By John Warner. I assign lots of writing in my first-year writing course, but I’ve gotten out of the essay business almost entirely. Read more...
28 février 2016
28 février 2016
Students Aren't Coddled. They're Defeated.
By John Warner. In my general education, first-year writing course, a few periods in I offer students a hypothetical. I tell them they can have an “A” in exchange for never doing anything. No classes, no assignments, no reading, no feedback, nothing. They just have to make sure not to tell anyone because we’d all get in a lot of trouble. Read more...
28 février 2016
Archiving the Future Past
By Elizabeth Lewis Pardoe. I was never meant to be a secretary. The slippery concept, which encompasses roles from senior diplomats to junior clerks, inevitably involves the management of meeting minutes. More...
28 février 2016
Finding Meaning in Scholarship
By Rosalie Arcala Hall. Two recent news stories caused me to reflect on my scholarship and how much my work matters. First was a ranking of the top 100 Philippine authors in terms of citation under Google Scholar, which yielded a handful of names among my Political Science colleagues, many of them have published works since the 1990s. More...
28 février 2016
Friends Who Never Leave Us Alone
By Itir Toksöz. My husband, being a foreigner and trying to survive in a chaotic foreign city like Istanbul while living with me, often finds refuge in scientific documentaries on German TV channels, the broadcast of which we receive via satellite. More...
28 février 2016
Two Roads to Student Success
By Steven Mintz. Why do over than forty percent of students at four-year institutions fail to graduate?
Is it because these students are not “college material”? Aren’t college ready? Work too much and study too little? Are distracted and unmotivated?
Or might it be that the learning experience itself is at fault. Read more...
28 février 2016
Some Notable Nordic News
By Alex Usher. With all the talk about free college in the United States these days, there is an inevitable tendency to look to Nordic countries to see how the concept works in practice. Read more...
28 février 2016
When a President’s Health Is the Story
By Erin Hennessy. So much rests on the shoulders of presidents -- they are seen as the embodiment of the mission, vision and values of an institution. They must set the strategic direction of the university, inspire the faculty and staff to advance that strategy, ensure students are engaged, well-educated and safe, keep alumni and donors invested (both emotionally and financially) in the life of the institution, and more. More...28 février 2016
The New F Word
By Laura Tropp. A few months ago, my daughter was having a bad week. She had tried out for a couple of different extra-curricular activities, but she did not get into any of them. She was disappointed. Read more...
28 février 2016
Math Geek Mom: A Wide World of Sports
By Rosemarie Emanuele. When I teach Principles of Macroeconomics, I sometimes discuss problems arising from trying to define the Consumer Price Index using a “market basket of goods” whose price is tracked over time. Read more...
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