David Taylor

David Taylor

Location: savannah, ga

About me

I've been a professional educator and writer all of my adult life. My first job out of graduate school (Doctor of Arts-Writing) was as an assistant professor of rhetoric at America's oldest remaining college for men. After five years there, I landed at another small liberal arts college, where I served as an associate professor of English and journalism.

Editor
Then the magazine world called: I first served as a managing editor and then as executive editor at a publishing company that specializes in health and active-lifestyle magazines. Combining education and professional editing, I also served as my publishing company's in-house editorial trainer of magazine designers and editors.

Books and Boys
Today, in addition to being the executive editor at a book publishing company in Georgia, I'm also the proud father of a sixteen-year-old boy and the ever-grateful husband of a woman with the patience of Job.

Interests

multimedia

Skills

adobe creative suite, camtasia, captivate, adobe flash, copyediting

Activity

After teaching at both for over a decade, I have not found any significant differences. At a for-profit school, there is more information shared about budgets, enrollments, and other measures of financial health. At a private nonprofitschool, that same infomation tends to stay hidden. Otherwise, I have not seen significant differences.

If anything, the private for-profits tend to pour more into student services and placement in an effort to boost retention and reputation.

What differences have you seen?

After teaching at both for over a decade, I have not found any significant differences. At a for-profit school, there is more information shared about budgets, enrollments, and other measures of financial health. At a private nonprofitschool, that same infomation tends to stay hidden. Otherwise, I have not seen significant differences.

If anything, the private for-profits tend to pour more into student services and placement in an effort to boost retention and reputation.

What differences have you seen?

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 I've had good success in shifting students from creating text-heavy PowerPoints to presentations that are more visually compelling. Attached is the instructional document that I use.

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You are to be applauded for your efforts with this student. Given his limitations, I'm wondering if he needs social services and counseling that are beyond an instructor's purview.

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