What is the Hidden Curriculum and Who Does it Affect? Hidden curriculums seem nefarious don’t they? If movies or pop culture have taught us anything, it’s the lesson that if you’re hiding something, ...

Idalis Villanueva Alarcón (FOE 2022) is an associate professor and associate chair for research and graduate studies in the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida.

We recently wrote an article for Inside Higher Ed about the challenges of a hidden curriculum that graduate students, especially those from historically excluded groups, must navigate. In that piece, ...

When the word “innovation” gets used on my campus, I often notice panic spreading across my colleagues’ faces. The thought of chalkboards being dismantled and replaced with complicated, high-tech ...

We’ve all seen it: the "Shark Tank" presentation so impressive that all the sharks are clamoring to invest. These pitches tend to be highly polished—the entrepreneurs present confidently and ...

Editor's Note: This post is a response to Joshua Liao, Eric Thomas, and Sigall Bell's essay, "Speaking Up About The Dangers Of The Hidden Curriculum," published under Narrative Matters in the January ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

When he was young, Jason Krastein remembers his father, a nephrologist, coming home from the hospital to compile patient notes and pre-chart for the next day before spending time with the family. As a ...

Daisy Verduzco Reyes wanted to learn how college attendance shapes Latino students’ sense of their place in campus life, and in broader civic life. So the assistant professor of sociology at the ...

In recent years, many colleges and universities have turned to mentoring programs in an attempt to retain underperforming students. Federally supported mentoring programs have been around since the ...

1. Public Education. While I like many standalone charters—mom-and-pop shops—run by the constituents of the school’s “community,” I see no reason why the schools have to go charter to have that ...