Similarities and Differences: Our Students Learn From Both

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Doug Paulin for The Chronicle

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Doug Paulin for The Chronicle

Until four years ago, I taught at Spelman College, a historically black women's college in Atlanta. Then, in 2006, I moved to New York, and shortly after, began teaching at LaGuardia Community College, in Queens. So how much did my first semesters teaching at those colleges differ? Not as much as you might think.

When I left the South and moved to New York, I was prepared to transform my teaching to meet the needs of a very diverse student population. I had, after all, spent the

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