A newsletter for professionals who support college students, offering session plans and activities on topics like movement habits and executive function. Issues include structured learning objectives and expected outcomes that can be adapted for student success programming.
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An economic historian writes essays on South Africa's economic past, present and future, drawing on his own archival research on the Cape Colony. Recent issues examine the role of academic conferences, AI in research and universities, and a language model's critique of one of his own published tables.
Critical, research-informed commentary on AI's impact on work, institutions and open source, including close readings of industry reports from Deloitte and the WEF. Readers get an expert's analysis of methodology, framing and structural implications rather than headline summaries.
Jesse Stommel writes about ungrading, critical digital pedagogy and the harms of conventional assessment, drawing on his teaching experience and on his book Undoing the Grade. Readers get reflective, research-informed essays on rethinking grades, equity and care in education.
Essays by a Washington and Lee alumnus examining Confederate memory, slavery and how universities and the federal government handle that history. Issues combine personal recollection with archival research and commentary on current news such as the Arlington Confederate memorial and DOJ investigations of Virginia universities.
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