I recently started writing a book about helping students find intrinsic motivation in the pursuit of academic success.
I’ve gotten very varied responses from the people I’ve talked to about this project. Most people have expressed a lot of doubt, asked some questions, and given no encouragement. I recognize that this is completely average behavior (but [...]

Be careful about the words you use, whether it’s in speech or in writing. In the words of Frank Luntz, author of “Words That Work,” it’s not what you say, it’s what people hear that matters.
That’s what I learned from Lesson 2 of this Intergenerational Ethics class that I’m teaching. During Lesson 2, we discussed the [...]