Learning to Listen (Steven Mintz, Inside Higher Ed, July 21, 2022): Integrating popular music into the humanities curriculum.
One Way to Kick Off Your First Class (Beckie Supiano, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 2022): We know it’s still July, but here’s a piece that can get you thinking about when you’ll again be offering your first class of the semester, along with other advice for a strong start. [And don’t forget James M. Lang’s How to Teach a Good First Day of Class: Advice Guide (Chronicle of Higher Education)]
10 Arguments for Inciting Learning (Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis, Inside Higher Ed, July 20, 2022): Active learning has been clearly shown to be more effective than traditional modes. The authors outline its merits to those who continue to resist it.
The Discussion Board: How Faculty Can Make Discussions Authentic and Not Transactional (Judith Blakely, Michael Jazzar, and Michelle McCraney, Faculty Focus, July 20, 2022): Discussion boards are instrumental for engaging students in the learning process and creating a diverse learning community. Therefore, discussion boards need to be more integrated, unified, and blended; however, most students have not been taught how to participate in an authentic and digital asynchronous exchange.
Fostering Inclusivity in the College Classroom (Maria B. Peterson-Ahmad and Vicki L. Luther, Faculty Focus, July 18, 2022): Looking through a universal design for learning lens.
Can a Teaching Track Improve Undergraduate Education? (Beckie Supiano, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 19, 2022): Only if it’s built to empower instructors. And a follow up from Matt Reed (Inside Higher Ed, July 21, 2022), observing that “community colleges have been doing this for decades” and offering that they “would be happy to share lessons learned!”
News from Teaching Centers
3 Questions for Yale’s New Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives, Jenny Frederick (Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Ed, July 19, 2022): When CTL leaders move to institutional leadership roles.
How Racism Impacts the Profession
Revolutionizing Promotion to Full Professor (Sydney Freeman Jr. and Vicki L. Baker, Inside Higher Ed, July 22, 2022): Sydney Freeman Jr and Albion’s Vicki L. Baker argue that academic leaders and senior faculty often don’t recognize or acknowledge that structural and systemic racism is frequently embedded in the process.
Why They Left (Brianna Hatch, Beth McMurtrie, Wyatt Myskow and Megan Zahneis, Chronicle of Higher Education, June 30, 3033): Five stories from professors of color who’d had enough.