roman, 12-point font, one- inch margins), using the most recent version of the APA style manual for citations.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Article Selection Selects a research article that focuses on a chosen contemporary higher education issue with a component related to technology in curriculum and teaching but focus may not be completely clear

Selects a research article that focuses on a chosen contemporary higher education issue but article does not contain a component related to technology in curriculum and teaching

Does not select a research article focusing on a contemporary higher education issue with a component related to technology in curriculum and teaching

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Article Subject Discusses the subject being addressed by the author

Discusses the subject being addressed by the author but lacks detail

Does not discuss the subject 15

Area of Higher Education Research

Discusses what area of higher education research the authors are working on, such as students, curriculum, or administration

Discusses what area of higher education research the authors are working on but lacks detail

Does not discuss what area of higher education research the authors are working on

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Methods Describes the methods researchers used to perform the study

Describes the methods researchers used to perform the study but lacks detail

Does not describe the methods researchers used to perform the study

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Why Describes why the researchers performed the study

Describes why the researchers performed the study but lacks detail

Does not describe why the researchers performed the study

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Potential Future Direction

Describes the potential future direction of this research

Describes the potential future direction of this research but lacks detail

Does not describe the future direction of this research

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Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

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Total 100%