Posts tagged with “Academics” (All posts)
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How applicable is algebra to everyday life? One Carleton Math Comps Group set out to answer this question for two classes of Northfield students this fall and winter. Their Comps…
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Grassroots organizer and scholar Ruth Wilson Gilmore will deliver a convocation address on Friday, October 23 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. See our class discussion questions to accompany Gilmore’s address.
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Featured ACE Course: Intro to Indigenous Histories, 1887–Present
14 October 2020Assistant Professor and Andersen Fellow of American Studies and History Meredith McCoy has been at Carleton since fall 2019. This term, she developed a new Academic Civic Engagement class, Introduction…
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Class Discussion Questions for Alexander Heffner’s Convocation Address
30 September 2020On October 2, Alexander Heffner, host of PBS’ “The Open Mind,” will deliver a convocation address examining divisiveness in American discourse. See our class discussion questions to accompany Mr. Heffner’s…
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Many of this year’s convocation speakers are leaders in fields that intersect directly with civic engagement. Carleton students have a rich opportunity to make vital connections between these speakers’ insights,…
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Last week, through the collaborative work of the CCCE and ACE, Carleton students and staff released Quiet Town, a self-described “quarantine chapbook,” a collection of creative written pieces and visual…
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Professor Melanie Freeze and students examine the effectiveness of COVID-19 public messages
22 June 2020A spring 2020 political science course constructed an online experiment to explore the effectiveness of various public messages regarding the COVID-19 crisis.
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Carleton awarded federal grant to study educational experiences of Somali and Latino/a high school students
9 January 2019The $100K Community Conversations Research Grant will be used to study educational attainment in Faribault, Minn.
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CCCE at the Heart of Life After Carleton
12 September 2018Sarah Goldman ’17, co-founder of Heart of the Heartland, credits her experience in the CCCE with giving her a new perspective on learning and a foundation for her career.
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Poetry is community to Emily Oliver. Carleton is getting a taste of what that means thanks to her academic civic engagement role with CCCE.
