To: My Students From: Your Teacher Re: What’s happening in college—is it real? I just read about a senior engineering student who was presenting a design project in an upper-division…
…preference for detailed syllabi (Saville et al., 2010). Similarly, in a study of 149 community college students, Harrington and Gabert-Quillen (2015) find that adding extra details to a syllabus, such…
…author of The Essential Department Chair: A Practical Guide to College Administration (2006), The Essential Academic Dean: A Practical Guide to College Leadership (2007), and The Essential College Professor: A…
For non-traditional students who are working adults or are returning to school years later, the transition to college can be intimidating. Several of my students have expressed how hard it…
…pronounce their own names. The bottom line is that being part of a community (in person or online), and knowing that their instructor is invested in that community, are both…
…our students will have thoughtful interactions and conversations with people from different backgrounds and life experiences. Foster a Community of Learners Within Our Classes: We can foster a community of…
…themselves to the school community during an initial town hall meeting. The presentation includes school demographics, achievement data, community assets, and identified needs, and is followed by a brief Q&A….
There’s a mental health crisis on today’s college campuses. According to research conducted by the National Alliance on Mental Illness: one in four college students have a diagnosable illness, 40…
