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3 Approaches for Confronting Microaggressions
Tyrone Fleurizard gives advice for reducing subtle yet discriminatory actions and comments in the classroom.
The Human Particulars
Scott McLemee continues his roundup of upcoming titles from university presses, focusing this time on books that consider our origins and prospects as a species, as well as the bioethical dilemmas we're creating for ourselves.
What Learning Innovation Has to Do With Electric Cars, Solar Panels, E-Bikes, and Batteries
Clean energy and institutional differentiation.
Wheaton.edu - A Website Birth Story
Launching a new higher ed website is a lot like giving birth – with all its joys and challenges. Here are a few takeaways from someone who’s recently gone through the process.
A Defense of a Collaborative Approach to Assessment
If we as faculty members truly want to own the assessment of student performance and understanding, then we should work together toward meaningful solutions and processes, writes Will Miller.
Recruiting Diverse and Excellent New Faculty
Abigail J. Stewart and Virginia Valian provide recommendations for how deans, department chairs and their search committees can optimize their chances.
The Case for Assessment
“Assessment” has become a dirty word in higher education, but it’s much more than rubrics, forms and statistics, argues Matthew DeSantis.