Category Archives: CTL programs
Fall 2017
Freedom to Teach in the Classroom Date: Thursday, September 14, 2017, Common Hour, Dangremond Family Commons Joerg Tiede, Senior Program Officer in the Department of Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Governance at the American Association of University Professors Co-sponsored with the Trinity College AAUP … Continue reading
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When Science Majors Take Non-Science Courses
When Neuroscience and Biochemistry majors show up in my Introduction to Literary Studies class, it’s usually because they’re thinking ahead to med-school applications that will require them to have taken an English class. But something more interesting often happens on … Continue reading
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“Majoring in a Professor”
Ever wondered what it takes to create a motivated college student? You may have read this Inside Higher Ed piece last month when Maurice Wade posted it to the faculty listserv. Or you might remember reading this Chronicle of Higher … Continue reading
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James Lang’s “Cheating Lessons”
The several dozen of you who filled the Washington Room last September will remember Jim Lang’s talk, “Building a Better Learning Environment: Lessons from Academic Dishonesty.” Lang made a compelling case that the surest ways to prevent academic dishonesty also … Continue reading
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The Four-Year Classroom
Landing soon in Trinity’s faculty and staff mailboxes: the CTL’s semi-annual brochure listing our fall-semester programs and announcing our year-long theme. Last year, we organized events around the idea of “Cultivating the Curious Student.” This year’s theme remains concerned with … Continue reading
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Introducing the CTL Fellows
New this year at the Center for Teaching and Learning: a program for Trinity faculty who want to undertake a big pedagogical experiment. The seven members of the inaugural cohort of CTL Fellows are redesigning courses, trying out whole new … Continue reading
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