Present Perfect.
1) “We’vedefinitely
mademistakes, but it’s probably the first time in our lives that we’re
not getting a grade and we don’t have anyone telling us what to do.”
2) Lehigh first tried what it calls its mountaintop program on a smaller scale
last summer, combining elements that scholars of education have advocated
for years — research, work experience and independent, long-form projects.
3) Some colleges have expanded those practices, but the going has
been slow.
4) The annual National Survey of Student Engagement shows that by the time they
graduate, fewer than half of college students have done internships or
some other kind of field experience, fewer than half have donea senior
thesis and just 23 percent have done research with a faculty member
outside of what is required for their courses.
Present Continuous.
1) Most of the
students here arepursuing their own projects — about 30 in all —
and findingtheir own way, with little faculty input and with nothing
more at stake than testing their own ambition, skills and curiosity.
2) “We got a group together and said what we wanted to do, and the
administration just said, ‘O.K., ask for any equipment or advice you need,’ ”
said Colleen Perry, who is studying bioengineering.
3) “We’ve definitely made mistakes, but it’s probably the first time in our
lives that we’re not gettinga grade and we don’t have anyone telling us
what to do.”
4) So what Lehigh is trying, she said, “is pretty interesting.”
Present Perfect Continuous.
“We know that these
are high-impact practices that we’ve been expanding, but we need to
think about new models of how to promote them, because a faculty member can
only take on so many students to mentor directly,” said Lynnette Overby,
director of undergraduate research and experiential learning at the University
of Delaware.