We recently wrote an article for Inside Higher Ed about the challenges of a hidden curriculum that graduate students, especially those from historically excluded groups, must navigate. In that piece, ...

What is the Hidden Curriculum and Who Does it Affect? Hidden curriculums seem nefarious don’t they? If movies or pop culture have taught us anything, it’s the lesson that if you’re hiding something, ...

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 ...

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.

Education insiders use the term “hidden curriculum” to describe unspoken rules that govern schools. The hidden curriculum is made up of relationships and behaviors within a school and decides who ...

Daisy Verduzco Reyes wanted to learn how college attendance shapes Latino students’ sense of their place in campus life, and in broader civic life. So the assistant professor of sociology at the ...

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 ...

They’re the subtle cues and behaviours that shape student success – easily picked up by local students, but often unfamiliar for those from refugee backgrounds. This Refugee Week, human rights and ...

Can “reading people” help you read? How do we communicate that we want to spend time with another person, or avoid them? What strategies do we use to make and keep friends? How do friendships affect ...