Writing Tutorial Services (WTS), our writing center here at IUB, offers students free one-on-one help with any phase of the writing process—from brainstorming to revising a nearly final draft. Our goal is for tutorials to be a supplement to, not a replacement for, meetings with instructors. I’ll admit that I’m biased, as I run the… Read more »
Unspoken Expectations and Student Success: Revealing the Hidden Curriculum
What is the hidden curriculum? The “hidden curriculum” or “invisible curriculum” refers to the unstated norms, policies, and expectations that students need to know to succeed in higher education but are often not taught explicitly. Your students might not know how to do things that seem quite rote and standard to someone more experienced, like… Read more »
Write a Syllabus that Supports Student and Instructor Mental Health
According to one national survey of 31,048 students conducted in 2020 by the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU), “35% of undergraduates screened positive for major depressive disorder and 39% screened positive for generalized anxiety disorder” (Soria, Horgu, and Luu, 2020). The profound effects of Covid-19 on student mental health will likely continue during… Read more »