Adventures in Ungrading: The Community College Experience

What are your students actually learning from your course? Are your students intrinsically motivated to deepen their learning and content knowledge, or extrinsically motivated to play the game of getting a good score and grade? “Ungrading” is a growing movement in higher education that critically questions the conventional grading system and traditional forms of assessment.

Affilia: Feminist Inquiry in Social Work’s Critical Feminist Social Work Roundtable: “Social Work and Reproductive Justice”

We will hear Dr. Zakiya Luna, Dr. Stephanie Begun, and Dr.Erica Goldblatt Hyatt discuss their use of critical feminisms in social work research. Dr.Mery Diaz, faculty in City Tech's Human Services department and Editorial Board member at Affilia, will moderate. This webinar is hosted and co-sponsored by the New York College of Technology's Human Services Department, Gender

City Tech’s Second Annual Experiential Learning Virtual Conference

The conference will take place on Thursday, April 28, 2022. However, the deadline for applying is next week Thursday, April 14, 2022. Would you please make your students aware of this grand opportunity by promoting it among them ? Your assistance in helping them prepare for this unique event would also be greatly appreciated, and we thank

Pedagogy of Kindness Discussion Series: Call for Presenters

My name is Josh and I work in the Center for Teaching and Learning at Queens College. One of the many exciting projects that we put out during the pandemic is the Pedagogy of Kindness (PoK) discussion series. For the third iteration of PoK, I am thrilled to announce that we are expanding beyond our home campus and inviting

The Russia-Ukraine War and Food Security: Local and Global Perspectives

Speaker: Diana Mincyte, Ph.D., Social Science Department Abstract: Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, regional food infrastructures were destroyed leaving millions of people at severe risk of hunger both in and outside of Ukraine. What is happening in the major food producing region will also have a ripple effect on the global food

Playful Pedagogy in Higher Education Spring 2022 Series

Co-sponsored by CUNY/Hunter College and Professors at Play! All on Zoom! What does it mean to be a "playful professor"? Can gamelike aspects be woven into projects that address serious topics?  What role does play have in the learning of adult students?  We will explore these questions, be inspired, gain loads of new teaching ideas, and

Scholar on Campus Presentations

You are cordially invited to a special event honoring both the 2022-2023 Scholar on Campus, Professor Diana Samaroo and the 2020-2021 Scholar on Campus, Professor Hamid Norouzi. Join us for a celebratory hors d’oeuvre reception at

Faculty Friday: Show & Tell – teaching tips!

Stop in for a short take or stay for the hour. Share your favorite success and take away something new to enhance your teaching. Representatives from WAC, READ, OpenLab, and others will be there to share tips, too. Register here and a ZOOM link will be sent immediately to your inbox.