How to promote inclusivity in graduate fellowships?
Students who did their undergraduate work at elite universities are dominating access to federally funded graduate fellowships in the sciences.
How to deal with/avoid grade disputes
I just finished marking final exams for the course I am TAing, and I’ve been reflecting on one of
Portable peer review and the manuscript cascade
I really hope portable peer review picks up speed.
It’s normal for people to shoot high with submissions. Start
When K-12 teachers assign students to contact experts
I’m super-enthusiastic about K-12 science education, and working with K-12 teachers and students*. When a student wants to talk
Recommended Reads #50
If the names Gould, Lewontin, EO Wilson, DS Wilson, Dobzhansky, or Tinbergen mean something to you, then oh my gosh
Dear students, a member of the class asked…
This is a post by Catherine Scott.
I am TAing a first year introductory Ecology/Evolution course this semester, and
Elite vs. disadvantaged institutions, and NSF Graduate Fellowships: a peek inside the mailbag
I’ll be soon be sharing specific ideas about what can be done about the disadvantages experienced by talented students
NSF Graduate Fellowships are a part of the problem
I started this morning with tremendous news: a student of mine, who left my lab for a PhD program last
Do textbooks reflect, or shape, the canon?
Faculty members get unannounced visits from book reps on a periodic basis. They offer free books, and sometimes bagels. Then,
Recommended reads #49
Why is so much of our discussion of higher ed driven by elite institutions?
Why has bioinformatics education failed?
The
