Best Practices for Teaching in Low-Bandwidth Environments

GHEA21 students in several countries experience periodic interruptions in internet access or persistent challenges with poor online connections. These challenges create disparities in the classroom and complicate teaching, as instructors work both to help students in low-bandwidth environments keep up and to maintain high levels of engagement by students with reliable internet access. To address these challenges, GHEA21 faculty across our network have drawn on their classroom experiences to suggest best practices and tips. Learn more

SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON YOUTH VOTING RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN FORBES AND INSIDE HIGHER ED

In both articles, Jonathan Becker, who is a co-editor of the book Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses, discusses the importance of youth political participation, and explores case studies of college communities which helped establish legal voting rights precedent. Learn more

APPLICATIONS FOR ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES OPEN

Next round of application reviews will be on April 1. Apply before to enroll this semester.
Academic Certificates are micro-credentials: clusters of courses that students complete in order to earn official recognition from their home institutions. Apply for certificates in Education, Global Humanities, Global Studies, Sustainability and Climate Solutions and more. Learn more and apply

IWT CLASP SPRING 2026 WORKSHOP SERIES

Next workshop is March 10
9:00 AM EST
This spring, The Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy (CLASP) are offering a series of workshops, continuing with sessions in March on "Writing in the Zones, Reimagined: Supporting Writers Across Modalities". Learn more and register

GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT FELLOWS MONTHLY CIVIC ENGAGEMENT WORKSHOPS: PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY AND MAKING YOUR PROJECT BIGGER

March 29
8:00 AM EST
GHEA21 students are invited to join Global Engagement Fellows for a workshop that explores strategies for ensuring the long-term sustainability and growth of civic engagement initiatives. Learn more and join on Zoom

ALTLIBERALARTS PRESENTS: BEYOND THE PASSION VS. PRACTICALITY DILEMMA: CAREER READINESS IN AND THROUGH LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION

March 11
4 PM EST
Glenn Whitehouse, Director of Core Skills, will explore how framing the aims of higher education as a choice between a liberal arts ideal focused on self-cultivation vs. the imperative of "workforce readiness" is a false choice. Learn more and register

INSTITUTIONS IN MOTION: DEMOCRACY BETWEEN SOCIAL STRUGGLE AND THE STATE

Deadline to apply: March 15
Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade invites MA and PhD students to attend "Institutions in Motion" course that will take place June 29 – July 4. The central focus of the course is the open question of what potential democratic institutions hold for responding to the political challenges of the twenty-first century. Learn more and apply

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