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Professors Aren’t Good at Sharing Their Classroom Practices. Teaching Portfolios Might Help.

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She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent. A few repositories like the Open Syllabus Project collect syllabi from around the world. The rate of dropout or failure is down from 13 to 5 percent. Ford says her redesigned course also worked for students.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

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Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al.,

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Collaborative syllabus design: During the first class, engage students in setting community and classroom norms and goals. A co-created syllabus session fosters accountability and trust, as students feel ownership of the course structure (Cook-Sather et al.,

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Using Content Disclosures in Our Courses 

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Practical ways to provide content disclosures When there is content in your course that may be potentially distressing, this should be clear to your students in the course syllabus. Consider including a specific “topic list” in your syllabus so that students know what to expect. Teaching in Higher Education , 25(7), 825-841.

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Using Content Disclosures in Our Courses 

Faculty Focus

Practical ways to provide content disclosures When there is content in your course that may be potentially distressing, this should be clear to your students in the course syllabus. Consider including a specific “topic list” in your syllabus so that students know what to expect. Teaching in Higher Education , 25(7), 825-841.

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