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Residential Colleges & the Renewal of Campus Life

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Collegiate Way News · Subset: Teaching With-Out the Curriculum

¶ This topical subset contains ideas, examples, and recommendations on how to strengthen the educational life of residential colleges and collegiate houses within larger universities, in particular through teaching without—outside of—the formal curriculum. (Return to the complete news index.)

• Envying the Phoebes (23 June 2011)

  The need of being versed in country things.

• A Toolbox for Every College Office (5 June 2009)

  Household hints for managing a Great Household (where you’re always teaching).

• 自由 (4 June 2009)

  The arc of the moral universe is long, but we can bend it toward justice.

• “In lilac-time, in lilac-time” (15 May 2009)

  ‘He that delights to plant and set, leaves after-ages in his debt.’

• “You may blame Aphrodite” (9 February 2009)

  You’re always teaching. Even on Valentine’s Day.

• “Pith o’ sense an’ pride o’ worth” (25 January 2009)

  Robbie Burns’ 250th is a fine opportunity for teaching with-out the curriculum.

• The Residential College Movement in Review (31 December 2008)

  In 2008 the collegiate way of living made encouraging advances around the world.

• Chess Championships and Collegiate Fun (18 November 2008)

  Tuanku Bahiyah College will host the GACC World Inter-Varsity Chess Championship.

• A Republic of Letters (12 November 2008)

  The social environment of a residential college should be one of equality and familiarity.

• “The night of time far surpasseth the day” (22 September 2008)

  ‘And who knows when was the equinox?’

• “Dust in the air suspended” (11 September 2008)

  ‘Marks the place where a story ended.’

• Ryan’s Collegiate Way of Living Now Available Online (19 June 2008)

  The best volume of essays on residential college life is now available online.

• Adopt an Endangered Food Plant (1 May 2008)

  What a perfect educational and environmental opportunity for a residential college.

• Every College a Farm, Every College a Manufactory (14 March 2008)

  A residential college is just the kind of place to counter ‘the extinction of experience.’

• Join or Die (11 March 2008)

  ‘Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.’

• The Time is Out of Joint (29 February 2008)

  Occasional learning on the 50th birthday of a 200-year-old geologist.

• Sublunary Sonnets for a Dark College Night (20 February 2008)

  Will you be teaching with-out the curriculum this evening?

• “To gather from the air a live tradition” (21 December 2007)

  ‘A British college’s annual holiday tradition contains lessons for us all, writes Robert O’Hara’ at Inside Higher Ed.

• M/S Explorer, 1969–2007 (23 November 2007)

  ‘And the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.’

• “Golden lads and girls all must” (31 August 2007)

  On ceremony, state funerals, history, and education.

• “The beautiful and death-struck year” (17 May 2007)

  Is your campus a warm and friendly Shropshire, or a cold London?

• Every College Needs an Auspex (23 April 2007)

  Of birds and titles and liberal education. It doesn’t get any better than this.

• The Question Mark Kid (20 April 2007)

  On crime, history, education, and understanding in university life.

• “What drives us closer to our Vision gets prioritized” (20 March 2007)

  Marketing slogans and vacuous vision statements come and go, but mottos endure.

• “Awake ye muses nine, sing me a strain divine” (8 February 2007)

  ‘Unwind the solemn twine, and tie my Valentine!’

• Collegiate Contests and Intellectual Inquisitions (24 December 2006)

  Teach everywhere, everyday, and they will learn everywhere, everyday.

• Lessons and Carols from King’s College, Cambridge (7 December 2006)

  This annual Christmas service embodies many important residential college principles.

• Uncovering Genuine Diversity (20 November 2006)

  A bookshelf is the clearest window into a person’s soul.

• Stanley Kunitz, 1905–2006 (15 May 2006)

  On residential college newsletters, and teaching with-out the curriculum.

• Secrets, Buried Treasure, and Collegiate Identity (22 March 2006)

  ‘There is a need in people to live with a secret place in their homes.’

• “All I ask is a tall ship” (28 January 2006)

  On the Challenger, collegiate memory, and liberal education.

• Festival of Lessons and Carols from King’s College (21 December 2005)

  This annual service exemplifies many important residential college principles.

• Teaching With-out the Curriculum (20 February 2005)

  The residential part of residential college life provides special educational opportunities.

• Academic Fun and Residential College Life (18 January 2005)

  If education only takes place in the classroom, then students are being short-changed.

• Why the Residential Part of a College Matters (20 September 2004)

  Because ‘teachable moments’ can’t always be scheduled in advance.

• John Snow College Hosts Café Scientifique in Stockton (28 February 2004)

  An excellent community tradition begins at Durham University’s newest college.

• Tip-of-the-Month: Poems or Quotations-of-the-Week (6 November 2003)

  It’s a simple way to add richness and grace to any residential college community.

• Collegiate Tip-of-the-Month: Embody Knowledge (19 April 2002)

  The best lessons are those that we have incorporated into our lives.

• Collegiate Tip-of-the-Month: Host an Art Show! (18 March 2002)

  Your college is bursting with talent—here’s how to put it on display.

• Tip-of-the-Month: Begin Your Natural History Calendar (14 January 2002)

  Anchor the life of your college in the life of the natural world around you.

• “Stars, I have seen them fall, but when they drop & die” (3 December 2001)

  Of meteor showers and liberal education in residential colleges.