Resources
Report assesses successes and failures of the multi-million dollars spent on grants in the 1990's to revitalized the role of religion on college and university campuses.
Given postmodernist claims that all perspectives are biased, what should be the role of religion in today's university? Originally published in the Chrnoicle of Higher Education.
The comeback of the religious studies major and the importance of religious studies in the studies of politics, history and other disciplines.
Extensive Bibliography for Mentoring Faculty of Color
Extensive bibliography for mentoring women and faculty of color.
Cornell University resources for mentoring new faculty, including links for: Best Practices in Mentoring of New Faculty, The Mentoring Relationship, The Successful Mentee, Ideas for Mentors, Questions you might ask peers/senior faculty, Mentoring Guidelines, and Suggestions for Supporting New Faculty
List of activities for mentors and mentees
Active Learning Techniques including Peer Instruction, Class Debate, Role-Playing, Case Studies, and Creative Scenarios and Simulations.
Outlines seven traits of Millennials and provides strategies on preparing and delivering effective instruction with these students. Acknowledges difficulties in addressing issues of race/ethnicity and class in generational theory.
Describes different generational groupings of adult learners and different learning preferences. Provides suggestions on effective course design and highlights characteristics of excellent instructors across generational lines.
Grant Coaching
The Wabash Center understands our grants program as a part of our overall teaching and learning mission. We are interested in not only awarding grants to excellent proposals, but also in enabling faculty members to develop and hone their skills as grant writers. Therefore we offer grant coaching for all faculty interested in submitting a Wabash Center Project Grant proposal.
Sarah Farmer, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Wabash Center
farmers@wabash.edu