by Steven Volk | Feb 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Christi Smith, a Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Oberlin College, has just published a most timely monograph, Reparation and Reconciliation: The Rise and Fall of Integrated Education (University of North Carolina Press). At a moment when researchers are...
by Steven Volk | Jan 29, 2017 | Try This!
Darin Stephenson, Professor of Mathematics, Hope College (e-mail: stephenson@hope.edu) For teaching my “flipped classroom” version of Math 341 at Hope College, I had created many lecture videos for the students to watch outside of class. I wanted a way to embed quiz...
by Steven Volk | Dec 12, 2016 | Essays for Action
Steven Volk, Director, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence (Oberlin College), Co-Director GLCA Consortium for Teaching and Learning December 12, 2016 Where to begin? Why not with a definition of “post-truth” from the Oxford dictionary: “Relating to or...
by Steven Volk | Nov 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
“When College was a Public Good A compelling article by Scott Carlson published in the Chronicle of Higher Education which argues that there is an important correlation between race and the public’s (i.e., state legislatures) support for higher education....
by Steven Volk | Oct 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
PEN America’s report on diversity, inclusion and free speech on campus. The PEN report (“And Campus for All”) is available for free download. It offers a useful perspective on all sides in the debate over such issues as campus speakers, safe spaces,...
