How to make your teaching more engaging
Making the study of history relevant
Why the answer to our kids, “life isn’t fair,” isn’t the right answer
Professors don’t change teaching because of departmental culture
The latest missive about making less to-do about p-values.
We need a bigger discussion about bullying in academia
It was just a kayak trip, until it upended our lives
The funniest license plate rejections by the California DMV
Practical suggestions about how to tell science as a story [pdf]
Some rare frank talk from an admissions counselor at a highly selective SLAC about “need sensitivity” and admissions decisions: “This may come as a big surprise to you, but it’s not really a big secret. Most schools do this, although, like those of us at Oberlin, most college reps will avoid talking about it like the plague. But we know.”
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