by Ali Ahsan, Comparative Literature It is a new academic year. And I have a new academic challenge: to teach an introductory course on “Literature and Medicine.” I have prepared a syllabus for the course, and this time it is experimental in terms of reading as well as writing requirements. There are multiple reasons behind…
Communicating with Students about Conducting an Analysis and Setting Them Up for Success by Emily Tingle, Sociology In too many undergraduate classes, instructors of record ask their students to conduct an “analysis” in short and long assignments, assuming our students know exactly what we mean, and how we expect them to do that, and communicate…
by Jordan T. Long Public administrators must be comfortable living in the eye of the storm. Conflicting expectations swirl around us in our jobs: responsibility v. accountability, politics v. management, complying with rules v. flexing our own discretion, equity v. efficiency, speed v. accuracy, etc. We are expected to satisfy all of these requirements and more in…
by Erik Schreyer, Mathematics, ’18-19 The way in which we grade student papers and just as much which student papers we grade has a great impact on how students study and what students take out of a class. This of course does not come as a surprise and does not need to be debated. I…