College is a Place – Against Space, Against Retention
I’ve been intrigued by Andrew Delbanco’s College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be. A post by Aaron Jonas Stutz, What is College For? quotes from Delbanco and takes us to the heart of the matter: At its...
View ArticleThe Body of Writing
Back in 1989, Professor Robert F. Dalzell told my college class that “the impact of computers on student writing has been disastrous.” I was inclined to disagree–it seemed like anecdote, or correlation...
View ArticleThe Liberal Arts College Discount Rate
When I first began teaching at Hartwick College–10 years ago!–I was somewhat puzzled by the talk about fluctuations in the discount rate: the difference between the tuition sticker price and the actual...
View ArticleLiberal Arts College Planning & Tomorrow’s Exigencies
In the last three years–as discussed in the previous post on the Liberal Arts College Discount Rate–I’ve been part of two groups to define the relevance of the liberal arts and attempt to plan a...
View ArticleAgainst Experiential Learning – Education, not experience
“I want to be taught that, not experience it.” Words of wisdom from my seven-year-old on losing a piece from his Salt Water Powered Robot Kit. And sure, while “experiential learning” continues to be...
View ArticleFirst Year Seminars, Hartwick College 2015
Don’t you wish you could be a first year student at Hartwick College?! Here are the First Year Seminar offerings. For entering Hartwick College students these are listed as part of the new student...
View ArticleTeaching Latin America and Caribbean Anthropology 2016
Update: On 26 December 2015 anthropologist Sidney Mintz passed away, just when I was pondering how I would use his Three Ancient Colonies for this course (see below). Teaching this course will become...
View ArticleLatin America and Caribbean Anthropology – Final Projects
At the end of a one-month January Term course on the “Peoples and Cultures of Latin America and the Caribbean,” it’s time for student projects. Students emerged with a rich and varied array of...
View ArticleBolivia 2017 Hartwick College J Term
For January 2017, I am pleased to launch an experience in Bolivia for the Hartwick College J Term program. Check out the full list of off-campus January Term courses. There will also be two information...
View ArticleSupport French and German Majors at Hartwick College!
On 7 March 2016, the Hartwick College faculty voted overwhelmingly that we “affirm the value of the French and German majors to the Hartwick College curriculum” (48-yes, 8-no, 4-abstain). The French...
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