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What Our Students Don’t Know About Their Parents—But Should
Why we need to teach undergraduates about the forces and experiences that shaped their parents’ generation.
The Making of the Modern Self
Taking a big-picture, multidisciplinary approach to the emergence of modern selfhood.
Making Mastery a Core Educational Value
What instructors can learn from Adam Gopnik’s The Real Work: The Mystery of Mastery.
How to Teach About Systemic Inequality and Racism
Without transforming your classroom into a struggle session.
The Value of Cross-National Comparisons
Whether we’re speaking about Haiti and the Dominican Republic or Canada and the United States, national comparisons are eye-opening.
The Discovery of Risk
Safetyism and its social consequences, or how to bring risk into the college classroom.