Book Discussion Group

Each semester there is a book discussion group usually based upon a best-selling teaching and learning book or on a topic currently being discussed throughout the higher education community.  Within the first few weeks of the semester, the faculty development coordinator notifies faculty of the book selection by e-mail and at the first meeting, a day, time, and meeting frequency is decided upon by the participants. Participants may join the group at any point in the semester. A limited number of books are available for check-out.

Previously read and discussed books:

Moving Up Without Losing Your Way: The Ethical Costs of Upward Mobility by Jennifer M. Morton

Appreciative Living by Jacqueline Bascobert Kelm

Leadership and the New Science: Discovering Order in a Chaotic World by Margaret J. Wheatley

the Missing Professor: An Academic Mystery by Thomas B. Jones

What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain

turning to one another by Margaret J. Wheatley

The Thin Book of SOAR: Building Strength-Based Strategy by Jacqueline M. Stavros and Gina Hinrichs

The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life by Parker J. Palmer

Helping Students Learn in a Learner-Centered Environment: A Guide to Facilitating Learning in Higher Education by Terry Doyle

Finding Our Way: Leadership For an Uncertain Time by Margaret J. Wheatley

The Heart of Higher Education-A Call to Renewal: Transforming the Academy through Collegial Conversations by Parker J. Palmer and Arthur Zajonc

GRIT: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth