This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on March 11, 2019. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. How many of us teachers have had this experience? You spend an afternoon reading…
I teach a postgraduate module in the United Kingdom that has a high percentage enrollment of international students, and I have always struggled to find ways to create an inclusive…
Communication is a vital part of any organization, and this is especially the case at institutions of higher education. Without frequent, focused, and public communication, it is nearly impossible to…
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on October 15, 2018. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. In August 2017, Inside Higher Ed featured an article describing a controversial “stress reduction policy” that was part…
How are your students doing this semester with their assignments? This is not a trick question, I promise! In my role as a consultant in a teaching center, I have…
It is widely known that as an institution, higher education is laden with historical and structural racism. From the role of slave labor and the forcible taking of Indigenous land…
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on June 3, 2019. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. I give students in my literature courses a lot of weird assignments: I have…
Lalah Delia, writer, teacher, advocate for holistic living and wellbeing, is credited with saying, “Focusing on taking care of yourself and doing the best you can, versus judging yourself, is…
When students first enter your class, whether it be in person or in a virtual setting, what do the students see? Is there anything for them to look at when…
This article first appeared in the Teaching Professor on July 27, 2020. © Magna Publications. All rights reserved. Studies show that many students do a poor job of studying (Miller, 2017). Quite a few…