Cathy N. Davidson

On August 28, 2017, Inside Higher Ed published “Design Learning Outcomes to Change the World,” an op-ed by Cathy Davidson. Davidson writes: “We in higher education do a poor job helping students translate the specific content or knowledge gained in our classrooms into a tool that will help them thrive in life…” Read the full op-ed…

Pamela Gwyn Kripke writes: “American colleges will fail kids without these 5 crucial upgrades.” Read the full review here.

Colleen Flaherty writes: “Cathy Davidson’s new book is a manifesto on teaching students — and institutions — how to survive and thrive in the digital age.” Read the full review here.

Calhoun writes: “In ‘The New Education,’ Cathy N. Davidson argues that colleges must do more to adjust to social and economic realities.” Read the full book review here.

Review on UK educator Steve Wheeler’s “Learning with ‘e’s”: “She pulls no punches and writes in a style that challenges and encourages in equal measure. She is a doyen of the progressive education movement, and her ideas are far reaching and influential.” Read the full review here.

In summer 2017, Cathy N. Davidson published “Educating for Activism,” in the Japanese journal Five, edited by Shin Mizukoshi, et al. “In times of political turmoil, such as the present, one is reminded of Antonio Gramsci’s famous injunction to have “pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”