Classrooms and Social Justice: Why Start with Pedagogy?
0409, 2018

Classrooms and Social Justice: Why Start with Pedagogy?

Join us at the Graduate Center on Sep 13 at 12pm in Segal Theatre for an open, livestreamed workshop led by Cathy N. Davidson, Racquel Gates, Siqi Tu, and Christina Katopodis. The workshop will be livestreamed at http://bit.ly/FuturesED-live. RSVP with Eventbrite here. This workshop is part of the The University Worth Fighting For, a series of workshops that tie student-centered, engaged pedagogical practices to institutional change, race, equality, gender, and

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3105, 2016

Thank you, CUNY colleagues, for a wonderful year!

As the 2015-2016 academic year comes to a close, the Futures Initiative team is reflecting on what an incredible year this has been, thanks to our colleagues at the Graduate Center and across CUNY. We feel lucky to have had the chance to work closely with so many students, faculty members, librarians, and staff members across the CUNY colleges. Everyone worked unbelievably hard this year on a wide range of

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0211, 2015

Hunter ACERT hosts Futures Initiative Discussion

Many thanks to ACERT, Hunter College’s faculty development center, for hosting a discussion of the Futures Initiative with Mapping the Futures students and FI Teaching Fellows Ryan Donovan and Irene Morrison-Moncure and me. The October 15 lunchtime session focused on the mission and goals of the Futures Initiative, the role and impact of student-centered pedagogy in the Mapping the Futures collaboration, and ways that Hunter faculty can get involved. Watch

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0510, 2015

Evaluation of Mapping the Futures of Higher Education

The Futures Initiative is happy to share an evaluation report (PDF) of our inaugural course, Mapping the Futures of Higher Education. The analysis was conducted by two Urban Education doctoral students, Deborah Greenblatt and Janey Flanagan. We were delighted to learn that both undergraduate and graduate students considered the course and teaching methods to be highly effective. The report also contains many lessons for us as we plan for the

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