A Letter for Educators from Eileen Flanagan, Author of Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation

Dear Reader, With heat waves, wildfires, storms, and floods becoming ever more deadly, the urgency of climate action is increasingly understood. Unfortunately, people are unsure what to do beyond choosing a more fuel-efficient vehicle or other options that are out of reach for most college students. When faced with the need to transform our systems,

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A Letter for Educators from Colin M. Fisher, Author of The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups

How to Foster Civil Discourse in the Classroom Using the Science of Group Dynamics to Help Your Students Disagree Well By Colin M. Fisher, professor at University College London and author of The Collective Edge: Unlocking the Secret Power of Groups   Universities were once celebrated as places where ideas could be challenged, debated, and

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A Letter to Readers from Eve J. Chung, author of Daughters of Shandong

Dear Reader, When I was born, my parents could not afford childcare. So they could make ends meet, they sent me to Taiwan to live with my maternal grandmother, my Puo Puo, while they studied and worked in the United States. She and I developed a special relationship that continued even after I returned to

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