The Issues With Re-opening Schools in Fall
Hi friends,
Your editor Maria, here.
Summer break is just around the corner and I’m already anxious about how things will be like in fall. Online? In-Person? Hybrid?
Who knows? I only know I’m not prepared. We are not prepared.
While the challenges and limitations we (faculty and academic staff) will face during the next semesters if we open universities and colleges are huge, we are being left out of the conversation and decision-making.
Faculty and administrative staff concerns are genuine.
We need to be part of the conversation and we need our voice to be heard. Because more than students’ enrollment fees, universities and colleges can only function with Faculty and Staff. We matter too.
Education is essential to overcome challenges and crises. It is crucial for building a more resilient, fair, and healthy society.
As educators, we have the enormous responsibility to advance efforts to provide access to high-quality education to every child, teen, and adult that is accessible regardless of their economic, social, health, political, or geographical status. But it’s also our responsibility to guarantee that education is given in proper conditions.
I am sincerely grateful for all the writers who are joining the conversation and have shared with us their most personal stories, inviting us to lead the change and do better. Join the conversation here.
Here’s the best of The Faculty stories for you.
❤️ Editor’s Pick
Towards Inclusivity: Three Ways to Reimagine Higher Education by Ciarra Jones
Reimagining higher education is neither unrealistic nor impossible, but it does require a destruction of power structures. If you commented that dismantling higher education is too lofty of a goal, then you may need to examine your own relationship and attachment to systems of power.
What is truly unrealistic is asking Black students, Brown students, QTPOC students, disabled students, and students at otherwise marginalized intersections to contort themselves in order to belong in a system that does not see them or value them.
🤩 Trending Stories
Educators Can’t Teach in Person Until Politicians Do Their Job by Monique Dols
If politicians won’t keep our communities safe, educators will.
In-Person Classes Will Not Improve the Learning Experience by Maria Angel Ferrero, Ph.D.
There is no simple solution to this crisis. However, online-teaching can be by far a better alternative to in-person classes.
Does a university degree imply that you are educated? bby Sayeed Ibrahim Ahmed
A college degree isn’t the only thing that opens up your avenues to a high-end job with all the employment benefits, but rather it is kind of a necessity that one needs to fall back on if things don’t go according to plan.
🐣 Latest Stories
The Importance of a Civics Education for Marginalized Students and Students of Color by Gus King
Celluloid Scares and Psychological Terror by Simon Spichak
Are Physical Books Superior to Audiobooks? by Sarah Grech
4 Ways to Get Physical With Poetry by Alison Acheson
Hybrid Flexible Class: A Teacher’s Guide to Hyflex Method by Maria Angel Ferrero, Ph.D.
Social Perception Skills by Eunice Tan
Teachers Should Never Betray Their Rubric by Walter Rhein
Improving Student Engagement: Discussion Boards versus Blogs by Ellen Clardy, Ph. D.
Object-Oriented Programming is just another concept! by Umair Feroze
Syllabus Day Fall 2020 by Christina Ragain, Ph.D.
The Problems with the Culture Surrounding College Admissions and Schools by Brandon Lok
Thanks for reading us and for being part of this story. Let’s continue growing together.
Keep safe,
Your Editor, Maria Angel Ferrero, Ph.D.
