Many post-secondary academic institutions in the United States have a First-Year Seminar Program. These seminars are designed to support the success of new incoming first-year students by combining writing, research and active...
Internationalizing the Writing Center provides a rationale, pedagogical plan, and administrative method for developing a multilingual writing center. The book incorporates work from writing center studies as well as second...
Emily Marshall is a professor of Economics at Dickinson College., The authors of this article examine trends in the economics discipline regarding the classification of some undergraduate economics majors, i.e., econometrics...
Dan Schubert is a professor of Sociology at Dickinson College., For more information on the published version, visit Amazon's Website., This volume offers a close look at one of the most pressing topics in academia today-the...
Why use computer games in a liberal arts educational context? In general, their educational potential is recognized because there is significant evidence that “learning is most effective when it is active, experiential,...
In our first few years as Assistant Professors of Psychology (midway through our fourth and third years, respectively), we have found ourselves frequently discussing the issue of coming out in the classroom, probably because we...
Bryant, Sarah, Amy Buchmann, Michelle Craddock Guinn, Susan D'Agostino, and Leona Harris. The Long-Lasting Impact of EDGE: Testimonials from the EDGE Community. In A Celebration of the EDGE Program's Impact on the Mathematics...
Howard, Jessica L., and Maiko Arashiro. Make a UNESCO and ACRL Learning Goals Sandwich: Connecting Sustainability Education and Information Literacy Instruction to Solve Global Problems. In The Sustainable Library's Cookbook,...
Two years ago I left the ADE conference brimming with ideas to apply to my first weeks of a three-year appointment as chair of Dickinson College's largest department, with seventeen full-time faculty members, two newly...
For more information on the published version, visit MAA's (Mathematical Association of America) Website., I discuss my experience at Dickinson College teaching a first-year seminar investigating the portrayals of...