60-Second SoTL – Episode 25

This week’s episode features an open-access article from Studies in Higher Education and explores the effects of culturally sensitive curricula on students’ engagement and academic interactions:

Thomas, Dave S. P., and Kathleen M. Quinlan. 2023. “Reimagining Curricula: Effects of Cultural (In)Sensitivity of Curricula on Racially Minoritised Students’ Engagement.” Studies in Higher Education 48 (2): 283-298. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2022.2134332

View a transcript of this episode.

The episode was hosted by Jessie L. Moore, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Professor of Professional Writing & Rhetoric. 60-Second SoTL is produced by the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University.

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