At the start of each year, our Admissions Office reports on the composition of the student body: male/female ratio, class sizes, and how many students come from HUGS ("historically underrepresented groups"). What they don't report is diversity in learning styles, economic status, sexual orientation, athletes vs. artists, science nerds vs. humanities fanatics, and other equally… Continue reading Diversity
Month: November 2010
The Sounds of Silence
Twitter / Buffy Hamilton: Teacher just walked and sa ... via kwout At the NEIT conference there were a number of people talking about their libraries as not just being a place for silent study, and when our Ambassadors take families on tours of the new space they're usually quick to point out that… Continue reading The Sounds of Silence
If it’s broken…
(or, "what if they held a Fall Forum and no one tweeted") Last weekend, in a spectacularly idiotic bit of bad timing, YALSA held its Literature Symposium and AASL held its Fall Forum. First of all, who schedules these things? There are so many people I know who are members of both, who might want… Continue reading If it’s broken…