“Put another way, college sports at elite schools are a quiet sort of affirmative action for affluent white kids, and play a big role in keeping these institutions so stubbornly white and affluent.”
www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/10/college-sports-benefits-white-students/573688/
The university has released detailed data on how salary, workload, work-life balance, and climate issues affect scholars’ experience on campus.
— Read on www.chronicle.com/article/What-Factors-Hold-Back-the/244841/
Think ahead about what topics you are teaching and whether hot moments might be triggered. Chances are you know when these moments might happen.
Source: 7 Bricks to Lay the Foundation for Productive Difficult Dialogues
Students like Nayla Kidd at Columbia University might not disappear from college if they had the opportunity to have meaningful relationships with faculty advisers, argues Claire Potter.
Source: The important role faculty members play in advising students (essay)
The body of evidence supporting the effectiveness of regular quizzes on assigned readings continues to grow. Here’s why they work.
Source: Reading Quizzes: Why They Work | The Teaching Professor
Professors can’t be experts in everything that can go wrong for a student. But they should know how to make referrals to necessary campus resources.
