Guest post by Danielle Fowler
Inspired by the Caring Schools #CommonGood campaign’s call to engage students in activities that enable them to "talk across the aisle," Middlesex School has incorporated a new class for freshmen students titled "Dialogues Across Differences."
According to Rob Munro, Director of Middlesex School’s Global Studies initiative, this new course is an opportunity to address the notion that "many schools ask their students to be more empathetic, and we were among those schools; however, unless we actively teach how to be empathetic as a class, during the school day, we knew it would be difficult for students to truly grasp how to have difficult, but empathetic interactions." We asked Rob to tell us more about the course and share his advice for other schools.... Read more about Dialogues Across Differences: How Middlesex School is Helping Students Talk Across the Aisle
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It's almost time for a new exhibit in the Library's Caspersen Room! We're hard at work this summer and almost ready to bring you "Spicy Reforms and Crystallizing Claptrap: Student Organizations at Harvard Law School."... 
Today, higher education institutions are using more and more data to drive decision-making. This is a good thing, however, when leaders need to include faculty in decision making and execution offering the right amount of data is of paramount importance. Faculty are, by their training, critical consumers of data and not sharing everything could be interpreted as the administration spinning the results. On the other hand, sharing every single data point can lead to an unfocused discussion. It’s no surprise then that one of the most frequent, and challenging, questions that comes up as we work with our partners is “How much of the report should we share with faculty?” Our standard answer is “Everything!” but full transparency presents its own set of challenges and concerns.
