One of the perks of an academic career is the year-end break in December. It gives us some predictable downtime (or at least a bit of time within our control)…
On top of everything college faculty are responsible for, there’s one that may be easy to overlook or even deem as unnecessary: Teaching students how to be students. Do so…
With interest in Twitter on the rise, many instructors continue to grapple with the question of whether the social networking tool has a place in the college classroom. And, if…
…they did not simply not gain entry to college but are welcomed members of a community of learners. Laura Behling is a professor of English at Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.)…
…for us to figure out what they need, let alone provide it. My first clue that things were different emerged when I met my college freshmen last fall. As a…
…studies at Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies. She also coordinates the college’s Developmental Education Department and is an advisor for the college’s journal, The Caribbean Social Justice Forum….
…psychology and program coordinator for the General Arts and Science Program at Durham College, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. Wes Hanzuk is a professor of welding at Durham College, Whitby, Ontario, Canada….
…news during such years, and the 2024 election cycle was no exception to what Pew calls the “typical election year surge” (Younis 2020). On college campuses, this trend can be…
