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Who Can Really Teach Ethnic Studies?
While, optimally, such courses would be part of the entire humanities curriculum, they can’t be taught by just anyone without the proper training, writes Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo.
How to Survive the Great Indifference
As the planet warms, the humanities grow cold, writes William Major. The only remaining question: What to do now?
4 Questions to Ask to Promote Student Learning
Applying a growth mind-set–by–design approach encourages students to leave the classroom with a sense of agency, writes JT Torres.
A College Leader’s Guide to Risk-Taking
What’s a risk? Who decides? And at what cost? C. K. Gunsalus, Robert A. Easter, Nicholas C. Burbules and BrandE Faupell advise on dealing with all types of risk, including that of inaction.
Finding a Career Mentor (in Addition to an Academic One)
Your thesis adviser may be the best person to guide your research, but conversations about your career may need to happen outside your department, Daniel J. Moglen advises.
Unlocking Midlevel Leaders’ Untapped Potential
The people in the middle are often the linchpins in changing campuses for the better, so we must expand our notions of who can lead and train them to do so, says Pamela L. Eddy.
Reflections of a College Adjunct After 31 Years
We’ve proven over and over that there’s enough work to give many of us full-time positions, writes Stephen Werner, but things are moving in the opposite direction.
Teaching Peer Feedback: How We Can Do Better
Such activities among students can leave us dissatisfied and frustrated, write Katherine Shwetz and Maria Assif. The fact is that they require guidance and structure.