I’m so excited to have you joining us!

Jeez-I loved the story and thought it was lovely and inspiring parenting. It’s these responses that are so depressing!

citizens, scholars, and professionals. That’s what the @UNC Ideas in Action curriculum is founded on. [5/5]

offers a substantive rationale for avoiding ideologically driven courses in gen ed without simply substituting one group’s ideology for another’s. And most importantly it puts students’ needs before those of faculty, focusing on graduating rounded, capable people as [4/]

what capacities students most need for civic, intellectual, moral, and yes professional success, and foster those capacities through substantive courses across human knowledge. Then measure outcomes and adjust: are students gaining those capacities? This approach [3/]

They contrast this vision to “sprawl” in gen ed where “tendentious” and “exotic” approaches are taught. Yes gen ed can sprawl, but substituting their ideologically driven (“great”, “sacred”, “momentous”) content is no solution. The right approach is to examine [2/]

My suspicion is you’re confusing cause and effect. People report “believing” these things because people like them are supposed to believe them. Attitude/identity => misinformation/belief, not the other way around. (Again, my suspicion, not a demonstrated finding.)

Assistant Professor of Sociology (field open): apply.interfolio.com/150533 . Applications due September 3.

Assistant Professor of Sociology: Race & Ethnicity (apply.interfolio.com/150532 ) as part of the interdisciplinary Advancing Racial Equity in Health, Housing, and Education(ARE_HHE) cluster (research.jhu.edu/bloomberg-dist…). Applications due September 3.