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University of Nevada, Las Vegas MSI Student Success Summit: “Creating the Structural Conditions for Student Success”

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Davidson was the keynote speaker at this event, the first in a series of activities at UNLV geared toward innovative and creative approaches to bringing equity and inclusion to the classroom, and fostering a passion for learning and a sense of belonging. The summit showcased teaching techniques, support service models, and faculty and student research … University of Nevada, Las Vegas MSI Student Success Summit: “Creating the Structural Conditions for Student Success”

Announcing Updated Edition of The New Education (Coming Spring 2022)

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I’m so pleased to announce that Basic Books is publishing a new, updated version of “The New Education” (2017), in paper, with a new Introduction. The new version–with its bold new cover–also includes an appendix that supplements the “how to do college” for students and “how to improve teaching” for professors with a “how to make … Announcing Updated Edition of The New Education (Coming Spring 2022)

Honored Recipient of the Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences Advocacy Award

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PRESS RELEASE May 24, 2021 Professor Cathy N. Davidson to be honored by Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences Annual Award. The Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences—an organization made up of 1,900 Arts and Sciences deans around the U.S.—will bestow the 2021 Advocacy Award on HASTAC’s cofounder and codirector, Cathy N. Davidson, … Honored Recipient of the Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences Advocacy Award

Virtual Book Club on “Ungrading”

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On Twitter, Howard Community College Professor David Buck has started an online book club with reading group, twitter chats, zoom meet ups on “Ungrading.” Over 75 people have already signed up and you can here: https://ungrading.weebly.com And check out the clever promo linked above. Video:https://youtu.be/v67Z6eU48ac

“8 Ways to Improve Group Work Online,” IHE Op-Ed by Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis

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Inside Higher Ed published an op-ed by Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis on October 28, 2020: “As difficult as it is, now is exactly the time to be helping students learn how to collaborate online. Ditching group projects now, as the world increasingly depends on them, does not prepare our students for life beyond … “8 Ways to Improve Group Work Online,” IHE Op-Ed by Cathy N. Davidson and Christina Katopodis

CND featured in “CUNY and New York City Could Recover Together, or the Public University System Could Be Left Behind”

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Cathy N. Davidson was interviewed for the Gotham Gazette on how CUNY students have retained employment in essential services such as pharmacies, grocery stores, delivery services, and healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic. CUNY students are New York City’s essential workers with over half working a at least 20 hours a week while attending college. You … CND featured in “CUNY and New York City Could Recover Together, or the Public University System Could Be Left Behind”

“Making Remote Learning Relevant,” Op-Ed by CND and Dianne Harris

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Cathy N. Davidson coauthored an op-ed for Inside Higher Education with Senior Program Officer at the Andrew Mellon Foundation Dianne Harris, author of Little White Houses: How the Postwar Home Constructed Race in America(Minnesota UP, 2012) and a former dean of the College of Humanities at the University of Utah. In “Making Remote Learning Relevant,” … “Making Remote Learning Relevant,” Op-Ed by CND and Dianne Harris

REMOTE Summit 2020

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Cathy N. Davidson and New College Classroom coauthor Christina Katopodis presented at ASU’s REMOTE Summit on July 13, 2020. Watch the full session here: Teaching online magnifies the choices we have made in our onsite courses. The dull lecturer at the podium easily becomes the sleep-inducing talking head on Zoom. In this presentation, learning and … REMOTE Summit 2020

CND at ASU’s REMOTE Summit

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REMOTE Summit

On Monday, July 13, Cathy N. Davidson presented “Trust Your Students” with Christina Katopodis at the REMOTE summit hosted by Arizona State University. The talk was about co-learning and using active learning tools like Think-Pair-Share and Entry and Exit Tickets to support peer-to-peer learning in a community, whether onsite or online. At the session, there … CND at ASU’s REMOTE Summit