by Warren Rosenberg | Jun 15, 2019 | Article of the Week, Featured Article, Uncategorized
Warren Rosenberg, Professor of English Emeritus, John P. Collett Chair in Rhetoric,Wabash College Contact: rosenbew@wabash.edu “Should outnumbered men feel uncomfortable on college campuses?” A recent Inside Higher Education article explores this question, prompted by...
by Steven Volk | May 11, 2019 | Article of the Week, Research Annotations
Jocelyn McWhirter, Albion College Center for Teaching and Learning July 5, 2017 This guide is arranged by six topics: fostering academic success; reducing stereotype threat; cultivating a growth mindset; teaching first-year students; managing classroom dynamics; and...
by Steven Volk | May 9, 2019 | Article of the Week, Collaborations
Deirdre Johnston (Hope College) and Dagmar Kusá (BISLA) [NOTE: The above video is an edited version of a conversation (carried out on Zoom) between Johnston and Kusá recorded at a meeting of the GLCA/GLAA Consortium on Teaching and Learning in Ann Arbor on...
by Steven Volk | Apr 21, 2019 | Article of the Week, Uncategorized
(Some reflections after 27 years of teaching including four years as Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning) Steven Bouma-Prediger, Leonard and Marjorie Maas Professor of Reformed Theology, Hope College Contact: boumapred@hope.edu Teaching is an art, the practice...
by Steven Volk | Apr 20, 2019 | Article of the Week, Featured Article, Uncategorized
Steven Volk, Director, Center for Teaching Innovation and Excellence (CTIE) and Professor of History Emeritus, Oberlin College Contact at: svolk@oberlin.edu Hands up those of you who have had students come to your office hours anguishing over the poor grades they...
by Steven Volk | Mar 31, 2019 | Article of the Week
Amity Reading, Department of English, DePauw University As an assistant professor nearing the end of my probationary period, I am intimately familiar with the pressures that attend the tenuring process. I sometimes feel so overwhelmed by the task of compiling a strong...
