Teaching@WFU: A CAT Blog
Over this past year at the CAT, one topic has dominated my conversations with all of you: how to continue teaching in the presence of powerful AI chatbots, ready to complete any and all academic tasks for our students? Many of you have shared that […]
As someone who has been teaching for almost 20 years, I periodically have the experience of stumbling on old course materials and thinking, “Dang, this was a ton of work. And not half bad. Why am I not still using it??” I had that feeling […]
What is the single story of AI widely circulating in higher education? It was made plain in the May 2025 headline in New York Magazine, “Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College,” and many similar articles since. It is present, too, at Wake Forest, but students challenged […]
CAT Executive Director Betsy Barre recently appeared on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast to discuss recent debates about political neutrality in the classroom. You can listen to the episode in the embedded player below or via your favorite podcast player.
CAT Executive Director Betsy Barre recently appeared on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast to discuss recent debates about political neutrality in the classroom. You can listen to the episode in the embedded player below or via your favorite podcast player.
CAT Executive Director Betsy Barre recently appeared on the Tea for Teaching podcast to discuss both longstanding and recent concerns about the amount of time college students spend reading outside of class […]
Like many, I have vivid memories of my first presidential election. It was the year 2000, and I was voting in the crucial battleground state of Ohio. I was a conscientious student, but I was so distracted by the race that week, I put off […]
This guest post is authored by Abbie Wrights, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Health & Exercise Science […]
In this post, the CAT’s Director of Research, Karen Singer-Freeman, explains what the FSSE is, how it can be used alongside the NSSE, and why it’s important […]
In 2021 and 2023, Wake Forest joined 473 US institutions in distributing the NSSE. With 22% of seniors completing the most recent NSSE, there is much to be learned […]