How College Works

We talk about why students confession to professors can be such a problem for professors and behavior that we think should worry students.

We reflect on how slides both help and hinder our classes and how we try to conduct good classes.

We talk about some of the reasons we end up changing our classes and share some amusing stories along those lines.

We talk about our process of writing letters of recommendation, share some stories, and give advice on how to approach your professor, timing, and following up.

We talk about what technology skills high school and college students need, what expectations faculty might have, why those might be bad expectations, and some advice for dealing with those expectations.

We discuss the differences between political discussions in High School and college classrooms, why instructors might have them, why them might not have them, and some advice for successfully weathering them in a college class.

A recent conversation about note taking leads us on a discussion of why you might want to take notes (Exams), what you might be taking notes on (Slides), some strategies, and our own experiences with taking notes.

We talk about some of the issues we've seen student run into with scheduling trips over breaks and give some advice to avoid having to choose between a family trip and taking a test.

We talk about what Academic Dishonesty/Plagiarism looks like in High School and College, what the different consequences are, and advice for avoiding them.

We talk with our coordinator of student disability services, academic advising, and student success programming about the differences between accommodation in High School and College, who can use them, and what led to them.