By John Warner. This is the time of the year when grades “matter.”
Sure, in theory, they matter all the time, but this is the time of year when I see an uptick in students expressing how they need to get a good grade, that a good grade is very important, that they’ll just die if they don’t get a good grade. Read more...
By John Warner. Whoever said it first is lost to history, but who hasn’t said it, or at least thought it?
I think those who haven’t said or thought that school sucks must be disproportionately represented in the professorate. Read more...
By John Warner. There seems to be a growing public sentiment that we should be afraid of college students, that they may even be an actual threat to our democracy. Read more...
By John Warner. As I read Prof. Susan Blum’s new book, I Love Learning; I Hate School, I sprained my neck from nodding in vigorous agreement. The book casts an anthropological lens on education in general and higher education in particular, and the result is a catalog of many of the things that I believe ails us when it comes to teaching and learning. Read more...
By Regina Sierra Carter. When I first began my appointment as one of the 2015-2016 Phillips Exeter Academy Dissertation Year Fellows, I was psyched. I was blessed to receive free housing, a free meal plan (vacay from the kitchen… Woot! Woot!), stipend, travel funds, and a dedicated office space in the renowned Class of 1945 Library. Read more...
By Travis Grandy. Whether you want to supplement instruction for your in-person class or you teach a fully online course (like me), you're probably looking for effective ways to deliver content and maintain student engagement. Online learning is a different landscape thanks to sites like Khan Academy, the rapid adoption of MOOCs, and digital pedagogies (including blended and flipped classrooms). Read more...
By Alice Williams. While my decision to go to graduate school stemmed from the desire to learn more, I’d be lying if I said that the U.S. recession didn’t factor into that choice. The economy was starting to look better when I entered graduate school in 2013, but it still hadn’t completely recovered. Read more...
By Patrick Bigsby. The inexorable march to graduation is nearly complete and the freshest batch of alumni is set to be scattered hither and yon in a matter of months or even days. As one of those alumni, my most important graduate school relationship is about to be transformed. Read more...
By Lindsay Oden. Many graduate students may feel isolated or over-extended. For most of us, nearly all aspects of grad school can seem solitary: research, writing, comprehensive exams, etc. Read more...
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