The Gates Foundation has issued a "casting call" for :nontraditional students to teach policymakers what it takes to finish college in America." Interested? I hope so! Check out the full story on their website http://www.takeamericatocollege.com/media-gallery/ ! The deadline is February 19th.
In class tonight we had a terrific discussion about President Obama's State of the Union address, and then we discussed our own visions for where the US is now and where we are--and where we should be--going in the coming year. I'll be posting notes on our discussion soon--stay tuned!
I'm a professor at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston, MA. Most of the blogs I run have something to do with the classes I teach (philosophy, religion, and first-year seminars on citizenship) or the co-curricular activities I support (performing arts).