Welcome to the CTRL Beat!

American University’s online publication on teaching, research, and learning 

We welcome you to the spring semester with a new issue of The CTRL Beat!

The spring 2025 issue highlights practice- and research-based insights on labor-based grading, global dialogue, individual liberation, teaching first-semester students, and the myth of attention spans. It also features insights from AU award recipients.

The diversity of topics on teaching, research, and learning explored in this issue showcases the breadth of ways in which faculty and staff across campus engage in critical reflections on these issues.

We hope you enjoy this issue and continue to engage with past issues through our archive.

Thank you for your continued support!

Sincerely,
Sahil Mathur, Managing Editor
Hannah Jardine, Executive Editor

Spring 2025 Issue

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Bridging Perspectives: Fostering Global Dialogue in the University Classroom – Krisztina Domjan

January 1, 2025/by Editorial Team
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Insights from Award Recipients

January 1, 2025/by Editorial Team
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Teaching First-Semester First-Year Students – Alyssa Harben

January 1, 2025/by Editorial Team
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The Myth of the Shrinking Attention Span – Shed Siliman

January 1, 2025/by Editorial Team
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Use of Labor-Based Grading in a College Writing Course – Bruce Berger

January 1, 2025/by Editorial Team

What Does Your Liberation Look Like? Lessons from Student Perspectives – SangHee Jeong

January 1, 2025/by Editorial Team