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Rachel Little Morris, Ph.D. MLT(ASCP)

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Category: Academic Life

Academic Dishonesty and Inspector Gamache

Posted on February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 by Rachel

Cheating and plagiarism happen. I knew that in theory, but it was a disappointing thing to deal with in my own classroom. In a particularly bad season of this, I realized that I wanted to find a way to hold students accountable to high standards of academic ethics while teaching them why it so was…

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Posted in Academic Life, Being Human, Helping Students, Uncategorized

Seeing Humans Not GPAs

Posted on February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 by Rachel

I had to say it again this week. I’m always kind of sad when it happens. A struggling student finally agrees to meet with me (Hallelujah!), and I find out that the reason they’ve been delaying is the embarrassment. They are ashamed about their performance (even if they’ve really been trying) and avoid me because…

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Posted in Academic Life, Being Human, Helping Students

Learning Something New

Posted on June 24, 2019February 7, 2020 by Rachel
Book that says "The best way to predict the future is to invent it"

This summer I’m teaching classes AND taking classes for the first time since graduate school. I promised myself back then that I wouldn’t ever take an exam again. I told myself there’s a reason that a Ph.D. is a terminal degree. I knew I’d never be done with learning, but I wanted to be done…

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Posted in Academic Life, Faculty DevelopmentTagged learning

Find yourself a mentor-or two-or three…

Posted on March 6, 2019March 6, 2019 by Rachel

I was sitting in a meeting a few weeks ago in a very frustrated state of mind. Something good for students was being proposed, and the negativity of the response just reinforced the need for the proposed change! I raised my hand repeatedly to no avail, wanting to point out the irony. I was not…

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Posted in Academic Life, Being Human, Uncategorized

Student Feedback Week

Posted on November 3, 2018November 4, 2018 by Rachel

This week a lot of my time was spent listening to my students. I handed out a mid-semester evaluation form in one class and spent a whole class period gathering feedback on a brand new series of assignments in another. I also had several one on one conversations with students and participated in a career…

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Posted in Academic Life, Accessibility, Being Human, Faculty Development
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