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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Overview (, 87 KB, 2pp)

Quality in Instruction

  'Keep Your Keys': Teaching, Democracy, and Performance Art (, 172 KB, 13pp)

  Christopher Langdell: The Case of an 'Abomination' in Teaching Practice (, 182 KB, 16pp)

'The Problem' as Metaphor in Teaching (, 154 KB, 10pp)

Putting the Heart Before the Course: Passion vs. Planning (, 141 KB, 7pp)

An Appreciation (, 133 KB, 5pp)

'Finding' Teaching: A Lesson in Collaboration (, 161 KB, 10pp)

Issues in the Profession

Higher Education and State Workforce Productivity in the 1990s (, 212 KB, 20pp)

Aliens, Traitors, and Elitists: University Values and the Faculty (, 160 KB, 12pp)

The Experience of African-American Students in Historically Black Institutions (, 86 KB, 18pp)

Four Challenges Facing Faculty Senates (, 192 KB, 16pp)

Reviews

Designing Courses (, 113 KB, 5pp)
Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses

Getting the Brain in Gear (, 75 KB, 3pp)
The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning

Something for Everyone (, 73 KB, 2pp)
Teaching Tips for College and University Instructors: A Practical Guide

The Rich Get Richer... (, 25 KB, 5pp)
Greed and Good: Understanding and Overcoming the Inequality that Limits Our Lives

Correspondence

Letters to the Editor (, 152 KB, 14pp)

  Denotes Excellence in the Academy Award winning essays.

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