A recent Bluesky thread about teaching undergraduates the hidden curriculum of college caught my eye. Miriam Posner, an associate professor of information studies at the University of California at ...

As a third-year medical student, Sara was eager to begin her clinical rotations. During her first week, she witnessed an unsettling scene: her attending dismissed a patient’s complaints of persistent ...

For first-generation students, the hidden curriculum—the unstated norms, policies and expectations students need to know in higher education—can be a barrier to participating in high-impact practices, ...

Are you “in the know” or “on the out?” Well, many college students don’t even know where they stand thanks to our friend, the hidden curriculum. The hidden curriculum refers to the set of norms and ...

Unspoken rules in schools determine who will succeed and who will struggle in school. Paul Moseley Fort Worth Star-Telegram Education insiders use the term “hidden curriculum” to describe unspoken ...

There’s more to the completion of a degree than academics — and as more and more first-generation students make their way onto campus, colleges are recognizing that those students need more support ...

Idalis Villanueva Alarcón (FOE 2022) is an associate professor and associate chair for research and graduate studies in the Department of Engineering Education at the University of Florida.

Navigating graduate school can feel like taking the road trip you had been dreaming about but with an outdated road map. One of the authors of this essay, Aurora, thought getting into her dream ...

When he was young, Jason Krastein remembers his father, a nephrologist, coming home from the hospital to compile patient notes and pre-chart for the next day before spending time with the family. As a ...

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