List of Contributions

My suggestion would be to add recent alumni/ae (1-5 years post-grad) to the committee, not current students, and to invite current students to participate in curriculum reviews and new program proposals. Most current students are there to learn, not to teach, and are paying for our guided wisdom, not ...

Hi, Natalie: How about the 1837 room? That might challenge your students to delve into the chaos of the Rebellion of 1837, with its many radical ideas for alternative forms of organization... Or maybe someone would sponsor the de Bono Room? Use six-colored furniture to suggest the alternatives of the ...

Deborah: I'll go further than Jack, especially in response to Henry's dismal perspective. Good teachers can rescale any level of concept into terms their students can grasp. Indeed, the fundamental reason we ask post- doctoral researchers to teach early-stage undergraduates ...

Carolyn, Terence, other friends: Here's how I calculate a fair load. Let's assume the students are treating their studies as they would a job. If a full-time employee works 1800 hours a year, we have a baseline. (Fifty-two nweeks a year at 37.5 hours per week, minus two weeks of vacation, and 10 days ...

Dear MED Colleagues: It's also possible that exceptional teachers inspire exceptional student performance... I had an untenured colleague once, at a different school, who did a fantastic job, motivating students toward their best learning experiences. When his grade distribution ...