By Lucy Ferriss. I suspect there isn’t a reader out there who doesn’t have a story about being on the wrong side of so-called political correctness. Mine goes this way. More...
10 février 2016
10 février 2016
Hard for Contingent Faculty Members to Be Demanding Teachers
I approach my courses with a set of rules and expectations of my students that are very much like those Kent describes in her essay (“To Solve the Skills Gap in Hiring, Create Expectations in the Classroom,” The Chronicle, February 7). The thing is, I’m a tenured professor, so I am more or less insulated from negative student evaluations. More...
10 février 2016
Colleges Must Educate Students About Commercial Uses of Personal Data
It stands to reason that a for-profit consultant would advocate that higher education facilitate student consent to commercial applications “Muy Loco Parentis: How ‘Freakouts’ Over Student Privacy Hamper Innovation,” The Chronicle, February 2). There is money to be made in it. More...
10 février 2016
Scholarly Work of Feminism Critic Should Be Re-Examined
I am not at all surprised that there is still backlash against feminism in the academy, though I’ll admit to being delighted by the irony that Allen Frantzen, the scholar in question in the recent article “Prominent Medieval Scholar’s Blog on ‘Feminist Fog’ Sparks an Uproar,” (The Chronicle, January 22) is a medievalist. More...
10 février 2016
CUNY Charged Tuition Prior to 1976
Attending college tuition-free is a reality today for 90 percent of City University of New York community-college students and for more than 66 percent of all full-time CUNY college students in baccalaureate and associate degree programs. For these mostly low-income students, low tuition, federal and state financial aid, and federal tax credits make possible a quality college education. More...
10 février 2016
Muy Loco Parentis: How ‘Freakouts’ Over Student Privacy Hamper Innovation
By Michael Feldstein. Have you ever witnessed a Ferpa freakout? Maybe you’ve had one yourself, as you worried about whether trying a new digital tool in class might violate the federal law that protects student privacy. More...
10 février 2016
What Black Campus Activists Can Learn From the Freedom Summer of 1964
By . In the summer of 1964, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee led the Mississippi Summer Project, to bring 1,000 black and white students from the northern United States to help register black Americans to vote, and to teach them something about an American history in which they were central protagonists. The students would spend several months living with black families in rural Mississippi, a breeding ground of violence and resistance to racial equality. More...
10 février 2016
Yes, Campuses Should Be Safe Spaces — for Debate
By . The cry of college students demanding "safe spaces" to protect themselves from speech that could harm their sensitivities doesn’t confound me. I secretly wished for a safe space myself during my first year of teaching. More...
10 février 2016
What Leaders Can Learn From Teaching Undergraduates
By . When Dan Lee, a senior member of my college’s religion department, asked me to team teach his undergraduate seminar, "Individual Rights and the Common Good," I was hesitant. More...
<<
<
16300
16310
16320
16330
16340
16350
16351
16352
16353
16354
16355
16356
16357
16358
16359
16360
16370
16380
16390
16400
16500
16600
16700
16800
16900
17000
17100
17200
17300
17400
17500
17600
17700
17800
17900
18000
18100
18200
18300
18400
18500
18600
18700
18800
18900
19000
19100
19200
19300
19400
19500
19600
19700
19800
19900
20000
20100
20200
20300
20400
20500
20600
20700
20800
20900
21000
21100
21200
21300
21400
21500
21600
21700
21800
21900
22000
22100
22200
22300
22400
22500
22600
22700
22800
22900
23000
23100
23200
23300
23400
23500
23600
23700
23800
23900
24000
>
>>
/https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)