by Devin Jerome Hi y’all! I’m a third-year PhD student in the history department and I would like to share what I’ve learned so far in The Franklin College Writing Intensive Program (WIP). Unlike most of my peers, I am not supporting a writing-intensive class this term. In fact, the course I’m currently supporting is…
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by Morgan McArthur, biology GLA As an undergraduate engineering student, writing assignments always seemed like a chore to me. “Why should I spend a few hours writing when my equations show the results right here?” That line of thinking persisted until the final year of my undergraduate program when I was taking my senior design…
by Greg Mitchell Ellison Many teachers (including good ones), in my observation, express cynical views of their students, or of the various difficulties of teaching. It’s a perfectly natural reaction to the alienating modes of engagement necessitated by the state of modern higher education; increasing class sizes mean less personal interaction with students, online teaching…