August 18, 2009

Wary of Budget Knife, Teaching Centers Seek to Sharpen Their Role

By David Glenn

At many faculty teaching centers, this is a busy season. During the next two weeks, for example, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching—which is one of the oldest and best-financed centers—will lead orientation sessions for dozens of new faculty members. Those sessions will dispense advice on a wide array of topics, including how to construct a syllabus, how to respond to classroom incivility, and how to encourage students to find