This absolutely makes my day, Bethany! Thank you so much for sharing.
I'm so glad you were there! I've been chewing on your good points about institutional roles all afternoon. ❤️
This is spot on, and perfect for sharing around campus with stakeholders, especially before launching a new initiative.
When I asked my class to tell me how they felt about grades yesterday, "anxiety" dominated the word cloud. When I asked about positive experiences with grades, they recalled times when they got As for doing very little work. If that tells you anything about our grading system.
Just finalized my FA syllabus, and for the 2nd semester in a row, I'm citing folks who inspired language, course designs, etc. in the syllabus. I'm trying to model the scholarly practice of attribution, & it's fun to think about all the folks who have inspired my thinking about a particular course.