Higher Ed

26

Jan

DCQR Call for Editor

University of California Press is seeking a new editor for its journal, Departures in Critical Qualitative Research.

22

Jul

Environmental Sociologist Amanda McMillan Lequieu on using case studies in the classroom

Amanda McMillan Lequieu is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this post, Professor McMillan Lequieu explains how she used case studies to anchor a keystone course …

10

Jun

Countering Colorblindness across the Disciplines: An Excerpt from Seeing Race Again

Every academic discipline has an origin story complicit with white supremacy. Racial hierarchy and colonialism structured the very foundations of most disciplines’ research and teaching paradigms. In the early twentieth century, the …

25

Mar

Teaching and Learning Environmental Policy Through Case Reading and Writing

“I was looking to increase the rigor of the course with the hopes of the penultimate assessment serving as a bridge between students’ academic careers and their future career endeavors.”

11

Feb

Black History Makers & Risk Takers: Educators

In 1915, Dr. Carter G. Woodson, a pioneering black intellectual and the son of former slaves, recognizing “the dearth of information on the accomplishments of blacks . . . founded the Association …

29

May

Marjorie S. Zatz Selected as Top 35 Women in Higher Education

“My work in pursuit of diversity and inclusion is the most meaningful work that I do. I’m honored to be recognized in this group of exceptional women in higher education.” Marjorie S. …

26

Feb

Encroaching Threats and Twenty-First Century Social Movements

By Paul Almeida, author of Social Movements: The Structure of Collective Mobilization One pattern emerging in the new millennium involves ordinary people mobilizing around increasingly negative conditions. When we observe some of …

17

Feb

A Shared Experience: The Campus Common Read

Supporting the learning, development, and success of students during their first year of college is a unique task. As higher education professionals, you help students find their footing and create ties to their …

29

Jan

Classroom Techniques: Reclaiming the Lecture

Preparing for the start of spring semester ultimately includes prepping lectures. In Learning from Each Other: Refining the Practice of Teaching in Higher Education editors Michele Lee Kozimor-King and Jeffrey Chin share a …

21

Aug

Teaching U.S. History through a Western Lens

Shaped by the West, Volume 1: A History of North America to 1877 Shaped by the West, Volume 2: A History of North America from 1850 by William Deverell & Anne F. …