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Here’s an opportunity you won’t want to miss. I am writing to ask for your help in changing the way mainstream higher education thinks about teaching and learning. Okay, that may be a bit hyperbolic, but only a bit. At … Continue reading →

The college president as a public intellectual. A couple of weeks ago, I read this op-ed piece in Inside Higher Ed. I forwarded the link to Gardner, since his son is a first year student at Hampshire College, where Dr. … Continue reading →

But HT to bgblogging for the idea nonetheless. At the end of last semester, I had a number of posts floating around in my head. I published a couple but decided to put the rest of them aside to mature … Continue reading →

This past semester I was invited to join the university’s Blending/Distance Learning Advisory Committee. I attended my first meeting of the committee a couple weeks ago, and it was very interesting on a number of levels. As the new guy, … Continue reading →

I recently gave the second exam in my principles class so my students have been coming in to explain the right answers to the questions they got wrong. Two things have struck me this time around. First, the good: As … Continue reading →

This evening I attended a meeting at my kids’ elementary school where they (a 4th and 6th grader) are participating in the accelerated math program. It was a very cool meeting, designed to help parents understand the program and understand … Continue reading →

A year ago, Gardner and I began developing what we called an “alternative subversive advising curriculum” for first year students. Like many schools I suspect, ours was struggling with how to create an advising program that students would find value … Continue reading →

The other week I had the opportunity to give a keynote address and workshop at the opening faculty meeting at Manchester College in Indiana. I particularly appreciated this invitation because it gave me a chance to do something I’d never … Continue reading →