Jonathan Firth

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

I became interested in teaching when I was an undergraduate, through the experience of giving talks to my Honours class and leading small seminars – I found that I enjoyed explaining concepts and research to others. In contrast, those with a joint honours degree combining it with a traditional ‘school’ subject (e.g.

Psychology 52

Psychology Teaching Sociology Social Science 52

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

His was a brash mission shared by a new breed of charter school leaders who said they could succeed where traditional neighborhood schools had failed. She sat in the front row for the sociology and biology seminars, but couldn’t concentrate in a room with more than 30 classmates.

Charter School 111

Charter School Psychology High School Private School 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

Robert Cassanello at the University of Central Florida in Orlando — one of the nation’s largest campuses with 70,000 students — warned in red ink on the syllabus for his graduate seminar on the Civil Rights Movement (as for all courses he teaches) that he “will expose you to content that does not comply with and will violate” anti-DEI laws.

Sociology 132

Sociology Advocacy Anthropology Government 132

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2024

She’s a sociology professor at the University of Virginia and coauthor of the book Academically Adrift. Amherst enrolls about 1,900 students and offers more than 850 courses, many of them small seminars. Josipa Roksa: Students are not spending adequate time on academics and academic pursuits. Kirk: That’s Josipa Roksa.

Humanities 87

Humanities Critical Thinking History Cultures 87