by Steven Volk | Mar 6, 2025 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Survey Says: Students Are Customers (Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed, March 4, 2025): More than three in five students consider themselves customers of their institution, according to a new analysis of Inside Higher Ed’s Student Voice data. Is...
by Steven Volk | Feb 27, 2025 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Cultivating Critical Teaching Behaviors (Bonni Stachowiak, Teaching in Higher Ed, February 27, 2025): If you’re looking for an entry point into critical teaching behaviors, start by reflecting on your teaching (46-minute podcast)....
by Steven Volk | Feb 20, 2025 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning A Gen Ed Success Guide for Students Helps Academic Achievement (Ashley Mowreader, Inside Higher Ed, February 20, 2025): The University of Louisville developed a digital textbook to address the hidden curriculum of higher education and prepare...
by Steven Volk | Jan 23, 2025 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning Making Class Participation Grades Meaningful (Benjamin Rifkin, Inside Higher Ed, January 22, 2025): A call for incentivizing preparation for class discussions and making expectations for student engagement more transparent. Assume the Best:...
by Steven Volk | Jan 17, 2025 | News of the Week
Teaching and Learning How to Encourage Students to Write in Their Own Voice (Beth McMurtrie, Chronicle of Higher Education, January 16, 2025): One professor comments that if she can get students to first focus on what they want to say, they can work on grammar,...
by Steven Volk | Jan 10, 2025 | News of the Week
The GLCA and its 13 member colleges are pleased to announce the winners of the 55th New Writers Award, recognizing first published writers for poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction (full announcement here). We also wish to extend our gratitude to the 2025...