by Steven Volk | Aug 9, 2024 | News of the Week
CTL Workshop on “Strategies to Support Student Mental Health in the Classroom” Are you concerned about the rising mental health challenges among your college-age students? Have you noticed an increase in depression and anxiety in your classroom? The GLCA’s Consortium...
by Steven Volk | Aug 2, 2024 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Working the Gardens of Our Classrooms (Bonni Stachowiak, Teaching in Higher Ed, August 1, 2024: 42-minute podcast featuring James Lang reading his article, “Working the Gardens of Our Classrooms.” Rethinking Student Engagement (Mary C. Kern and...
by Steven Volk | Jul 30, 2024 | Featured Article
Following a turbulent spring and looking ahead to what is likely to be a contentious fall semester, many faculty have been looking for resources that can help them prepare to turn difficult discussions into productive dialogue. When one professor asked his colleagues...
by Steven Volk | Jul 26, 2024 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Teaching: A Different Kind of Faculty Fellowship (Beckie Supiano, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 25, 2024): A program with a goal of helping professors remember what it’s like to learn something unfamiliar, which can be frustrating, but also...
by Steven Volk | Jul 19, 2024 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning In Student-Centered Classrooms, the Instructor Must Come First (John Warner, Inside Higher Ed, July 18, 2024): A commentary on a recent piece by Sarah Rose Cavanagh at The Chronicle discussing what she perceives as a backlash against...
