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What Do Students’ Evaluations of Teaching (SETs) Tell Us About Teacher Effectiveness? An Interview with Prof. Larry Lilliston
(Oakland University, 2004-10-01)An Interview With Prof. Larry Lilliston regarding student evaluations of faculty -
What Do We Know About Knowledge?
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1991) -
What Do You Say to a Devil's Advocate?
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1983) -
What Oakland Taught Me
(Oakland University, 2008-10-01)Lessons learned from forty years at Oakland University. -
What Profiteth the Not-For-Profit University? Notes From the Dismal Science
(Oakland University, 2002-04-01)The biblical phrase I recall is "What profiteth a man if he gain the whole world but lose his own soul." At times I think that the "soul" of the university is the pursuit of truth, art, and knowledge. Yet, at other times ... -
What Return on Their Investment Can Oakland Students Expect?
(Oakland University, 2015-01-01)Data from Payscale Inc. and commentary from author about Oakland University students possible return on their investment in employment field. -
What We Think About When We Think About Thomas Jefferson
(Oakland University, 2011-01-01)Thomas Jefferson is America’s most protean historical figure. His meaning is ever-changing and ever-changeable. And in the years since his death in 1826, his symbolic legacy has varied greatly. Because he was literally ... -
What’s the Matter With the Mill?: A Perspective on the Economic Disaster
(Oakland University, 2009-10-01)The economy done broke down, and we want to understand why. What follows is my explanation. -
When Lying Is the Ethical Thing to Do, And When There Is Too Much of It
(Oakland University, 2010-01-01)Mark Twain had little patience for purists who insisted that the slightest lie was an offense to God and would send you straight to Hell. Part I of this column relates the cautionary example of a Twain short story and adds ... -
Where Do Ideas in Science Come From? Teaching Light and Vision as a Case Study
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1984-85) -
Which Advocacy Strategies are Most Effective? Examining the Women and Gender Constituency at the May 2017 Bonn Climate Conference
Women’s rights are a crucial aspect of environmental rights because women, particularly those in the developing world, are disproportionately harmed by climate change (Alston 2013; Dankelman 2010; Women Watch n.d.). In ... -
Whither Interdisciplinarity
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 2006)This essay comments on Stuart Henry's important contribution to our thinking about the administration of interdisciplinary programs. Though I quibble with a few of the arguments he makes in the last volume of Issues, I ... -
Why Bridesmaids Was Better Than Tree of Life; Or, How I Learned to Stop Taking Myself So Seriously at the Movies
(Oakland University, 2012-01-01)What makes a film a good film? Must a good film be an important social text, or does social meaning and use also reside in collective laughter, personal enjoyment, and downright indulgence? Can humor be beautiful? -
Why Is the Use Of Steroids Taboo for Professional Sports?
(Oakland University, 2005-10-01)Pros and cons of the use of anabolic steroids by professional athletes. -
Why you should care about Open Access: OU Libraries in Action
(2016-11-02)Not sure about open access publishing? Unclear how open access can benefit you? Get answers and find out what OU Libraries is doing to support OA publishing. -
William Bechtel, Integrating Scientific Disciplines
(Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, 1989) -
William F. Buckley’s Dangerous Moment at OU
(Oakland University, 2009-01-01)In the early 1970’s, when Vietnam was still raging, as were most of the students, William Buckley, then at the height of the first flush of his fame, came to Oakland University and spoke to a large assemblage in the old ... -
Win-Win Professional Development: Providing meaningful professional development while meeting the needs of all stakeholders
(2014-11)Teacher professional development can be poorly executed with little regard to the needs of adult learners, and this can create barriers to successful transfer of knowledge into practice. In order to create a successful ...