Afternoon Update: Reinventing the Survey Course

[THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] #subscribelink [Subscribe Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Subscribe to The Chronicle today to get access to premium content and more.]( Afternoon Update Wednesday, January 24, 2018 --------------------------------------------------------------- [Sign up for this newsletter]( Today’s News --------------------------------------------------------------- On Course [Reinventing the Survey Course]( By James M. Lang When it comes to putting innovation into practice, a new book argues, not all classes are created equal. Pedagogy Unbound [The Benefits of Doing It Wrong]( By David Gooblar Why you should invite your students to write badly, perform an experiment incorrectly, or botch an equation. ProfHacker [Assessing Teaching: A Curriculum Theory Approach]( Maha Bali compares different approaches to assessing teaching through different curriculum theory lenses. What’s Popular on Chronicle.com --------------------------------------------------------------- [Many Want Michigan State’s President to Resign. Here’s Why She Still Has Campus Support.]( [premium] By Sarah Brown Lou Anna K. Simon is widely credited with transforming the university into an academic powerhouse. Her backers also caution against a rush to judgment when it comes to Larry Nassar. [Outlook for Higher Ed in 2018 Is Bleak, Ratings Agency Says]( By Adam Harris Standard & Poor’s said the near future for midtier institutions was especially poor. [What’s So Dangerous About Jordan Peterson?]( By Tom Bartlett Not long ago, he was an obscure psychology professor. Now he leads a flock of die-hard disciples. [Faculty Leaders Express Support for U. of Arizona’s Departing Provost]( By Audrey Williams June Professors say a lawsuit’s allegation that Andrew Comrie made “sexist and demeaning comments toward female deans” doesn’t square with the man they know. [View the Latest Jobs in Higher Education]( [THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION] 1255 Twenty-Third St., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 [Like us on Facebook]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Add us on Google+](chroniclehighereducation/posts?elqTrackId=9c8585dd73fd44f3a117465fa76eb628&elq=3c5bf613e4f94db39c6ea0eabfc8f57e&elqaid=17576&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=7721) [Subscribe Today]( Get the insight you need for success in academe. [Stop receiving this newsletter]( Copyright © 2018 The Chronicle of Higher Education