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Folks:

The posting below, longer than most, looks at several ways to promote successful classroom discussions. It is by Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., in the Psychology department at Stanford University. It appeared in the newsletter: Speaking of Teaching, Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University – Spring Fall 05, Vol. 15, No.1, http://ctl.stanford.edu/Newsletter/ produced by the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning. Reprinted with permission.

Regards,

Rick Reis
reis@stanford.edu
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Folks:The posting below looks at student retention, particularly in the first year of college. It is by Mary Stuart Hunter, director of administration at the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition at the University of South Carolina-Columbia. The article appears in the Summer 2006, Vol. 8, No. 3 issue of Peer Review, a publication of Association of American Colleges and Universities. http://www.aacu.org/peerreview/about.cfm ©2006, all rights reserved, reprinted with permission.

Regards,

Rick Reis
UP NEXT: Preparing Stewards of the Discipline

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Folks:

The posting below looks at faculty performance reviews. It contains the executive summary and an excerpt from Faculty Performance Reviews by Theodore H. Currry, in the monthly series Effective Practices for Academic Leaders. The series is available in an electronic publication that can be networked on a campus system to enable everyone on a campus to access the briefings at their desks when needed, for use both as guidance for administrators and as a development materials for faculty and others. The electronic license allows individual copying without need for permission, thus the individual briefings lend themselves to use in workshops ands seminars. For online subscription information go to: . Volume 1, No.2, February 2006. Copyright © 2006, Stylus Publishing, LLC. Reprinted with permission.

Regards,

Rick Reis
reis@stanford.edu
UP NEXT: Becoming a Department Chair: To Be or Not To Be

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Folks:

The posting below looks at “forward-looking” assessment and how it can play an important role in your classes. It is by Kelly McGonigal, Ph.D., in the Psychology department at Stanford University. It appeared in the newsletter: Speaking of Teaching, Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University – Spring 2006, Vol. 15, No.2, http://ctl.stanford.edu/Newsletter/ produced by the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning. Reprinted with permission.

Regards,

Rick Reis
reis@stanford.edu

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